| Membership Resources
Salary Surveys
According to the 2005 SLA Salary Survey, the mean salary for a Canadian special librarian is $63,053. A summary table with more information is available on the SLA website at: http://www.sla.org/content/resources/research/salarysurveys/salsur2005/index.cfm.
The Western Canada Chapter has the complete electronic version of the 2004 survey, donated by Keith Low, Past President of SLA WCC. Chapter members can request excerpts by email, contact Christina Zeller, SLA WCC President. Information is available broken down by primary responsibility, years of experience, institution, and more.
Library Software
Hugh Morrison compiled a list of software for smaller libraries. Look for an update in 2004 to include more details on the components of the different applications.
Chapter Collection
Western Canada Chapter has some resources available to Chapter
Members. Contact the BC Government IT Library at: cybrary@gems2.gov.bc.ca
and/or search the IT Library catalogue for other library related
materials and request those. The website is: http://it-library.gov.bc.ca.
We have listed below a selection of
their materials on scenario planning, strategic planning, space
planning, etc. for libraries.
Contact your local director or Karol
Sinats, Karol Sinats, Knowledge Manager, Corporate IT & Management
Library, Ministry of Management Services, if you wish to donate
materials to the SLA WCC collection.
Blur : the speed of change in the connected economy
Author: Davis, Stanley M.; Meyer, Christopher
Year: 1998
Call number: 658.4038/D264B/1998/SLA
Identification code: beiw
Subject: Information technology--Economic aspects.
Giving users what they really want - what they really need :
Special Libraries Association teleconference, October 16, 1997
Author: Special Libraries Association.
Year: 1997
Call number: 025.527/G539/1997/VID
Identification code: beix
Subject: Special libraries--Reference services
2 videocassettes (93 min.).
Knowledge management [sound recording] : a practitioner's perspective
Author: Special Libraries Association.
Year: 1998
Call number: 658.403/S741/1998/CAS
Identification code: beka
Subject: Knowledge management
1 sound cassette
Special Libraries Association 88th annual conference 1997 opening
general session [address by] Bill Gates, CEO, Microsoft
Author: Special Libraries Association.; Gates, Bill.
Year: 1997
Call number: 027/S741G/1997/VID
Identification code: beju
Subject: Information technology.
1 videocassette (63 min.).
Special Libraries Association 89th annual conference general
session keynote address [by] Stanley Davis
Author: Special Libraries Association.; Davis, Stanley
M.
Year: 1998
Call number: 027/S741/1998/VID
Identification code: beiy
Subject: Information economy
1 videocassette (52 min.).
Special Libraries Association 88th annual conference 1997 special
presentation - a practitioner's perspective : "The Fault Dear
Brutus"
Author: Special Libraries Association.; Prime, Eugenie
Year: 1997
Call number: 027/S741P/1997/VID
Identification code: bejy
Subject: Special librarians.
1 videocassette (54 min.).
BC Government IT Library
Date: 12/06/1999
List includes books, journals, audiocassettes
and videocassettes
Books
Accessible Canadian library: a planning workbook for
a barrier-free environment
Author: Scott, Wendy; National Library of Canada.
Year: 1986
Call number: 027.663/S431/1986
Identification code: apbv
Subject: Libraries and the physically handicapped
Identification code: ampy
Assertive librarian
Author: Caputo, Janette S.
Year: 1984
Call number: 023.9/C255/1984
Identification code: aqhj
Subject: Librarians--Psychology
Collection development for libraries
Author: Gorman, G.E.; Howes, B.R.
Year: 1989
Call number: 025.2/G671/1989
Identification code: ajhu
Subject: Collection development (Libraries)
Conducting a preliminary benchmarking analysis : a librarian's
guide
Author: Muir, Holly J.
Year: 1993
Call number: 025.007/23/M953/1993
Identification code: bajm
Subject: Benchmarking (management)--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
The copyright primer for librarians and educators
Author: Bruwelheide, Janis; American Library Association.
Year: 1995
Call number: 346.730482/B913/1995
Identification code: axeo
Subject: Fair use (copyright)--United States
Corporate library excellence
Author: Matarazzo, James M.
Year: 1990
Call number: 026/M425/1990
Identification code: ambf
Subject: Corporate libraries.
Creative planning of special library facilities
Author: Mount, Ellis.
Year: 1989
Call number: 022.3/C912/1988
Identification code: amll
Subject: Library planning.
Data model resource book : a library of logical data models
and data warehouse designs
Author: Silverston, Len; Inmon, William H.; Graziano,
Kent
Year: 1997
Call number: 005.74/S587/1997
Identification code: bbnw
Subject: Database design
Descriptive statistical techniques for librarians
Author: Hafner, Arthur W.
