Vote for the 2026 BC SRC theme! The following themes were shortlisted from our BC SRC Co-Chairs. Voting will close on December 11th @ 11:59pm and the winning theme will be announced on December 13th.

We want to thank everyone for another amazing summer and thank you for your patience while we reveal some exciting news! We are beyond thrilled to share that Lauren Achtem is our BC SRC 2025 Artist! Lauren has worked behind-the-scenes for BC SRC as our graphic designer since 2023 and we're excited to support her leap into children's illustration work. Lauren's Biography: Lauren Achtem is a local illustrator and designer from Vancouver, BC. She has worked on many print & digital projects in Canada, Hong Kong and Japan, particularly for English language learning materials for Children. With a specialty [...]

BC Summer Reading Club is excited to partner with AIDE Canada to bring this free webinar to library workers across BC (and beyond) on creating autism friendly libraries for children and youth. The presentation will be recorded and posted onto the BC SRC staff website. This presentation is part of BC Summer Reading Club's ongoing commitment to accessibility. We gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Province of British Columbia through the Ministry of Municipal Affairs, and their ongoing support for professional development opportunities for public library workers. Details Date: Thursday, July 25 from 9am to 10am (PDT) Registration Link Open to any and [...]

Here is a fun display idea to use at your library that was featured this week at the BCLA conference with SRC's Stephanie Usher and Kate Wood. We had many library friends who were interested in incorporating this into their own SRC launch, so we thought it would be helpful to provide you with the resources! You will need: A large size print out of the cabinet graphic. If you are having it printed professionally, the size we had at BCLA was A0. Here is the cabinet graphic link  Paper book ends for participants to write their favourite book title [...]