Funds have been committed from the Ministry of Children and Family Development and the Public Library Services Branch (PLSB), Ministry of Education. The PLSB will fund a reprint of the popular British publication, Babies Love Books to be included in the package and organize distribution of the packages provincially.

The first book to be included is Raffi’s “Baby Beluga,” a natural choice organizers say, because of its B.C. authorship and content. Future plans include books with aboriginal content, and providing books in other languages for families whose home language is not English. While the project partners recognize there are many existing books for babies programs in B.C., they say this project is not supposed to be a replacement, but an enhancement to existing programs, and all community members are welcome to participate.

Organizers will be setting up a web site soon. For more information, contact: Rhian Piprell, Deputy Director, Coquitlam Public Library (Phone: 604 937 4132, email rpiprell@library.coquitlam.bc.ca) or Jim Looney, PLSB (604 660-7346 email: Jim.Looney@gov.bc.ca

Resource Centre Update:

Goodbye to our Resource Centre librarian, Valerie Patrick
On August 26, Valerie left us for her new job in Ottawa, where she has been hired on a oneyear contract as staff librarian at Amnesty International. We’ll miss her and we wish her all the best. We will keep you posted about resource centre developments in future e-bulletins. Meanwhile, a reminder that the resources link on our web page has recently been updated. And – you can find a list of the very latest acquisitions (August 2005) to our resource centre.

Feature Profile: Faces of Literacy

We have a new feature profile coming soon – watch for it at the Faces of Literacy link on our website. This feature is designed to put a personal face to the people and organizations who are making a difference in BC. From learners, to practitioners, administrators and researchers, and from small community-based agencies to large community colleges and school districts, these faces of literacy define our community.

Do you know … What’s Happening?

Read the latest edition of What’s Happening, our compilation of abbreviated information about literacy activities and events. If you have anything you’d like posted on this, our electronic bulletin board -- your events, conferences, professional development opportunities, teaching tools or resources to recommend –- please let us know.