Year: 1998
Call number: 025.007/H139/1998
Identification code: bbgu
Subject: Library statistics
Designing and space planning for libraries: a behavioral guide
Author: Cohen, Aaron.; Cohen, Elaine.
Year: 1979
Call number: 022.3/C678/1979
Identification code: aawa
Subject: Library planning. Identification code: been
Evolving virtual library: visions and case studies
Author: Saunders, Laverna M. (ED.)
Year: 1996
Call number: 025.002/85 S257/1996
Identification code: awjo
Subject: Libraries--United States--Automation÷Congresses
Exploring outsourcing : case studies of corporate libraries
Author: Portugal, Frank; Special Libraries Association.
Year: 1997
Call number: 027.69/P853/1997
Identification code: bbeb
Subject: Corporate libraries.
Extending the librarian's domain: a survey of emerging occupation
opportunities for librarians and information professionals
Author: Horton, Forest W.; Special Libraries Association.
Year: 1994
Call number: 020.2373/H823/1994
Identification code: avsm
Subject: Library science--Vocational guidance--United States
Fee-based services: issues & answers: conference on fee
based research in college and university libraries (2nd : 1987
: University of Michigan)
Author: Beaubien, Anne K.; Michigan Information Transfer
Source.
Year: 1987
Call number: 025.523/F295/1987
Identification code: aocb
Subject: Library fines and fees.
Future libraries : dreams, madness and reality
Author: Crawford, Walt; Gorman, Michael.
Year: 1995
Call number: 025.00285/C899F/1995
Identification code: bbgw
Subject: Libraries--Automation.
Gateways to knowledge : the role of academic libraries in teaching,
learning,and research
Author: Dowler, Lawrence
Year: 1997
Call number: 027.7/D747/1997
Identification code: bauk
Subject: Academic libraries--AIMS and objectives--United States
Improving communication in the library
Author: Conroy, Barbara.; Jones, Barbara S.
Year: 1986
Call number: 025.1/C754/1986
Identification code: afhg
Subject: Communication In Library Administration.
Information 2000: library and information services for the
21st century: final report : White House conference on library
and information services (1991 : Washington, D.C.)
Author: United States. National Commission on Libraries
and Information Science
Year: 1992
Call number: 020/I43/1992
Identification code: arpc
Subject: Libraries--United States
Information professional: an unparalleled resource: papers
contributed for the 81st annual conference of the Special Libraries
Association, June 9-14, 1990, Pittsburgh, Pa
Author: Special Libraries Association.
Year: 1990
Call number: 020.92/I43/1990
Identification code: akjv
Subject: Information scientists.
Information services: gateway to competitive advantage: professional
papers from the Special Libraries Association conference (83rd
: 1992 : San Francisco, Calif.)
Author: Special Libraries Association.
Year: 1992
Call number: 025.52/I43/1992
Identification code: aqsl
Subject: Reference services (Libraries)
Information technologies and space planning for libraries and
information centers
Author: Boss, Richard W.
Year: 1987
Call number: 022.9/B745/1987
Identification code: ahuy
Subject: Libraries--Automation.
Internet research tools : a training workbook for library staff
Author: Bradshaw, Jacqueline; Witney, Maureen; Open
Learning Agency. Electronic Library Network
Year: 1995
Call number: 025.04/B812I/1995
Identification code: awxf
Subject: Internet (computer network)--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Internet tools of the profession : a guide for special librarians
Author: Tillman, Hope
Year: 1995
Call number: 025.04/I61/1995
Identification code: axsj
Subject: Computer network resources
Libraries and copyright : a guide to copyright law in the 1990s
Author: Gasaway, Laura N.; Wiant, Sarah K.
Year: 1994
Call number: 346.730482/G946/1994
Identification code: axsh
Subject: Photocopying processes--Fair use (Copyright)--United
States.
Libraries and the Internet/NREN : perspectives, issues and
challenges
Author: Mcclure, Charles R.; Moen, William E.; Ryan,
Joe
Year: 1994
Call number: 021.650973/M128/1994
Identification code: axcm
Subject: Internet (Computer network)
Library personnel management
Author: White, Herbert S.
Year: 1985
Call number: 023.9/W584/1985
Identification code: afhe
Subject: Library personnel management
Making money: fees for library services
Author: Warner, Alice Sizer.;.
Year: 1989
Call number: 025.524/W279/1989
Identification code: ajjq
Subject: Library finance; Reference Services (Libraries)--Fees
Managing small library collections in business and community
organizations: advice for non-librarians
Author: Moorman, John
Year: 1989
Call number: 025.1/M825/1989
Identification code: awcl
Subject: Library science.
Managing small special libraries, 1992: an SLA information
kit
Author: Special Libraries Association.
