Jack's Blog for LIBR 559M (3)

Hello all! I am ZhiZhong Chang but you can call me Jack. I started my MLIS program at SLAIS at UBC in January 2009. I have two MA degrees, specializing in Japanese studies at Jilin University in China and history of international relations at the University of Western Ontario in Canada. Before coming to Canada, as a Japanese-Chinese translator, interpreter, editor and researcher, I had been working for the State Information Center in Beijing for six years. I was at Kokugaguin University in Tokyo for over a year as a visiting researcher. Based on my academic background, my ideal career is to be a subject specialist of East Asian Studies (China and Japan). So far I haven’t had adequate professional work experience in library settings except for a volunteer position at Queenswood Library in Victoria and a practicum at the University of Victoria Libraries. However, I am still looking for opportunities where employers can make use of my language abilities (Japanese and Chinese) and research background (East Asian Studies-Japan and East Asia).

I dabbled in social media in LIBR 500 (Foundations of Information Technology) in the first term using Facebook, Twitter, Delicious, Blogs, YouTube, and so on. I was interested in LIBR 559M after Dean’s workshop and he inspired me to learn more about social media. Along with my studies, I feel social media is more and more useful to my professional work, wherever I end up working after graduation. Today, this opportunity is here. I look forward to getting to know all of you and delving into this topic to get an idea of social media tools.