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For our first annual Year-End Keynote, we are pleased to present Karina Hagelin (they/them). Please join us on Thursday, December 14th at 3pm for this free, one-hour webinar on Communities of care: accessible libraries through trauma-informed frameworks and radical...

In collaboration with Read Local BC, we are launching a new series called “BC Book Blast!” starting with a free, one-hour feature on Thursday, December 7th at 3pm. Come celebrate the hottest Adult Non-fiction published in BC from 2023 at this fun round-up with...

The Keeping it ReAL 2023 organizing committee and BC Academic Libraries Section (BCALS) are happy to announce that registration for their virtual conference “Reimagining” is free and open to everyone, taking place on Thursday, November 16 and Friday, November 17. You...

Organized by BCLA’s Community-Led Interest Group, Community Development Days return this November for its second year to generate discussion about community development and related topics in an informal setting, with the purpose of knowledge sharing and learning from...

BCLA is happy to announce that the call for proposals for the 2024 BC Library Conference is now open. You can read the submission FAQs and submit a proposal via the online portal.Conference Theme Our 2024 BC Library Conference theme is Commitment – Courage –...

As President and Incoming President of BCLA, we are pleased to share an update on BCLA’s anti-racism work, including the BCLA Current State Assessment Report. Since March 2022, BCLA has been working with The Commons Consulting on the first phase of our journey to...

BCLA is pleased to share the recording of the 2023 Conference Keynote: Striving to Become and Anti-racist Organization, as well as the presenters’ slides.  We wanted to ensure everyone could access this session, whether or not you attended conference. BCLA is working...

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BCLA has joined other members of The Partnership, Canada’s national network of provincial and territorial library associations, in endorsing the statement In Defence of Drag Storytime: A Statement of Support from Canada’s Library Associations (French translation). The...

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