It’s been another rollercoaster year, so welcome to the last issue of Perspectives for 2021. We’ve covered remote work and open access this year and we hope you’re looking forward to joining us for more engaging topics next year. In this issue, explore the use of open...
BCLA Perspectives
Volume 13 (2021)
Rural and Remote Librarian Profiles: Lucie Bergeron
Bergeron and the Sheepdog Puppet Lucie Bergeron Revelstoke Public Library Okanagan Regional Library Describe your library in three words. Vibrant Community Hub ( It is often described this way in the community.) Also, a really interesting 7-year-old...
Decolonizing Pandemic Programs: Sharing Indigenous-led Traditional Knowledge in the Library Makerspace
As one of the most racially non-diverse professions, librarians have a lot of work to do when it comes to building equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) into our daily work. You don’t need a human resources degree to see how gaps in professional EDI and...
Open Educational Resources and International Students: Open Textbooks and Accessibility at Alexander College
Introduction The move to virtual teaching has had profound impacts on multiple services offered by all universities and colleges, including student access to course textbooks. Alexander College (AC) has been no exception, with the inequities faced by many of our...
The Remote Work Issue: A Letter from the Editors
Welcome to the first issue of Perspectives in 2021: The Remote Work Technology Issue! While the end of the pandemic is starting to be visible on the horizon (fingers crossed!), many of us are still working from home, with all of the challenges that come with that. For...
Building dynamic teams remotely
Introduction This article outlines the technological lessons learned about effective remote work by a group of new information professionals employed as Young Canada Works Interns. As key team members of UVic Libraries’ British Columbia Historical Textbooks digital...
Developing New Outreach Connections in a Virtual Environment
Introduction The Library Live and on Tour (LiLi) service at Fraser Valley Regional Library (FRVL) remains in touch with the community during the pandemic, allowing it to develop outreach connections in the virtual environment. LiLi’s librarian, the Community...
The Digitization of Course Archives Workflows at Alexander College Library
Introduction Alexander College (AC) is a small private college that offers two-year associate degrees for international students. The College is mandated by the Ministry of Advanced Education to collect Course Archives (CA) which are records of courses taught at the...
Gender Diversity and Libraries
Introduction Many forms of diversity are important to consider in a library context. Diversity of gender identity and expression are only recently being included more often in discussions of diversity in libraries, and so certain terminology may be unfamiliar to...
Getting to Know…Annelise Dowd
Annelise Dowd is a settler of Norwegian and Scottish descent and is currently the Access Services Librarian at the University of Northern British Columbia, located on the unceded traditional territory of the Lheidli T'enneh (Prince George). Annelise came to UNBC after...