my journey from China to Canada

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LIBR 500 Foundations of Information Technology
My journey from China to Canada
Presented by Qiong Yang
qiongyan_at_interchange.ubc.ca
Instructor Susie Stephenson
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Where I came from?

• I came from Changsha, Hunan Province, south
  China.

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My home town and childhood
Changsha, the capital city of Hunan Province,
China, is a historical but dynamic city. It has
more than 1000 years history. It is famous for
its spicy foods, night life as well as hot and
sunny summer. It is a beautiful city with warm
and green spring, colorful and fruitful fall and
no-snow winter.
When I was young, there were no television,
computer and Internet. Outdoor activities and
reading were the two major themes in my
childhood, which fostered me a avid reader.
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My school time

• I studied at Wuhan University in central China
  from 1987 to 1991.
• I got my bachelor degree in Library and
  information science there

The above is the library of Wuhan University
Wuhan University, Hubei, China
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Unforgettable memories in university

• 6 girls had lived together in the same dormitory
  room for four years. We were just like a family.
  Eventually we became lifetime friends.

• I read lots of ancient Chinese literatures.

• I watched movie with one of my roommates every
  weekend.

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My working years in China

• Right after I graduated from Wuhan
  University, I worked in the library of Central
  South University in Changsha, China from 1991 to
  2002.
• Cataloguer at catalogue division
• Reference librarian at periodical division
• Instructor of information retrieval courses
• Information specialist at information service
  division

Central South University, Changsha, China
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Wonderful experiences in Central South University

• I met my husband and we got married at the end of
  1993.

I got my first and the most important Christmas
gift on Christmas day of 1994 my daughter was
born and she joined my journey. Three of us have
been a happy family since then.
I traveled a lot around south China three
Gorges, Gulin, Lushan, Shanghai, Guangzhou,
Guizhou.
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How happy time flies.
Change?!!

• In 2001 I came to Canada and visited my
  husband who
• was working at UBC. A strong desire to explore
  the other
• side of the world urged us to make an incredible
• decision Immigration to Canada.?!!!

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Immigration
The whole family My husband, my daughter and I
immigrated to Canada on Christmas Day of 2002
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My new journey in Canada
We keep on exploring the new world . My new
journey is filled with excitements

• Traveling around west coast.
• Seattle
• Vancouver Island
• Tofino
• Victoria
• Rocky Mountains
• Columbia Ice field
• Lake Louis
• working in different places.
• Joining various activities

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Challenges and dreams in my new journey
After having been away from library settings for
three years, I came back to libraries again as a
library assistant in Vancouver Public library.
But lots of changes have happened in libraries.
Information technology has dramatically changed
every library. I am facing big challenges in my
career development

• Q Can I be a librarian again?
• AYes, you can.
• With friends and librarians encouragement
  and my desire to update my knowledge. I came to
  SLAIS in order to fulfill my dream. Another new
  journey starts

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Credits

• All photos are from my own photo collection.
• Clip arts. Retrieved on January 28, 2007 from
  http//office.microsoft.com/en-gb/clipart.
• Changsha, Wuhan University, Central South
  University and other pictures. Retrieved on
  January 23rd, 2007, from http//www.images.google.
  ca.
• Sounds are from Microsoft Powerpoint

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Thank you for watching