News tagged: British Columbia

The 2025 BC Library Conference will take place May 7-9 at the Vancouver Island Convention Centre in Nanaimo, on the territory of the Snuneymuxw First Nation.

Gohar Ashoughian begins her five-year term on November 15, 2024.

Municipal leaders attending the UBCM 2024 Convention debated several resolutions on public libraries and their funding, endorsing two resolutions calling for sustainable funding of library services.

The NewToBC website is a well-used and well-regarded trove of essential information and resources that are meant to support immigrants and refugees as they settle in BC communities.

Following a police incident at the North Vancouver District Public Library’s Lynn Valley Library, many leaders in the Canadian library and political community have expressed their support for NVDPL staff and others affacted by the incident.

Part of these funds, $1.8 million, will be allocated through the BC Libraries Co-operative to support electronic resource licensing and help expand online common collections for all B.C. public libraries. The additional $1.2 million will be distributed directly to libraries.

BCLA called on the ORL Board to continue library programming based on shared library values including those core values that support inclusivity, diversity, and intellectual freedom

BC’s Minister of Education and members of the BC Legislative Assembly recognized Canadian Library Month and the value libraries deliver to BC communities.

BCMA, BCLA, and AABC commit to share expertise, embark on collaborative research projects, explore public outreach opportunities and identify joint funding ventures to strengthen the sector.