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Over the past 10 months, the Intellectual Freedom Committee has been focused on gathering and analyzing feedback and input from the BC library community to inform the review and updating of the BCLA Intellectual Freedom statement. We surveyed BCLA members and...

Register today for "Misinformation and Public Libraries" on Wednesday, October 29th (2pm - 3:30pm PDT) with Deb Hutchison Koep, Devon Greyson, and Leigh Anne Palmer, which was originally presented at our 2025 BC Library Conference. The spread of false information...

BCLA is happy to announce that the call for proposals for the 2026 BC Library Conference is open from October 15 – November 24, 2025. You can read the submission FAQs and submit a proposal via the online portal. The 2026 BC Library Conference will take place April...

On behalf of the BCLA Board, I’m pleased to introduce the BCLA Accessibility Interest Group! This group was inactive, but Rachel Chong has stepped forward to restart it. The Accessibility Interest Group exists to share knowledge, strategies and connect on issues...

Kristin Kozar, MLIS, is a proud member of the Hwlitsum First Nation with familial ties to Penelekut, Lummi Tribe and the Musqueam Indian Band. She is also the Executive Director and Oral Testimony Program Co-Lead at the Indian Residential School History and...

We hope that you can join us via Zoom on Wed. October 1st for this fantastic presentation called Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Sníchim Language Revitalization in the Public Library at 10:30am PDT, which was originally offered at the 2025 BC Library Conference. Tsitsáyxemaat Rebecca...

On June 17 The BC Public Library Partners (made up of representatives from BCLA, BC Libraries Coop, BCLTA, and ABCPLD) presented virtually to the BC Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services, asking the province to permanently increase annual...

If you were able to attend the BC Library Conference in Nanaimo, you may remember our opening speaker Khari Wendell McClelland, whose vibrant presentation was one of our highlights! To start off our professional development offerings this fall, Khari is hosting a...

We are pleased to announce that Kaetrena Davis Kendrick will be hosting a virtual Library Workplace Morale Renewals Colloquium on Thursday, July 17 at 11am – 12:30pm PDT. This session is based on her extensive research on low morale and will include a Q&A....

Our next virtual presentation is "Embracing Disability: Practical Advice for Accessible Library Programming" with Jessica Desormeaux and Denise Scott of CELA (Centre for Equitable Library Access) on Wednesday, July 9th at 10am-11am PDT. The workshop will cover...