Education Background  

Working Experience

Activity: School Library in the Age of Digital Fluency

Date: 13 Nov 2018

Time: 6:00 to 7:00

Duration: 1 hour

Description:

The activity is a sharing on the teaching experience and application of information technology in the school library. It is a one-hour lecture for people working in the school libraries or academic libraries and students studying in information studies, especially for teacher-librarians. The organizers are School of Information Studies, Charles Sturt University and HKU SPACE. The lecture presenter is Judy O’Connell from CSU. The format is 45-minute lecture, followed by 15-minute Question and Answer session.

Reflection:

The objective of the activity is to show the trend of Digital Fluency in school libraries and how to create knowledge construction and participatory culture via Digital Fluency. I attended this activity as I wanted to know more about the library industry in other countries and compare with Hong Kong school library. It can inspire me to build develop strategies in reading promotion in my workplace. I am able to acquire useful skills from O’Connell, such as the change of searching habit of patrons due to information technology development and the use of technology to attract students in learning and encourage students’ inquiries for both academic and non-academic questions. I have successfully organized a “STEM” book display with the use of information technologies to attract students to take part in library activity in my workplace.

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Activity: Study Visit to Lam Tin Methodist Primary School

Date: 8 Dec 2018

Time: 10:00 to 12:00

Duration: 2 hours

Description:

This activity is a study visit to Lam Tin Methodist Primary School. The presenter shared her working experience in primary school library. The length of the visit is 2 hours and designed for the students studying in the librarianship programs as well as library staff working in Primary school library. The organizer is HKU SPACE and the presenter is Ms Helen Chan, Teacher-Librarian of Lam Tin Methodist Primary School. The activity encouraged interactions between with librarians and students. The presenter also shared her knowledge, expertise and perspective in librarianship, especially for students intend to work in Primary School Library.

Reflection:

I attended this study visit because I want to explore more about Primary School Librarianship. Ms Chan is an experienced information professional. She tried to apply education theories jointed with librarianship skills at her working position, so I was appreciated and inspired by her sharing and I hope that can implement these strategies in my workplace. She gave me some ideas to my information studies, such as collection management, information literacy and promote reading culture in school. In this study visit, I was able to observe the learning space designed by Ms Chan. She demonstrated the effective use of limited space to give patrons a better area for learning. She even set up the maker space in the library, which is a breakthrough for traditional primary school library. It can attract users to come to the library and allow develop interest in “Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)”. I tried to implement her idea and combine my thoughts to hold a “STEM” book display in my school after study visit to arouse their interest in reading and learning through cross-curriculum cooperation.

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Activity: Study Visit to CITAC and HKIC Learning Resource Centre

Date: 8 Dec 2018

Time: 2:00 to 4:00

Duration: 2 hours

Description:

The activity is divided into two parts. The first part is a guided tour for us to understand the up-to-date construction knowledge. The second part is a visit followed by a sharing from the librarian in explain the relationship of the special library and the parent institution and its role in supporting the operation of the parent institution, followed by a Q & A session. This activity is suitable for librarians at different levels, especially for students who wish to work in special libraries. The organizer is HKU SPACE and the presenter is Mr Terence Lau, Associate Librarian at Hong Kong Institute of Construction.

Reflection:

The activity introduced the recent developments in construction and technology. The visit to special library and sharing by the librarian explained their work and routine in assisting students or professionals to access information and promote currently updates and awareness in updating professional skills. I only have a shallow understanding towards special libraries. Librarians should keep learning continuously towards different knowledge and aspects for further assist the information needs of the library users, so I attended in this activity. The presenter did not only introduce the latest construction development to us, but also reminded us an important concept, information literacy. Information literacy is an increasingly heated topic in the information society due to the prevalence of false information. It is crucial for users to know how to access correctly, what methods to navigate and how to use information properly. I am able to share my understanding of information literacy to the students in my school.

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Activity: HKTLA 2018 – 19 Annual General Meeting, Council Election and Special Report

= (2018 – 19 年度會員大會、理事會選舉 暨 專題報告)

Date: 26 Jan 2019

Time: 1:30 to 5:30

Duration: 4 hours

Description:

This activity is the Annual General Meeting of Hong Kong Teacher-Librarian’s Association. The subject area is reading promotion and daily work sharing. The length of activity is 4 hours for school libraries staff, especially for teacher-librarians. The organizer is Hong Kong Teacher-Librarian’s Association. The presenters are Ms. Kam-lin IP, HKTLA President and Ms. Hsiu Ling Huang, National Miaoli Senior High School Teacher-Librarian, and, Ms. Choi Po Pang, C&MA Sunkei Primary School Teacher-Librarian. The activity is divided into three parts, which include two hours lecture, half an hour library visit and one hour and a half meeting and sharing.

Reflection:

The objectives of the activity are to vote for next HKTLA President, report Association’s achievement in this year and share school library experience to library staff. I attended this activity because I want to understand the difficulties in promoting reading in the school library and want to learn from other librarians. Besides, I want to extend my professional network. I was working in the school library, but I had no idea can do better to promote reading atmosphere and habit, so I hoped to learn from other teacher-librarians successful experience as reference from this activity. I was able to know more include e-resource and other technology applies should be considering involving into library collection policy and reading promote. In this Information Age, librarians should use different methods and learn a variety of knowledge to enrich ourselves towards information profession and teaching and learning.