Year: 1992
Call number: 026/M266/1992
Identification code: avqc
Subject: Libraries, special.
Managing the new one-person library
Author: St Clair, Guy; Williamson, Joan
Year: 1992
Call number: 025.1/S136/1992
Identification code: awbb
Subject: Libraries, special.
Managing the special library: strategies for success within
the larger Organization
Author: White, Herbert S.
Year: 1984
Call number: 026/W584/1984
Identification code: afho
Subject: Libraries, special--Administration.
Networking and special libraries: an SLA information kit
Author: Special Libraries Association.; Ladner, Sharyn
J. (Ed.)
Year: 1990
Call number: 026/N476/1990
Identification code: alka
Subject: Libraries, special.
Performance evaluation: a management basic for libraries
Author: Lindsey, Jonathan A.
Year: 1986
Call number: 023.9/P438/1986
Identification code: agto
Subject: Library employees--Rating of.
Planning for library services: a guide to utilizing planning
methods for library management
Author: Mcclure, Charles R.
Year: 1982
Call number: 025.1/P712/1982
Identification code: abpb
Subject: Library administration.
Practical digital libraries : books, bytes, and bucks
Author: Lesk, Michael
Year: 1997
Call number: 025.00285/L629/1997
Identification code: bbjp
Subject: Libraries--United States--Special Collections--Computer
Files
Scenario planning for libraries
Author: Giesecke, Joan (ed.)
Year: 1998
Call number: 025.1/S289/1998
Identification code: bejz
Subject: Library planning--United States÷Congresses
Space planning in the special library
Author: Freifeld, Roberta; Masyr, Caryl; Framework
For Information Inc.; Special Libraries Association.
Year: 1991
Call number: 022.3/F862/1991
Identification code: aodr
Subject: Libraries--Space utilization.
Strategic marketing for libraries: a handbook
Author: Wood, Elizabeth J.; Young, Victoria L.
Year: 1988
Call number: 021.7/W874/1988
Identification code: ahce
Subject: Public relations--Libraries.
Strategic planning basics for special libraries
Author: Asantewa, Doris; Special Libraries Association.
Year: 1992
Call number: 026/A811/1992
Identification code: artg
Subject: Libraries, special--Administration.
Strategic planning: a how-to-do-it manual for librarians
Author: Jacob, M.E.L.
Year: 1990
Call number: 025.1/J15/1990
Identification code: amxh
Subject: Library planning.
The value of corporate libraries : findings from a 1995 survey
of senior Management
Author: Prusak, Laurence; Matarazzo, James M.
Year: 1995
Identification code: ayqm
Thinking robots, an aware internet, and cyberpunk librarians:
the 1992 LITA president's program: presentations by Hans Moravec,
Bruce Sterling, and David Brin
Author: Moravec, Hans P.; Sterling, Bruce.; Brin, David.;
Miller, R. Bruce.; Wolf, Milton T.; Library And Information Technology
Association (U.S.)
Year: 1992
Call number: 025.00285/T443/1992
Identification code: atlq
Subject: Libraries--Automation--Congresses.
Virtual library : an SLA information kit
Author: Special Libraries Association.
Year: 1994
Call number: 025.00285/V819L/1994
Identification code: axsi
Subject: Libraries--Automation.
Virtual library: visions and realities
Author: Saunders, Laverna M.
Year: 1993
Call number: 025.00285/V819/1993
Identification code: arti
Subject: Libraries--Automation.
BCLA Reporter : the newsletter of the British Columbia Library
Association
Identification code: basu
Computers in libraries: complete coverage of library information
technology
Identification code: avtg
Corporate library update
Identification code: avrw
Information outlook: the monthly magazine of The Special Libraries
Association
Identification code: bbhg
Information retrieval & library automation
Identification code: avsc
Library software review
Identification code: aywl
MLS: marketing library services
Identification code: avyv
National library news
Special libraries
Identification code: awgy
Library statistics as performance indicators : using Technology
and statistics for benchmarking library services
Author: Dakshinamurti, Ganga
Year: 1998
Call number: 025.007/D187/1998 CAS
Identification code: bcpq
Subject: Library statistics
Future for librarians : positioning yourself for success
Author: Special Libraries Association.
Year: 1997
Call number: 020.2373/F996/1997 VID
Identification code: bbea
Subject: Library science--Vocational guidance--United States
1 videocassette (90 min.).
Special Libraries Association 89th annual conference general
session keynote address [by] Stanley Davis
Author: Special Libraries Association.; Davis, Stanley
M.
Year: 1998
Call number: 027/S741/1998/VID
Identification code: beiy
Subject: Information economy
1 videocassette (52 min.).
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