It has been a busy second half of the year at the Co-op and I am grateful for all the staff expertise and kindness that has been extended as I have been learning my role as Interim Executive Director. Cloud Migration This October the Systems and Sitka teams successfully migrated Sitka to a cloud hosted… Read more »
In our Member Spotlight series, we shine a light on our BC Libraries Co-op members and partners, exploring how they use our services and the unique challenges and successes they experience. South Central Regional Library Our first spotlight features South Central Regional Library in Manitoba, a member of the BC Libraries Cooperative since 2010. This… Read more »
We welcomed Sarah Felkar as our Interim Executive Director in early September and are excited to have her join the BC Libraries Co-op leadership team! About Sarah Sarah earned her MLIS from the University of Western Ontario in 2012 and has been actively involved in various Co-op activities over the years. Notably, she chaired the BC… Read more »
Dear members and subscribers, I hope that this newsletter finds you all well! First off, I want to thank you for your recent support as we navigated the security breach in mid-April. On behalf of the entire co-op, I extend our apologies for the leak, and we thank you for the measures taken on your… Read more »
On April 19 the Co-op was contacted by a “security researcher” (hacker) attempting to extort payment for data they had exfiltrated from our servers, and threatening to release that data publicly if we did not pay. Upon examination of the evidence offered, we realized that they had indeed accessed log file data from a new… Read more »
Since inception in 2009 the BC Libraries Cooperative has operated its own server farm, co-located at the Harbour Centre facility in downtown Vancouver. This initial choice was made for many reasons, one main reason being that there were no good Canadian-based cloud hosting options at the time of our formation. In compliance with FOIPPA, we… Read more »
Happy New Year! We have had a few inquiries recently from members regarding security topics, and so we thought we would take the opportunity to respond more broadly in case others had comparable questions. Phishing and Spearphishing While many of us use email systems that are getting better and better at automatically catching spam and… Read more »
As we have done for several years, we asked Co-op staff to nominate the projects from the wider open source community that they use and benefit from so that we can acknowledge and support those projects in our small way. This year we are pleased to announce the following recipients: Let’s Encrypt (used extensively around… Read more »
As we have done for several years, we asked Co-op staff to nominate the projects from the wider open source community that they use and benefit from so that we can acknowledge and support those projects in our small way. This year we are pleased to announce the following recipients: Let’s Encrypt (used extensively around… Read more »
The BC Libraries Cooperative is pleased to announce that starting today it is accepting applications from BC public libraries to work with our Connectivity Consultant. This consultation is free of charge to libraries thanks to funds from the Ministry of Education, and is aimed at identifying current barriers to library connectivity and helping to develop… Read more »
