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Curious: The Desire to Know and Why Your Future Depends on It – A Book Review

July 7, 2016by Siu Hong Yu Leave a comment

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 […]

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Education, Mind The Gap

My Master of Library and Information Science Is No “Small World”

May 10, 2016by Siu Hong Yu Leave a comment

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, […]

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Education, Information Science, Mind The Gap

Walkability Before Sunrise

February 11, 2015by Siu Hong Yu Leave a comment

I fully enjoyed the last two documentaries featured at the yowLAB FilmFest but was wondering, hey, what about exploring what makes cities click through works of fiction? Maybe it would bring […]

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Mind The Gap

[bib·li·o·phile]

January 27, 2015by Siu Hong Yu Leave a comment

Design Noir: The Secret Life of Electronic Objects By Anthony Dunne and Fiona Raby (Birkhäuser) When it comes to designing the next “smart” electronics, is smaller, faster while featuring more […]

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Art, Artscience, Mind The Gap, Science

A Blast from the Past and Back to the Future

November 10, 2014by Siu Hong Yu Leave a comment

“These racks and shelves contain a lot of books. Tens of thousands. Hundreds of thousands. Perhaps millions… How do you feel about them?” so begins this 1947 vocational guidance video […]

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Academic library, Mind The Gap, Public library, Special library

My MLIS Aspirations

November 10, 2014by Siu Hong Yu 1 Comment

These are my current fixations that drive me to skip lunch and stay up late. What are your aspirations?

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Mind The Gap

Photo/Quote of the Day

October 31, 2014by Siu Hong Yu Leave a comment

A connected world is a polyglot world. As we gain access to the thoughts, feelings, and opinions of people around the world, our potential for knowledge and understanding expands. But […]

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Education, Information Science, Mind The Gap

Photo set: UWO ARLIS @ Doors Open London, Sep 28, 2014.

September 28, 2014by Siu Hong Yu Leave a comment

Just spending a gorgeous Sunday with UWO’s Art Libraries Society at Doors Open London…

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Mind The Gap

Photo Set: Touring the Herbarium.

September 22, 2014by Siu Hong Yu Leave a comment

Set: Touring the Herbarium at the Department of Biology with the UWO student chapter of the Special Libraries Association (SLA) Date: Monday, September 22, 2014. Location: UWO Biological & Geological Sciences (BGS) […]

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Mind The Gap, Museum, Special library

On helping users.

September 18, 2014by Siu Hong Yu Leave a comment

Quote of the day from one of the tips I got for an assignment on the term “record” and the important connection between cataloguing and reference service: “Your users didn’t […]

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Cataloguing, Mind The Gap, Reference service

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