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Activity: Teaching By Design: Designing New Spaces for Creativity and Innovation in Schools and University

Date: 23 Mar 2019

Time: 10:00 to 3:00

Duration: 5 hours

Description:

This activity is a workshop on how to design, share the concept of design to make use of the library’s space to provide a future learning environment to our library users. The length of the workshop is five hours and the target participants are different levels of library staff as well as students studying in library studies. There were four organizers including Hong Kong America Centre, Common Core@HKU, Hong Kong International School (HKIS), HKUST Interdisciplinary Programs Office and Division of Integrative Systems and Design. The presenters are Glenn Shive of HKAC, King Chow from HKUST, Luisa Mok of HKUST, Esther Woo, Michael Cheng and Nicol Pan from HKU, Martin Leicht from HKIS. The workshop consisted of five talks about design topics and followed by reflections sessions.

Reflection:

The objectives of the activity were to share the successful experience of the presenters in their organizations and teach how to design the use of library space for learning. I attended this workshop’s because I want to know more about the design concepts and other libraries’ experience to build up better indoor areas for library users. Librarians has a duty to provide spaces for learning and preserve the library resources, especially in Hong Kong, the land resource is limited, Libraries are always facing this problem. Therefore, it is very important to solve this issue. We should consider the use of libraries space for future development, and gather information with users. We should be open-minded towards new arrangement and thoughts. I am going to try to adopt these strategies to design a better learning area for my patrons.

Evidence of participation:

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Activity: Certificate in Conservation and Preservation of Books and Documents

Date: 16 June 2019 – 22 Sep 2019 (17 meetings)

Time: 9:30 to 5:00

Duration: 15 hours

Description:

This activity is a 17-week course about Conservation and Preservation of Paper Documents in both Western and Chinese styles. This course is designed for all level library staff, especially for library collection management department. The length of this course is 6 hours each lesson which include lectures explain theories and practical sessions. The organizer is HKU SPACE and the chief tutor is Mr Lai Chun Ying, Conservation Specialist from Tung Wah Group of Hospitals.

Reflection:

This course aims to introduce students to deal with paper documents in different conditions such as infections, mold and dirt. I am able to learn how to use bind books, the structure of books and the use adhesive and paper. Moreover, I am able to learn methods in handling fragile papers, which allows me to utilize this knowledge in my workplace.

The reason for me to join this course is because when I began my career in librarianship, many books were torn or in poor condition, which were needed to weed for each year. In circulation counter, it is commonly found the return books with different problems that cause harm to the books’ shelf lives, so I want to learn more in book restoration and simple book repair.

This course can develop my ability to handle damage books and know more the characteristic of paper, which will impact the repair methods and materials. Besides, I am able to learn basic concepts about archive management and preservation. All actions should be reversible to minimize the damage to the documents, so we need to be careful when choosing conservation supplies, such as adhesive and paper. This knowledge is valuable for me in my workplace and also applicable to my future career development in collection handling.

I am working in the user service teams at the academic library. One of my job duties is to repair the damage books, so this course can help me to job done well. In this course, I learnt at least four bookbinding methods. Mr Lai mentioned that binding is fundamental to book restoration. We have to understand the binding structure of book before we conduct any repair works. I was able to make 4 books by hand with the aids of machines. With these hands-on practices, I am able to understand the binding procedures and the structure of books.

This course provided us opportunities to practice binding and repair skills and also introduce knowledge about conservation as well as the cultural and historical values of books and documents. I am more confident in repair damaged books and learnt the basic skills in book repair. Now I can repair the damaged books and learn relevant knowledge such as the fundamental elements of book repairing are water, paper, tools and adhesives. We need to use different adhesive for different purposes. For example, when we make the spine and cover of the book, we need to use thicker adhesive. However, when we perform restoration work, we need to use thinner adhesive. The thickness of the adhesive will also be affected by external factor, such as humidity and temperature. It strongly relays on practice and experience. The teacher tells us the important concept in conservation is our best to keep the books in its original status.

After attending this course, I will not use the adhesive tape to repair the books anymore. It is not a method to preserve paper documents as it may lead to irreversible damage. Librarians have a mission to preserve the library resources for use by further generation to fulfil the information needs. The print-materials are worth to keep as historical evidence. All information media should be also respected and maintained.

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Activity: Career insight on school Librarianship

Date: 23 Nov 2019

Time: 13:30 to 14:30

Duration: 1 hour

Description:

The activity introduced the career path about teacher librarians. Presenters’ shared their personal experience in the library field, especially for librarians and students who want to work in the school library. This is a one-hour lecture with Q&A session. The organizer is HKU SPACE and the presenter is a Mr. Michael Hung, HKUGA Primary School Teacher Librarian and vice-chairman of Quality Library Network (QLN).

Reflection:

The objective of the activity is to introduce the work and duty of teacher librarians, as well as the qualifications and requirements for teacher librarians. With an aim to understand the issues for teacher librarians in school library working environment, I attended this activity. The presenter’s experience is valuable and useful, which gave practical suggestions and insights to help me to plan of my career pathway toward librarianship, such as what the characteristics and abilities for teacher librarians and linked to his experience to improve work performance. I was inspired by the presenter, especially the part on image-building. It is important to for librarians build our professional presences because we can easy to convince the patrons to trust you and smoothen the working process. These management and leadership experience are crucial for my future development.

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