Alums Allison Jones and Karen Ng receive 2021 BCLA Intellectual Freedom Award
This award recognizes their podcast “Organizing Ideas” and their effort to address intellectual freedom issues in the library and information community.
MLIS alumna Rina Hadziev will be BCLA’s next Executive Director
Rina Hadziev (MLIS ’00) will begin her new role as Executive Director for the British Columbia Library Association on July 19, 2021.
Alumna Camille Callison appointed University Librarian at UFV
In this role, Camille Callison (MLIS ’05, FNCC) will be head of the University of the Fraser Valley’s multi-campus libraries.
Alumna Dr. Darra Hofman receives ALISE Eugene Garfield Doctoral Dissertation Competition Award
This award recognizes dissertations that deal with substantive issues related to library and information science.
Q&A with MLIS alumna Dr. Jennifer Abel
In this LangSci After Grad article, Dr. Abel explains how working at UBC Research Commons while completing a Linguistics PhD spurred her interest in libraries and information management.
Q&A with April Miller
Join iSchool graduate and Manager of the World Bank Library & Archives, April Miller, for a Q&A about what makes archives of international organizations unique and exciting
Alumna Rhiannon Wallace presents her new book ‘Leopold’s Leotard’
Join MASLIS alumna Rhiannon Wallace on Tuesday, April 13, for a virtual launch of her new picture book.
MLIS alumni Kate Longley and Danielle Wing receive BC SRC Community Story Award Winner
This award recognizes an individual whose story best demonstrates the impact of the Summer Reading Club program within their community.
Dr. Gene Anne Joseph to deliver 2021 Dalhousie-Horrocks National Leadership Lecture
Dr. Joseph will present her lecture “Reflections of a First Nations librarian from the 1970s to the present”
MLIS alumnus Chris Stephenson receives 2020 BCLA Intellectual Freedom Award
This award recognizes their work and efforts in organizing the first Drag Queen Story Time at the Okanagan Regional Library’s downtown Kelowna branch.