The Pacific Northwest Library Association (PNLA) is (in my opinion) one of the best resources for professional development in our region. This association is an international group of library professionals and workers from all types of libraries, in all sorts of...
BCLA Perspectives
Volume 11 (2019)
Local highlight: British Columbia Teacher-Librarians’ Association (BCTLA)
The British Columbia Teacher-Librarians’ Association (BCTLA) is a Professional Specialist Association (PSA) under the umbrella of the British Columbia Teachers’ Federation. Its purpose is to represent teacher-librarians all over the province, as well as those who work...
Professional Development Resources
From your answers in the 2018 Professional Learning Assessment Survey and the BCLA Perspectives 2018 technology survey, to surfing the web and drawing from our own knowledge banks, we’ve compiled a few resources to check out in your own quest for professional...
The Collaboration Issue: A letter from the Editors
After the inspiring Outreach Issue in December 2018, we're excited to follow-up with a look at collaboration in the library world. This issue’s contributors have demonstrated that collaborative initiatives can challenge us to grow as professionals and expand our...
Digitized Okanagan History: Collaborating to build a regional digital repository
Since its inception in 2016, the Digitized Okanagan History project (https://doh.arcabc.ca) has enabled repositories throughout the Okanagan and adjacent regions to participate in an initiative to provide online access to digitized copies of their unique historical...
Digital Experience and Youth Department Collaboration in the The Lab
In March 2018, West Vancouver Memorial Library opened The Lab – a dedicated digital learning space for learners of all ages. In doing so our capacity to offer programs expanded dramatically – from a few programs a month to 1-3 programs per day. It also marked the...
GLAM update: BC Museums Association
In March 2017, the BC Museums Association, Archives Association of BC and the BC Library Association signed an MOU agreeing to work together under a shared set of values. This was a historic event, the first time in Canada that GLAM sector organizations formally...
GLAM Update: Archives Association of BC
In March it will be two years since the AABC, BCMA and BCLA signed a BC GLAM MOU, which committed the three organizations to collaborate together and recognized the shared values the organizations and their members uphold across the sector. The central objectives of...
POVNET: Community. Compassion. Change. Confidence. Commitment.
For the past year and a half I have had the privilege of representing BCLA on the Board of Directors of PovNet and thought it time to share out some information about this most remarkable organization with which we are associated. What is PovNet? PovNet is a...
BC Digital Library for the public good
The BC Digital Library (originally referred to as the Provincial Digital Library or PDL) is an idea and a proof-of-concept that has been in active discussion among BC GLAM sector members since 2015. From the beginning, the vision for BCDL was to create a resource and...