Basil Stuart-Stubbs has displayed vision and boundless energy in his work on behalf of Canadian librarians, book publishers and authors. As the University Librarian at the University of British Columbia for many years, he was instrumental in establishing and guiding UBC Press and in organizing the first Conference on Western Regional Publishing in 1972. He was also one of the early proponents of public lending rights legislation to compensate writers for the use of their works in public libraries. More recently, he has served as a founding director of Simon Fraser University's Canadian Centre for Studies in Publishing.