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2024 Climate Action Week
November 2-8 is Climate Action Week in libraries nationwide! Want to join? Visit our Climate Action Week website. Already participating? Tag us on social media and share your activities—bonus prize for photos of displays or events! #BCClimateActionWeek...
Fall ReadLocal BC BookBlast Recording
If you missed the ReadLocal BC Fall Bookblast! last week, check out the recording on Vimeo. There were some fantastic new titles presented by BC Publishers for all ages. We've also been provided a full book list to support your library's collection development. Happy...
BCLA Mentorship Program: Call for Expressions of Interest
BCLA is proud to have a mentorship program, coordinated by the Mentorship Committee, that connects and empowers library workers by fostering positive relationships in the library community. This year we are pleased to announce that we are enhancing our program by...
2025 BC Library Conference Call for Proposals Open Now
BCLA is happy to announce that the call for proposals for the 2025 BC Library Conference is open from October 8 - November 25, 2024 . You can read the submission FAQs and submit a proposal via the online portal. Conference Theme The 2025 BC Library Conference...
Call for Contributions: BCALS Knowledge and Idea Exchange 2024
BC Academic Libraries Section (BCALS) and previously known as the “Winter Event”, the Knowledge and Idea Exchange 2024 is a synchronous discussion forum for librarians, archivists, library workers, and students. Our goals are to promote the exchange of ideas in the...
Update on BCLA Intellectual Freedom Statement Review
As you know, the BCLA Board has committed to a review of the current Intellectual Freedom Statement. The Intellectual Freedom Committee, made up of individual BCLA members and BCLA Board members, is responsible for reviewing the current BCLA Intellectual Freedom...
Fall Edition – ReadLocal BC BookBlast!
The Read Local BC BookBlast! is back on Thursday, October 24th at 2pm-3pm on Zoom. We're aiming to zero in on brand new and pre-pub books by BC Publishers being released this fall. So, if you oversee collection development, provide readers' advisory, library...
October Keynote and AI Exploration Series
October is Canada’s National Library Month, which makes it the perfect time to launch our new “AI Exploration Series.” This series has been created in response to your requests for more learning opportunities focused on artificial intelligence, and will feature both...
Community Reconcili-Action – Sept. 18
In anticipation of Truth & Reconciliation Day, Amelia Boissoneau (Indigenous Services Coordinator, Surrey Libraries), Caroline Dick (Indigenous Coordinator, Salt Spring Island Public Library) and Karen Hudson (Library Director, Salt Spring Island Public Library)...
Conference Virtual Reboot Update!
For the “Conference Virtual Reboot Series” we've been inviting a selection of presenters to replicate or reimagine their BC Library Conference session as a webinar. After announcing the Facilitation Firestarter workshop with Anne O'Shea (Sept. 12), we've added two...