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Announcing the BCLA Intellectual Freedom Committee members

BCLA is pleased to announce the members of the newly reformed Intellectual Freedom Committee, which will carry out the review of the BCLA Intellectual Freedom Statement and make recommendations for any changes to the BCLA Board: Suzanne Rackover, BCLA Incoming...

Changes to BCLA Awards and Call for Nominations

BCLA is calling for nominations for the 2024 BCLA Building Better Communities Award and the BCLA Eureka Award. Nominations can be submitted online and will be accepted until February 21, 2024 at midnight PST. BCLA is making changes to our awards nomination process....

Year-End Keynote: Karina Hagelin

For our first annual Year-End Keynote, we are pleased to present Karina Hagelin (they/them). Please join us on Thursday, December 14th at 3pm for this free, one-hour webinar on Communities of care: accessible libraries through trauma-informed frameworks and radical...

BC Book Blast!: Adult Non-Fiction

In collaboration with Read Local BC, we are launching a new series called “BC Book Blast!” starting with a free, one-hour feature on Thursday, December 7th at 3pm. Come celebrate the hottest Adult Non-fiction published in BC from 2023 at this fun round-up with...

Reimagining Research: Creative Approaches to Scholarship

The Keeping it ReAL 2023 organizing committee and BC Academic Libraries Section (BCALS) are happy to announce that registration for their virtual conference “Reimagining” is free and open to everyone, taking place on Thursday, November 16 and Friday, November 17. You...