{"id":3159,"date":"2017-01-31T22:39:44","date_gmt":"2017-02-01T06:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bclaconnectrev.wpengine.com\/perspectives\/?p=3159"},"modified":"2025-01-22T11:26:40","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T19:26:40","slug":"letter-from-the-editors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bclaconnect.ca\/perspectives\/2017\/01\/31\/letter-from-the-editors\/","title":{"rendered":"A letter from the editors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The newsletter\u2019s editorial team is pleased to welcome two new members: Nolan Kelly joins us as an editor and Kristina\u00a0McGuirk\u00a0as the editorial board\u2019s new student representative. Both Nolan and Kristina have backgrounds in journalism and will no doubt be a reinvigorating force for\u00a0<i>BCLA Perspectives<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>Nolan is currently enrolled in the Library &amp; Information Technology program at Langara College. Prior to joining the program he worked as a journalist for a number of publications around Canada, including the\u00a0<i>Vancouver Province<\/i>. He is the chair of Libraries Across Borders, the Langara student liaison for the Library Technicians and Assistants Section, and a member of the Readers\u2019 Advisory Interest Group. He is looking forward to collaborating with the established editorial team and in making a meaningful contribution to the publication.<\/p>\n<p>Kristina\u00a0is in the second year of a dual master\u2019s degree in archival studies and library studies at the\u00a0iSchool. She has worked in various capacities at UBC, including a co-op position as a digital projects librarian, graduate assistantships with\u00a0InterPARES\u00a0Trust, blogging and tweeting for UBC Digital Initiatives, and social media and event coordinating for the October 2016 academic conference \u201cCrime and Punishment at 150.\u201d Kristina is also the events coordinator for the ACA@UBC chapter. Before starting her library and archives education, Kristina wrote and edited for various\u00a0special-interest magazines under the brand\u00a0<i>Better Homes and Gardens.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>This issue of <em>BCLA<\/em><i> Perspectives<\/i>\u00a0is dedicated to the memory and work of Brian Campbell, who passed away on December 27, 2016. Brian is remembered as a nationally recognized library leader, activist, and mentor. He was a dedicated advocate of intellectual freedom and a founding member of the BCLA&#8217;s Intellectual Freedom and Information Policy committees. A number\u00a0of Brian\u2019s friends and colleagues\u2014many of whom\u00a0worked with him during his long tenure at Vancouver Public Library\u2014have contributed their reminiscences to a <a href=\"https:\/\/bclaconnect.ca\/perspectives\/category\/volume-9-2017\/issue-1-volume-9-2017\/brian-campbell-tribute\">special section<\/a> of this issue.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you to everyone who supports\u00a0<i>BCLA Perspectives<\/i>\u00a0by contributing, reading, and sharing. It is your engagement that makes this publication thrive as\u00a0a platform for library professionals to engage in news and ideas. Now, perhaps more than ever,\u00a0it is crucial that we\u00a0share in earnest\u00a0our thoughts and insights, partake in\u00a0meaningful discussions, and support the principles of intellectual freedom so central to the\u00a0values of librarianship.<\/p>\n<p>Cassie McFadden and Tim McMillan,<\/p>\n<p><strong>Editors, BCLA Perspectives<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The newsletter\u2019s editorial team is pleased to welcome two new members: Nolan Kelly joins us as an editor and Kristina\u00a0McGuirk\u00a0as the editorial board\u2019s new student representative. Both Nolan and Kristina have backgrounds in journalism and will no doubt be a reinvigorating force for\u00a0BCLA Perspectives. 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