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The WriteAway Actions & Achievements 2016 report is now available!

In this report, you'll hear from some of the people who are a part of the WriteAway community and learn how the service is making a difference for students, instructors, and institutions across BC. You'll also learn about key achievements made in the past year that will ensure service vitality as well as how WriteAway is planning for the future.

The March 2017 BC Open Textbook MARC records (full set, deletions and additions) are now available: BC Open Textbook MARC Records

Many thanks to Linda Woodcock and Cleire Lauron (KPU), and Sarah Ogden (VIU).

Questions? Contact Sunni Nishimura.

The OutLook OnLine Actions & Achievements 2016 report is now available!

The report highlights the benefits realised from a centralised approach to supporting OutLook OnLine through the OLOL Administrative Centre. It includes a focus on value, key achievements, and future activities. It also includes a visual representation of how OLOL facilitates a patron's journey from having an item in-mind to in-hand.

In October 2016, Library and Archives Canada hosted the National Heritage Digitization Strategy (NHDS) Foundational Assembly – it was such an inspiring gathering with tremendous experience, expertise, and goodwill. Arising from this assembly, the NHDS Steering Committee has commenced work on further refining a draft action plan and planning for broader community engagement and involvement in the confirmation of the plan and its implementation.

The BC Provincial Digital Library (PDL) Initiative Communique #2, January 2017 is now available from the PDL website.

The Communique includes an update on infrastructure, an interview with Loren Fantin from OurDigitalWorld, and more!

BC ELN is delighted to kick off the new year by launching BC ELN's Strategic Plan, 2016-2021. The Strategic Plan is now available on the website at http://bceln.ca/about/strategic-plan

BC ELN and the Council of Prairie and Pacific University Libraries (COPPUL) are pleased to announce a partnership to offer reciprocal repository and preservation services to their members.

Our common mandate to increase capacity for member libraries by leveraging collective resources and expertise is beautifully realised in this BC ELN-COPPUL partnership, which will put supported repository and preservation infrastructure within reach for all our libraries.
-BC ELN Executive Director Anita Cocchia

Provider neutral BC Legislative Library MARC records for September 2016 are now available for free download on the Legislative Library MARC Records page.

Questions? Contact:

Sunni Nishimura
Manager, BC ELN

On October 3, 2016, Library and Archives Canada (LAC) released a call letter for the 2017-2018 funding cycle for the Documentary Heritage Communities Program (DHCP):