Chinese Canadian Library Weblog

Greetings, everyone! I started working for my new employer, United International College, on November 10, and have been busy ever since. The college is still under construction which is expected to complete in one year’s time. Right now there are 1200 undergraduate students. When the college is in full operation, the student population will be […]

Today one of my club members delivered his Competent Communicator (CC) #10 – Inspire your Audience. The title of his speech is How to Overcome Adversity. There are three Ps I will always remember: –Adversity is not permanent – you can overcome it by never, never, never giving up; –Adversity is not personal – you […]

Please excuse me for not being in contact with most of you – I was homeless, sort of. Believe it or not, I moved 4 times in less than a month. Thanks to Jing for letting others know that I was still alive and well. I eventually moved to a permanent apartment last week that […]

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Library and Wikis

I am now working on the World Cultures Committee at FVRL. One of the tasks assigned to me is to find out ways for access to our multilingual collection (it’s a 12 non-English collection) through OPAC. As far as I know, this is one of the most challenging topics in our profession. Many organizations and […]

转自 http://www.uv.mx/usbi_ver/unesco/images/invcn.jpg 你是否开发过信息文字资源 (Information Literacy Resources) 创建课程，开发标准或评估工具，或是写过这个题目的论文？ 你是否愿意让你的信息文字工作被国际上看到？ 如果是的话，我们邀请你来参与一个激动人心的新网络目录，国际信息文字资源目录 (the International Information Literacy Resources Directory)。 这个网络知识库由IFLA的信息文字部门在联合国教科文组织资助的一个项目中设计，这个目录的目标是使全球范围内信息文字的共享成为可能。这个数据库对所有人免费开放。 访问这个网址：www.uv.mx/usbi_ver/unesco，并对你认为最有用的资源编写条目。你的参与将丰富这个网络从而使其成为全球信息文字交换中心。你可以立刻开始提交你的记录。 请与相关人士共享这条信息来帮助我们促进这个项目。 Jesus Lau 项目总协调人 信息文字部/IFLA主席 Director, Universidad Veracruzana, USBI VER Library Veracruz, Mexico

Enjoy more photos … 关于花的参考咨询问题很有趣，尤其在图书馆被花海包围的季节。刚刚很费劲地纠正学普通话的一位先生，那是“山茶花” （camellia) 不是“仨擦花”； 还逗一位老外朋友，“中国也有杜鹃和山杜鹃 （Azalea and rhododendrons)，而且中国的杜鹃是加拿大杜鹃的祖宗。有书为证。”