{"id":30,"date":"2025-12-02T11:51:28","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T16:51:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bclaconnect.ca\/bclaux\/?page_id=30"},"modified":"2026-02-11T18:25:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T02:25:36","slug":"meeting-minutes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bclaconnect.ca\/uxig\/meeting-minutes\/","title":{"rendered":"Meeting Minutes"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>11 February 2026<\/h1>\n<p>A total of 16 people attended the group&#8217;s first meeting, representing 6 academic libraries, 3 public libraries, and one consortium.<\/p>\n<p>Presentations:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mark Goodwin (UBC) &#8211; <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/17ydyvYNcedaaKnCOJYDLfzhYb_M-aSOdzwh6LYMvuPw\/edit?usp=sharing\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">presentation slides<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">George Villavicencio (Douglas) &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/bclaconnect.ca\/uxig\/files\/2026\/02\/GV-Accidental-UX-Librarian.pdf\">presentation slides<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Janis McKenzie (SFU) &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/bclaconnect.ca\/uxig\/files\/2026\/02\/BCLA-UX-IG-February-2026-UX-librarian-Janis-McKenzie.pdf\">presentation slides<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Possible future discussion topics:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Advocating for user-centred websites<\/li>\n<li>Mapping tools<\/li>\n<li>Accessibility (including for multimedia content)<\/li>\n<li>UX best practices<\/li>\n<li>Operationalizing UX work<\/li>\n<li>User-centred institutional culture (building \/ maintaining)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Closing comments:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">remember the forum (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bclaconnect.ca\/community\/bcla-forums\/forum\/bcla-ux-interest-group\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/bclaconnect.ca\/community\/bcla-forums\/forum\/bcla-ux-interest-group\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and see (some of) you at BCLA: Birds of a Feather session April 24<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stay tuned for next meeting in June<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>11 February 2026 A total of 16 people attended the group&#8217;s first meeting, representing 6 academic libraries, 3 public libraries, and one consortium. 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