Join Pat Cumming and Amy Ashmore for a 1 hour information session about BCLA’s highly successful Mentorship Program and how you can get involved!

The Mentorship Program is designed to link new library professionals with mentors from a variety of different libraries and career backgrounds. Application to the program opens on March 1st, so if you are interested in learning more about the library profession and connecting to professional librarians then come out to this session!

BCLA Mentorship Program Info. Session
Wednesday, February 27th 2013
11:00am – 12:00pm
Location: IKBLC Room 460

Freedom to Read Week officially starts tomorrow and runs through March 2nd!

“How can I celebrate this lovely event?” you may be asking yourself.
Well, good news! CLA/ALA is hosting a marathon reading event on
Thursday, February 28th from 8 am – 8 pm in the Lilloet Room in IKBLC.

“What’s this ‘marathon reading’ business?” you’re probably asking your computer screen.
Well, your computer screen just so happens to have a response! Folks can sign up to read their favourite banned or challenged books for ten minutes. There will be baked goods for sale and a drawing for prizes for anyone who participates.

How do I sign up?!” you’re definitely exclaiming to the universe at large.
Well, here’s a link!

Don’t know of any banned books? Not to worry! On the sign up sheet there are loads of links to help you find the perfect banned book for you!

Hope to see you all there!

Note: If you would like to be (one of) the RAIG Representative(s) for the UBC Student Chapter, please let the group know at our next meeting and we can vote and make it official.

The next meeting of the BCLA Readers Advisory Interest Group is on
Tuesday, Feb 19th from 9:00-11:00am.

Attend in person
Central branch, VPL – meet at staff entrance
Go to the north side of the building on Georgia St, look for the “Staff Entrance” sign outside, before you go inside and enter the library concourse, Barbara Edwards will let us in

Attend by teleconference
Toll free (for everyone): 1-888-289-4573
Access Code: 6652804

The agenda:

1. Interesting RA tidbits
2. BCLA conference session
3. Author Talk session proposal
4. Beyond Hope conference
5. Social Media: update on collating challenging RA questions
6. RA in a Half Day checklist/to-do timeline

If you have ever thought of joining the BCLA or want to learn more about the association and the benefits of being a member then this info. session is for you! Come hear Annette DeFaveri, Executive Director of the BCLA and former Manager of Children’s and Youth Services at VPL, talk about the BCLA, what it is, what events they host, and the benefits of membership.

Getting Involved- An information Session on Getting Involved in the BCLA
Wednesday February 13th 2013
11:00am – 12:00pm
Location: IKBLC Room 460

BCLA/CLA at UBC is having a Bake Sale Extravaganza!

This auspicious event will be Tuesday, February 12, from 11am-2pm, in the lobby at SLAIS.

If you want to bake, feel free to let us know what you’re bringing – everyone is welcome! Sign up on the Bake Sale Google Doc.

Tell your friends!

On Tuesday February 5th from 11:00am-12:00pm, Richard Hopkins, Board Member of the Alcuin Society, Professor Emeritus at SLAIS, and avid book lover and seller, will be sharing how he has used his experience as a librarian and lifelong reader to become an independent bookseller.

Richard is an enthusiastic member of local associations including the Alcuin Society and the Vancouver Writer’s Fest, with an impressive knowledge of Canadian writers (most of whom he seems to have met!). If you are interested in learning more about the independent book market and how you can become more involved in local events and societies like Alcuin, then join us for an hour of talk about librarians, books, and the book market! All are welcome!

Turning Book Knowledge into Profit
When: Tues. February 5th, from 11-12
Where: Trail Room, SLAIS
Perks: Baked goods (made by the lovely Helen Brown)

Are you a member of a visible/ethnic minority group? Or are you interested in learning about serving minority and multicultural patrons in your libraries? If so, join the BCLA/CLA student chapter for an enlightening discussion with Deb Thomas (Branch Head, Bobbie Prittie Metrotown Branch Library / Deputy Chief Librarian, Burnaby Public Library) and Aditi Gupta (Reference Librarian, Bobbie Prittie Metrotown Branch Library).

Deb and Aditi will share with us information about Visible Minority Librarians of Canada (ViMLoC), a CLA network approved in December 2011.

Details
When: Thursday, January 31 2013, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Where: BuchB 307, UBC
Bonus: Baked goods!
RSVP: ebonymagnus@gmail.com

Are you interested in book apps for kids? The latest programming for teens? Online resources for the very young? Yes, yes, and yes please? Then do we have a panel for you!

YAACS @ SLAIS is pleased to announce its Youth and Technology Panel on Wednesday, January 16th from 5:30-6:30pm. We will have speakers from three different public library systems and a local author/illustrator sharing their experiences serving children in the digital environment.

A group will be meeting outside the doors of SLAIS @ UBC at 5:10pm to head over to Buchanan D221 together. So grab a friend, or three and perhaps your fancy new tablet and join us for an evening of discussion and delight!

The details again…
What: Youth and Technology Panel
When: Wednesday January 16th
Time: 5:30-6:30pm
Where: Buchanan D221 (UBC Campus)

If you would like additional information please email Dana Horrocks at dana.horrocks@gmail.com.

Our last meeting of the term will be held sometime in the first week of December after our film screening. What’s this about a film screening, you say?

The NFB Film Club has offered some documentaries for free screenings at public libraries and we have chosen the following:

Islet/Îlot  (animation)

Vanishing Point –  2012,  82min (with English subtitles)

The screening will hopefully be held at VPL Central and the meeting will take place in some pub or coffeeshop afterwards. Everyone is welcome! The nitty gritty details will follow soon!