1.0BCLA Perspectiveshttps://bclaconnect.ca/perspectivesadminhttps://bclaconnect.ca/perspectives/author/admin/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="dFs3yDlh2O"><a href="https://bclaconnect.ca/perspectives/2016/01/31/librarian-roundtable-initiative/">‘The Competitive Landscape’: Conversations at VPL’s inaugural Librarian Roundtable Initiative</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://bclaconnect.ca/perspectives/2016/01/31/librarian-roundtable-initiative/embed/#?secret=dFs3yDlh2O" width="600" height="338" title="“‘The Competitive Landscape’: Conversations at VPL’s inaugural Librarian Roundtable Initiative” — BCLA Perspectives" data-secret="dFs3yDlh2O" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://bclaconnect.ca/perspectives/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> The topic of competition is not a new one for libraries. For decades, libraries have confronted questions about the effect, if not the threat, of new social, cultural, and technological developments on the services that libraries provide. From the first computers to the birth of e-books, librarians have become accustomed to that loaded little question: […]