BCICS has been bulking up the library and archival resources on co-operatives and credit unions at the University of Victoria. Thanks to donations from the families of Dr. Suren Saxena and Dr. B. N. Arnason, and from the Centre for the Study of Co-operatives at the University of Saskatchewan, as well as from Ian MacPherson, we have added nearly 1500 volumes to the main university library and another 500 to the Institute’s library. Over 700 feet of papers, reports and other documents related to credit unions and other co-ops in BC, Canada and around the world have also been added. Our library has been reviewed by a library consultant to ensure everything conforms with contemporary library practices.

Recently, we have received offers of over 35 linear metres of books and papers from the Co-operative College in the United Kingdom, and a further 60 books from the Centre for the Study of Co-operatives at the University of Saskatchewan. These resources are making the Institute a renowned and useful place to carry out research into co-operatives.