My Journey to SLAIS Lingbo Linda Yan

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My Journey to SLAISLingbo Linda Yan

• LIBR 500
• Foundations of Information Technology
• Prof. S. Stephenson

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My Passions in Life

• Reading
• Teaching
• Meeting Friends

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The People Who Impact Me the Most

• Parents
• Teachers
• Professors
• Friends

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My Academic Journey Before SLAIS

• Northeast Normal University, China
• BA - English Teaching of ESL
• MA - English American Literature
• Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
• MA - Comparative Literary Studies
• Algonquin College, Ottawa, Canada
• Diploma - Lib. Info. Technician

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Professional Work Experience

• ESL Instructor
• Northeast Normal University
• ChangChun, China
• Library Document Verifier
• CISTI (Can. Inst. of Sci. Tech. Info.)
• NRC, Ottawa, ON
• Library Technician
• KPMG Library
• Vancouver, BC

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SLAISFulfilling a 7 Years Old Dream

• If you dream long enough, it will happen!
• Prayers do get answered!

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An ESL Teacher and a Librarian?

• Why Not? It combines
• Passion for reading and literacy
• Passion for teaching
• Passion for promoting knowledge and information
  management

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Favorite Books and Authors

• Thomas Hardy
• Jude the Obscure
• Mahamta Ghandi
• My Experiments with Truth
• Gertrude Stein
• Ida

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Great Advice from my Wonderful Friends

• Laugh at yourself, because everyone else does
• Do not sweat the small stuff
• Count your blessings

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Great Lessons from my Precious Son

• You have to have some fun sometimes
• Do not make an issue out of everything
• Mom is the

WORLD
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Career Aspirations?

• Special Library?
• Academic Library?
• Public Library?
• School Library?

• Happily undecided!
• Will be happy in any

LIBRARY
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SLAIS is the Bridge to my Dream

• Each book opens a window to the world,
• SLAIS will give me the key to that castle full of
  windows,
• And more .

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As I start at SLAIS, I like to dedicate this
journey to my Mom

• I love you, Mom!

Your memory will be with me forever