Item v000087 - Pioneers archiving project: BCIT 30th Anniversary, tape 1

Part 2 - Pioneers archiving project: BCIT 30th Anniversary, tape 1 Part 3 - Pioneers archiving project: BCIT 30th Anniversary, tape 1

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C08-v000087

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Pioneers archiving project: BCIT 30th Anniversary, tape 1

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  • 1996 (Creation)

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1 videocassette (2:02:25 min.) : VHS, col., sd.

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(1964-)

Administrative history

In 1962, shortly after assuming the Office of Principal, Cecil Roper called a meeting with senior staff at the UBC library to discuss how the library needs of BCIT students could be best met. Together with Sophie Laddy, Head of Science and Technology Division of the Vancouver Public Library an Advisory Committee was formed. The first meeting of the Committee was held on December 17, 1962. In 1964, Joan Jorgensen was appointed Head Librarian.
The library originally occupied a 4375 square foot space room in the main building of the Burnaby Campus. Basic materials were housed for general courses such as Physics, Mathematics, English and Chemistry with the intent to expand the collection to include materials on technologies taught at the Institute such as engineering, electronics, and business, forestry, medical and mining technologies. By 1966, the library had outgrown its allocated space. The Advisory Committee, under the leadership of Basil J. Stuart Stubbs, Head Librarian at UBC, submitted plans that were eventually approved, for the construction of a new library building.
The new building officially opened for service in August 1968. The new premises occupied two floors of 19,000 square feet each, providing adequate space to seat 500 students and to have a collection of 100,000 volumes. Provision was also made for a student lounge, a fully equipped student typing and calculating room, a microfilm reading room and a faculty reading room.
That same year Robert Harris succeeded Jorgensen as Head Librarian. The following year the service of providing audio-visual aids and equipment was incorporated into the library as the Audio-Visual Department. The Information Resource Centre was thus formed and came under the direction of Harris. Harris resigned in 1975 and was succeeded by Jos Carver. Under Carver, the automation of library operations began. By 1979, 75,000 records had been converted to microfiche. In 1983, IBM’s integrated library system DOBIS was purchased to meet the library’s needs. BCIT was the first academic library in Canada to have a computer database of resources.
In 1985, following administrative reorganization of the institute, Paula Pick was selected as Institute Librarian for the new multi-campus library, which consisted of the amalgamated facilities, staff and collections of the former Pacific Vocational Institute and BCIT Library. The two institutes merged officially on April 1, 1986.
The position of Institute Librarian has been held by the following individuals:

  • Joan Jorgensen - 1962-1967
  • Robert Harris - 1968-1975
  • Jos Carver - 1976-1985
  • Paula Pick - 1985-1993
  • Brigitte Peter Cherneff - 1993-2007
  • David Pepper – 2008–2015
  • James Rout – 2016-2018
  • Alison Nussbaumer - 2018-present

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Interviews with past employees, instructors and graduates from the class of 1966 at the BCIT 30th Anniversary event. Interviewees include: Cecil E. Roper and Brian Gillespie (0:01-21:28); Kenneth W. McLean, Building graduate, Student Council President in 1966, and Mike Bretner(?), Student Council President for class of 1996 (21:29 - 27:46); Judy Monroe (Judy E. Monk), Hotel Motel graduate, Student Council Secretary and Valedictorian in 1966, and Rosa Sorace, VP of Finance and Administration for the Student Association in 1996 (27:54-38:51) [Part 1 ends at 30:00, partway through this interview]; Cam Barnetson, instructor for Chemical and Metallurgical and Chemistry [interview cuts mid sentence] (38:52-39:54); Barry Greenwood and Christine Burfltt(?), Chemical and Metallurgical graduates 1966 (39:55-44:54); Vince Dangerfield, graduate of Civil and Structural 1966 (44:55-52:27); Doug Tribe (John Douglas Tribe), graduate of Electrical and Electronics Technology 1966 (52:28-58:01); Stephen Berghold, Forest Products instructor (58:02-1:01:02) [Part 2 ends partway through this interview]; Gary G. Billmark, Allan G. Mellor, Larry Tench, graduates of Forest Products 1966 [poor audio quality] (1:01:03-1:12:28); Jake (John C.) Earwaker, Andy (Andrew D.) Dove, Richard Briggs, graduates of Forest Products in 1966 (1:12:29-1:21:12); Ron Hyde, Food Technology Dept. Head (1:21:13-1:30:44); David Anhorn, Food Processing graduate 1966 (1:30:45-1:34:36); graduate from 1966 and instructor in the biotech program in 1996 [no introduction and interview cuts out midsentence] (1:34:37-1:39:04); Ed (Edsel) Back, Instrumentation graduate 1966 and later an Instrumentation instructor (1:39:05-1:43:08); George Sinclair, Mechanical Technology graduate 1966, and his wife, Susan Sinclair [interview cuts outs midsentence] (1:43:09-1:48:16); Marv (Mavin E.) Woolley, Assistant Director of Engineering Part Times Studies 1996, Mechanical graduate 1966 (1:48:17-1:53:25); Mining instructor from 1965 (name unknown) and Ralph MacDonald, Mining advisory committee (1:53:26-1:57:44).

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Playback of physical tape restricted for preservation reasons.

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Copyright: BCIT; expiry: 2047-01-01

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  • video/mp4
  • warping along bottom of video
  • sound cuts out occasionally
  • some discolouration

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See tape 2: C08-v000088

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File size: 8.92 GB

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Title taken from original

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Video has been split into three parts due to length and size of the files.

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S. Holland, Archival Assistant, created 2019-03-01

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  • Shelf: Bay 24, shelf F, box 5