Chinese Canadian Library Weblog

The review was published on May 1st. I can’t wait to read the book now. Way to go Allan!

SLA WCC is pleased to present Paul Whitney, City Librarian, Vancouver Public Library, in Vancouver on April 8 for an interesting and practical update on copyright developments in Canada as they impact all types of libraries and all Canadians. Tuesday April 8, 5:00 – 8:00pm at The Sandman Hotel (180 W Georgia St) in the […]

Mr. Zhu Lei has done a great job writing the minutes. Please read and comment here. Time: March 8, 2008, 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Location: Asian Library Present: Jing, Xuemei, Qi, Ian, Lingbo, Jane, Wei, Lei, Qiong, Lili, Min (remotely via Skype) and Heather (remotely via Skype). Two guests – Jessica and Wendy. Topics: […]

RSS, YouTube, Blogs, Wikis, Facebook, MySpace, and more! There is a global conversation going on right now about what the next generation of the web will be like. It’s happening largely under the meme of Web 2.0. It’s about putting information into the real context of our users’ lives, learning, researching and playing. MySpace and […]

CLA 2008 Conference will be held in Vancouver in late May. Our city will also host an IFLA satellite meeting in August on Multicultural Library Stories. Ping, Jan, Ian and many of us can get involved. Shall we plan an outing to discuss about them?

BOSTON, MA — The editors of the American Heritage® dictionaries have compiled a list of 100 words they recommend every high school graduate should know. by: Editors of The American Heritage Dictionaries (Edited by) http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/booksellers/press_release/100words/ Each word is fully defined and shown in context with example sentences from well-known authors. 100 Words Every High School […]

I attended the Ninth Northern Exposure to Leadership Institute (NEL 9) in early March, 2007. This program is intended for librarians who have a desire to develop their leadership potential, received their degree within the past seven years and have a minimum of two years of professional experience. This is the spiritual journey I mentioned […]

I had the great fortune to be involved in two once-in-life-time events this year, one in early January and one in early March. Besides being grateful to my very supportive and forward-thinking manager, I firmly believe that being an active Toastmasters member helped me in accomplishing these two tasks successfully. Toastmasters activities not only improved […]

Just got back from completing the nineth Northern Exposure to Leadership Institute, NEL 9. I am filled with gratitude to the leaders, mentors, and the sponsors! I am in love with the spirit and vision of NEL. I feel rejuvenated and energized. I hope some of you will seek out the opportunity and give yourself […]

It has been quite a while for me to post something here at this site, which I deem it ‘OUR’ site, though the site URL bears Jing’s name 🙂 I believe Jing would generously agree so and hope that this site would become a platform for us to share our thoughts and ideas here…) Having […]