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The BC Library Association is pleased to announce our upcoming virtual Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Friday, June 19 at noon. Registration is open until Tuesday, June 16 at 11:59pm. You must be a BCLA member to attend the AGM. If you are unsure of your membership...

In anticipation of BC Summer Reading Club, we have a workshop called "Creating Accessible Library Services for Children with Disabilities" thanks to NNELS and CELA on Wednesday, May 20th at 10am-11am Pacific on Zoom. Learn how to plan, promote and deliver programs,...

The BCLA Board has sent a letter to the Premier of Alberta and the Minister of Municipal Affairs of Alberta, expressing our opposition to Bill 28 and urging the Government of Alberta to withdraw all provisions of the bill that pertain to the Libraries Act. Many of you...

Join Chris Knapp, Children's & Teen Librarian from the London Public Library, next Tuesday, April 14th at 10am - 11am for his workshop The Co-op Gaming Experience: Cross-generational inclusion, exploring unique ways to promote cross-generational inclusion and...

Next Wednesday, April 8th at 10am-11am Pacific, Law Librarian Mita Williams will present on Open Data and AI and how library staff can contribute to making community data accessible through existing projects. Mita asks, "What if we used AI asn an excuse to provide...

A quick reminder that next Wednesday, March 25th, BCLA is pleased to learn from Simon Jaeger (NNELS) and Ioana Gandrabur (CELA) who are hosting "Navigating Toward Better Accessibility in Audiobooks" at 10am-11am Pacific. The workshop will include a demonstration of...

The BCLA Resolutions Committee accepts proposals, formulated as resolutions, from individual BCLA members and groups, which are intended to direct BCLA to take action or make comments on topical issues. Resolutions are an important formal mechanism through which BCLA...

At our February meeting, the Board approved the BCLA Intellectual Freedom Statement. The final statement is the result of an extensive review done over 2 years, with the goal of creating a statement that supports library work and library workers in all the different...

On behalf of the BCLA Board and the Anti-racism Committee, I’m pleased to welcome the two newest members of the Anti-racism Committee: Maki Cairns (she/her) works as a library information clerk at Burnaby Public Library and a library assistant at New Westminster...

On Thursday, March 12th at 10am-11am PST, McKelle Hansen (Library Access Specialist Librarian at the North Vancouver City Library) will be presenting From Barriers to Belonging: Designing a Community Hub that centers the needs of marginalized patrons based on the Open...