In a recent Liberal Education article, Jon D. Miller, Director of the International Center for the Advancement of Scientific Literacy at the University of Michigan, recounts his findings on the substantial increase […]
Title: Curious: The Desire to Know and Why Your Future Depends on It Author: Ian Leslie Year: 2014 Publisher: Anansi ISBN: 9781770894037 Pages: 310 Genre: Nonfiction, Psychology Rating: We’re all […]
So, first day back to the last semester of my Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS). Time does fly when you’re having fun. Well, minus those back-to-back all-nighters… Anyway, […]
← My Co-op So Far, Part IV Plant Care & Growth Last but not least, working with the English Liaison Librarian in conjunction with the Sustainable Campus Initiative (SCI), I […]
← My Co-op So Far, Part III Science 101 On the sunny afternoon of July 15, 2015, the Chemistry Liaison Librarian and I represented the library and participated in a […]
← My Co-op So Far, Part II Reference Statistics Taking a short break from the bibliometric work on research impact, I was tasked to analyze the reference transaction data collected […]
← My Co-op So Far, Part I Circulation & Reference In addition to my one-on-one reference training with the subject librarians, I was trained to work at the integrated circulation […]
Research Metrics Under the guidance of the Bibliometrics and Research Impact Librarian (BRIL), I have been working on a series of ongoing projects related to institutional and faculty research impact […]
User tags or subject headings? Of course there is no such thing as a perfect system. Looking into the red hot category of young adult, the first book that I […]
…In the advent of social networks and the rise of citizen scientists, however, shouldn’t we move toward empowering the citizen via user-centered, curiosity-minded and outcome-driven social engagements?… My take, inspirations […]
The Incubator. 