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Join Accessibility Librarians, Kelsey Chaban and Rachel Chong of Kwantlen Polytechnic University next Wednesday, November 19th at 12:30-1:30pm PDT on Zoom for Braille Printing: Accessible University Library Services. Learn how access to a Braille printer can reduce...

The Public Library Accessibility Working Group is pleased to announce the launch of new accessibility resources for libraries! Join us for the launch of our new Accessibility Assessment Framework for Library Spaces – a collection of resources designed to support...

BCLA is pleased to be hosting a panel called "Approaches to Intellectual Freedom Instruction at Canadian Library Schools" with Dr. Toni Samek (University of Alberta), Dr. Mahdi Ganjavi (University of Toronto) and Dr. Cameron Pierson (University of British Columbia)...

There's still a week left to register for "Why Do Human Rights Matter for Emerging Technologies like AI?' with Dr. Wendy H. Wong, author of We, the Data: Human Rights in the Digital Age. The talk focuses on takeaways from the book that ties AI and data to human...

Organized by the BCLA Climate Action Committee and powered by libraries and library staff like you, Climate Action Week is a chance to showcase the climate initiatives happening in your organization. We invite you to share your projects and help make this an annual...

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...