LIBR 500 Assignment

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Jeff Davis An Introduction

• LIBR 500Assignment 1davisj_at_telus.net

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PART I

• The Basics

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Who am I?

• Bass guitarist
• Geek
• Winnipegger
• MLIS candidate

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Where am I from?

• Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1981
• Moved to Vancouver in May 2003
• Currently living in South Granville neighborhood

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PART II

• Education and Professional Matters

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My education

• Bachelor of Arts in Classical Studies
• University of Manitoba
• Graduated in May 2002
• Currently in MLIS program at UBC

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Library work experience
(How a bibliophile paid the rent)

• Academic libraries
• Shelver
• Library Assistant
• Special libraries
• Legislative Library of Manitoba

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Career goals
(How a bibliophile will continue to pay the rent)

• Reference librarian in academic library
• Also interested in IT, non-traditional careers

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Part III

• This Time, Its Personal

(My Favorite Things)
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My girlfriend

• Monique (My-Hang) Huynh
• My-Hang is Vietnamese for beautiful moon
• Student at Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design
• We met in a library!

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My cat

• Name Yoshimi
• Black
• Female

• Five months old
• Adopted at age 11 weeks

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My hobbies

• Playing bass guitar
• Was member of award-winning funk band
• Reading science fiction
• Favorite authors
• Philip K. Dick
• William Gibson
• Neal Stephenson

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