BC Teacher-Librarians' Association

For as long as the BCTLA has been around, BC Teacher-Librarians have been working hard to support their colleagues. This has taken many forms over the years. One of the earliest was a newsletter written by our members and executive. The Bookmark contains useful tips, lessons, resources, and reviews of library-worthy publications to help build our Library Learning Commons programs and collections. This new page is an archive of past issues and articles from 1985-2009.

With the evolution of technology, we now have the BCTLA website to house our current articles and information. However, we didn’t want to forget the past efforts of our organization. We invested in the technology to properly scan The Bookmark documents so that keyword searches yield helpful results. Past BCTLA members also compiled The Bookmark Articles Subject Index to help find specific topics more quickly. We hope you enjoy looking back on our history and perhaps recognize some of your colleagues as contributors to this publication.

We are also putting out a call for help. We know that Teacher-Librarians are also great at preserving collections and might have old issues of The Bookmark in their LLC. You might notice that we have a couple of gaps due to missing issues and are hoping you might be able to help us complete our catalogue. Specifically:

• Volume 44, Issue 2
• Volume 47, Issues 1 & 2
• Volume 49, All issues
• Any issues you realize are missing

The new page can be found under Resources & Publications > Bookmark Magazine

Please complete the following link to add your voice advocating for better Library Learning Common conditions for our students. We respectfully call on the provincial government to fully fund school libraries and to ensure that every school in British Columbia is staffed with a full-time Teacher-Librarian.

BCTLA Campaign to Provide Funding for Full-Time Teacher-Librarians

Gather your Chapter members and have a viewing party to watch “The Librarians”, a documentary about the war on books and our fight to preserve Freedom to Read rights. The BCTLA is also willing to cover snacks for your viewing party!

Register HERE

Chapter Councillors are invited to submit receipts after your event for up to $10 per member to help cover snacks and treats for your chapter’s viewing party.

Once you register, you’ll receive a personal viewing link. You’ll simply enter your name and email address to access the film — this step is required as part of our licensing agreement.

We will also make the documentary available to all members for individual viewing, so if members can’t make the viewing party, they will have the opportunity to watch on their own without the perks of snacks.

The documentary will be available to watch from April 1st to April 30th, 2026. Then, on April 29th, we warmly welcome you to join BCTLA members for a Zoom conversation where we’ll reflect, debrief, and share insights together. The April 29th Zoom will be a debrief, not a screening of the film. You’ll want to register separately to view the documentary, and our Pro D coordinator, Cathy Fowler, will send you the film link.

Additional Resources:

The Librarians Discussion Guide

The Librarians Engagement Guide

Click here to register.