SLA WCC Significant & Recurring Events

1985 - June

Received full Chapter status

1984 - March

First Canadian chapter to offer an SLA CE credit course: Managing in a Changing Environment.

1986

Chapter Membership Directory published

1985/86

Completed the design of a Chapter logo for letterhead.

1985/86

"Union List of Standards in Calgary Libraries" publishes

1988

Chapter Procedures Manual completed

1993

Association profile in Business in Vancouver (Jan Wallace)

1994 - Fall

1996 - October

Electronic newsletter started: On the Edge

1997 - Fall

Chapter Web Site
First virtual programme

1998 - January

New Chapter Logo, suitable for web design

1998

Web based streaming video

Event

Details

SLA Chapter Visits

November 1987 - Emily Mobley, SLA President, Calgary

March 1988 - Emily Mobley, SLA President, Visit to UBC SLAIS

1992/93 - Kitty Scott, SLA President spoke to students in Edmonton & moderated an "education panel"

20 Oct 1995 - Jane Dysart, SLA President, WCC / PNW dinner in Vancouver; first time in 10 years; "Taking Charge of our Future" with 50 attendees from BC, 20 from Washington State

March 1999 - Susan DiMattia, SLA President-Elect, Vancouver

Proposals for SLA Annual Conference in Vancouver

Dec. 1993 (for 2002 "in the West" or 2005 "In Canada"
1999 (for 2008)

Member Surveys

1981 survey of SLA members in 4 Western provinces on their preference for Chapter affiliation (Toronto, Pacific Northwest, Western Canada)

1993 Strategic planning survey by Susan Tyrell - first attempt to gather member’s views on the goals, performance and future of the chapter as a whole

1996/97 survey of Member Internet connectivity

1997/98 survey of member needs and preferences

Chapter Newsletters

Alert

Chapter Eight ISSN 0835-8761 est. September 1987

On the Edge 1996/97 (2 issues)

Wired West: Web Journal of the Western Canada Chapter
ISSN 1483-9288 est. Sept 1997