Unlike other issues this year, the final issue of BCLA Perspectives doesn’t have one unifying theme; instead, it touches on a variety of topics from…
This article examines a series of pilot reports developed with the Social Return on Investment (SROI) Toolkit. The toolkit was created by NORDIK research institute…
For the past few years, the Children and Teen Services (CATS) Conference has been held in the Kootenays, and attended by libraries belonging to…
At BCLA Connect, during our presentation and panel discussion, Collaboration: What is it and how do we build it?, Tamarack Hockin, Paola Ardiles, Stephen O’Shea and…
Ashley is a Library Technician with the Learning & Instructional Services division at the W.A.C. Bennett Library at SFU. She graduated from the UFV…
For the last few years, I’ve been offering bookbinding workshops in local elementary schools. These workshops, with the support of the University of Victoria, and…
Introduction In anticipation of a new building and entrance to the UBC Okanagan Library our Chief Librarian, Heather Berringer, set forth a challenge. We needed…
A couple of years ago, SFU Library underwent a Liaison Librarian Redesign which involved reshuffled subject portfolios and, like many fellow librarians, I suddenly found…
A “typical day in the office” is anything but typical for Charlene Fletcher. As the Seniors and Intergenerational Program Developer for Chinook Arch Regional Library…
Supported by a generous donation from Google.org, Surrey, Toronto, Hamilton, and Edmonton Public Libraries have partnered to enhance the reach and instruction of the Google…