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In 2004 the University of Victoria Libraries housed over 7000 theses in Special Collections and over 1000 in their circulating collection; it was also the year that they launched their digital repository.
This is a story about the evolution and transformation of the traditional print thesis as viewed through the changing lens of the University of Victoria's Masters Theses and Doctoral Dissertation process.
Learn about UVic's successes and challenges hosting a repository and find out how it transformed access to this important academic library resource.

Melanie and Adrienne worked together as managers in the same regional public library system for five years. Having learned from their various management experiences, they offer participants insights into best practices and the importance of creating a collaborative workplace to help respond to increasingly complex community needs. They will discuss management's evolving role and why it is essential to develop the manager-employee relationship. Join them as they highlight the important principles that guide them as managers.

In support of BC’s new curriculum, Pacific Opera Victoria, Royal BC Museum and the Greater Victoria Public Library offered a day-long pro-d opportunity for high school, middle school and elementary school teachers. Experts from each institution provided practical tools and ideas to encourage children and teens to think critically about what they view, read, and hear. This panel will discuss how we collaborated to create the event, the benefits to GLAM partnership programming, and what we learned.

The Legislative Library of BC will share what the library is about, what it offers the public, and what it means to offer services in a special library. The presentations cover:
• an update on GALLOP (Government and Legislative Libraries Online Publications Portal), its recent user survey and future directions.
• a whirlwind tour of the its digital initiatives and systems projects, including projects aimed at its clients and the public.
The session will conclude with a Q&A.

At VILSC 2016, Lisa and Jean introduced a new shared print monograph initiative undertaken by 10 academic libraries in Western Canada. The Shared Print Archive Network (SPAN) Monograph Project, an initiative of COPPUL, helps ensure we retain and preserve enough copies of rare, local-interest print materials for future access by scholars and citizens. Please join us for an update on the outcomes of this exciting project! We will also demonstrate how we are analyzing our collective holdings and circulation data, using an online tool called GreenGlass, to advance local collection management goals in responsible, sustainable, evidence-based ways. Finally, we will share some of our thoughts, experiences and workflows around that bête noire of libraryland, weeding, as well as possible future uses of the data beyond deselection and retention.

Intergenerational programs can be used in our communities to break down stereotypes and develop mutual support. Learn how Edmonton Public Library’s Then and Now project brings seniors and teens together with the help of Then and Now Kits, identify strategies and challenges of the project and discuss way to adapt current programs to be more intergenerational.