The BCLA is at it again, creating really interesting and inspiring conferences. This year’s is entitled “Sharing a Vision: the power of collaboration”. Here are some of the many interesting presentations:
- Including the Socially Excluded: Community development strategies for public libraries: One of the speakers, Annette de Faveri, is part of the “Working Together Project”, a project to develop library services for the socially excluded started by the Vancouver Public Library but also running in other Canadian cities. You can check out an article written by de Faveri republished in Information for Social Change.
- Beyond Article 19: Examining Library Services in the context of Broad Human Rights: A talk given by the incredible Toni Samek. She is currently working on a book “Librarianship and human rights : a 21st century guide” that should be published this year.
- Libraries Across Borders: Assistance to libraries fund: Libraries Across Borders is one of BCLA’s interest committees and its mandate is “to give “under-libraried” areas within Canada and the World access to funding which will provide for the development and maintenance of local libraries.”
- Ain’t on the G&M Bestseller List: I think this is done at the ALA. It’s a roundtable where people have 90 seconds to describe an item, usually alternative materials, that would be good to add in your library’s collection. Sounds like fun!
There’s obviously much much more. Go check it out!!