Posted in LIBR559M on Jul 24th, 2010 1 Comment »
So how does that^ turn into this…? I fancy myself an amateur graphic designer. I’ve never taken a formal class nor received training from a professional artist. It’s a fun hobby, and occasionally useful for school/work projects. One of the reasons I ventured into this craft was the potential to collaborate with other artists, to […]
Posted in LIBR559M on Jul 22nd, 2010 4 Comments »
KAIZEN (Japanese for “improvement” or “change for the better”) refers to philosophy or practices that focus upon continuous improvement of processes… (current definition on Wikipedia) Kazien is an operations philosophy often touted in the worlds of business, engineering and manufacturing – but what can it mean for a library? At its most basic framework, Kaizen is […]
Posted in LIBR559M on Jul 16th, 2010 3 Comments »
Is there a one amongst us who doesn’t love Youtube, (not necessarily the site itself, but rather the concept and delivery of ‘tube’ style user-posted videos), or anyone who would argue that it hasn’t brought the world a little bit closer? I sometimes have a hard time recalling what the internet was like before I […]
Posted in LIBR559M on Jul 14th, 2010 1 Comment »
Hello – I’m writing to you (not you specifically) but all of you who happen to come across this blog of mine, as a student – not as an experienced blogger. This blog, demanded of me inspired by my enrollment in LIBR559M (http://www.slais.ubc.ca) is a work in progress, and will hopefully develop into something more […]