There’s been a lot going on here in BC Libraryland, so we have been a bit slow to get blogging to our WebJunction BC community. But here we are, live and alive!

Welcome to Blogjunction British Columbia! This is the place that the people behind the WJBC project will use to talk to you and we hope you will talk back.

First, who are “we?” We are the people at four organizations who are committed to providing training and educational opportunities to our constituents in a big province with a spreadout population of library staff…as well as to providing a central place for people to “e-gather” and find assistance and support and information–and friends, even!

The four organizations sponsoring WebJunction BC are BCLA, BCLTA, BCTLA and PLSB. The people on the small team who have been working on the look and feel of WJBC, and making decisions about content, since January are me (Alane Wilson, Executive Director, BCLA),  Allie Douglas (Office Manager, BCLA), Errin Morrison (Executive Director, BCLTA), Heather Daly (President, BCTLA), Ene Haabniit and Kyle Amour (PLSB). Trish Rosseel, formerly of PLSB, and now at UBC, was a member while she was at PLSB and, I am glad to say, remains part of the team.  And Zola Maddison, from WeJunction is our Partner Services liaision.  I’d like to say thanks to Debra Karby, a Vancouver-based design consultant, for creating the beautiful WJBC banner.

WebJunction BC is the first Canadian Community Partner, and we join 15 US states. You might want to take a look at some of these state Partners here.

It has been both fun and instructive becoming familiar with all the great features and content in WebJunction Central that we now have available to us all in the WJBC portal. I’ll be writing more about specific features, services and content in posts to come. But my very next post will be on how you join and affiliate with WJBC and so take advantage of the free courses (while they last!) and all the other rich content there.

I hope you become active in WJBC….the more participation, the better the portal and the experience for everyone!