RESOURCES - LINKS

British Columbia Sites / Links

British Columbia Public Library Services Branch (PLSB)
http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/pls

British Columbia Public Libraries Contacts
http://www.bcpl.gov.bc.ca/public/contacts.php

British Columbia Public Libraries & their websites
http://www.bcpl.gov.bc.ca/VRD/libraries/

British Columbia Public Libraries Statistics
http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/pls/#stastistics

November 3, 2004
News release about the strategic plan announcement
http://www2.news.gov.bc.ca/nrm_news_releases/2004MAE0053-000910.htm

Libraries Without Walls: The World Within Your Reach (PDF) is a vision for public libraries in British Columbia . This plan is the result of 18 months of intense consultation with the library and municipal communities. It outlines clear directions for service development over the next three years and it reflects a commitment to strengthening library services across all of British Columbia.
http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/pls/

British Columbia Library Association
http://www.bcla.bc.ca/

Government of British Columbia
http://www.gov.bc.ca

HANSARD (DEBATES OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY)
Searchable database of LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS AND DOCUMENTS
http://www.legis.gov.bc.ca/hansard/

British Columbia Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)
http://www.legis.gov.bc.ca/mla/index.htm

Union of BC Municipalities
http://www.civicnet.gov.bc.ca/

The BC library act can be downloaded and printed for one time personal use
http://www.qp.gov.bc.ca/statreg/stat/L/96264_01.htm

It may not be photocopied
It can be purchased for $6.00 plus tax /per copy via:

Crown Publications Inc.
521 Fort Street
Victoria, BC V8W 1E7
Telephone: (250) 386-4636
http://www.crownpub.bc.ca

Canadian Sites / Links

National Library of Canada
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/index-e.html

Canadian Library Association
http://www.cla.ca/

April 2004 CLA has posted a number of resources relating to library issues in the context of the federal government jurisdiction on their web site. Included is a 29 page position document entitled Critical Issues Facing the Government of Canada. http://www.cla.ca/top/whatsnew/wnap1904_2.htm
Position paper (pdf). http://www.cla.ca/issues/cla_buildingtheknowledgeeconomy_final.pdf
Resources are at: http://www.cla.ca/issues/federal_election.htm

Canadian Library Trustees Association
http://www.cla.ca/divisions/clta/clta.htm

CLTA Spring newsletter, 2005
pdfs/CLTA-newsletter-march-v6.3.2t.pdf

Government of Canada
http://www.gc.ca

Ontario Library Association
http://www.accessola.com/

Trustee Tips - A component of the Library Trustee Development Program
http://www.sols.org/librarydev/publications/trusteetips/index.htm

Alberta Library Trustees Association
http://www.librarytrustees.ab.ca

Saskatchewan Provincial Library Info for Staff and Trustees
http://www.lib.sk.ca/staff/

Media Awareness Network
http://www.media-awareness.ca/

Other Sites

BCLTA Education Survey results (pdf)
The analysis is complete and the findings are revealing! Trustees in British Columbia surf the information highway! 86% of Trustees reported having easy access to the Internet. BCLTA's response to this finding included the redevelopment of its website to include more current and useful information about association events, conferences and initiatives

Various Information for Public Library Trustees
http://web.syr.edu/~jryan/infopro/trustee.html

International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions
http://www.ifla.org/

GVTV Library Events 2003
http://www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/Greaterdot/video/03-libraryevents.wmv

The American Library Association
http://www.ala.org

The American Library Trustees Association
http://www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=trustees

California Association of Library Trustees And Commissioners
http://www.caltac.org/

Washington Library Friends, Foundations, and Trustees Association
http://www.wla.org/wlffta/

New Hampshire Library Trustees Association
http://www.nhlta.com/

State of Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction Wisconsin Library Trustee Resource Page
http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/dltcl/pld/trustee.html

Free Management Library(SM)
http://www.mapnp.org/library/

California Library Advocacy Center
http://www.friendcalib.org/calad/index.htm

The Internet Public Library
http://ipl.sils.umich.edu/

Massachusetts Public Library Trustees Handbook
http://mblc.state.ma.us/advisory/trustees/trustees_handbook/index.php