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Peer Tutor Tuesdays with Rebecca Gibson

October 30, 2018 by Sandra Matsuba Leave a Comment

Name:       Rebecca Gibson

Program:  Nuclear Medicine Technology

What attracted you to becoming a Peer Tutor?

I used peer tutoring services for academic and emotional support as a first year student and found it super useful and wanted to give the same support to others as best I can. It’s also a good way to keep foundational info fresh in my mind.

How has working as a tutor helped you?

Keeps first year info fresh in my mind/memory. Teaches me new learning and study strategies which I can share with others and use in my own learning. Improves my communication skills and keeps me social. :o)

If you could give one piece of advice to a BCIT student what would it be?

There are so many resources available for students at BCIT – use them as much as you can. Eg. Counseling – FREE!, student advocates, peer tutoring, and your own classmates. Reaching out will make your own path to success easier. :o)

What would your dream job be when you leave BCIT?

Working full time as a nuclear med and MRI technologist.

If you had a free day, how would you spend it?

Sleep in, then go out for brunch with friends. Spend the afternoon outdoors. Eg. go for a hike, bike around the seawall, go kayaking. Finish the day with board games and relaxing at home.

Filed Under: Peer Tutor Tuesdays, Tutoring

November 1st, 12:30 – the Any Book Book Club is meeting again!

October 27, 2018 by dgrace Leave a Comment

Book club is meeting again on November 1st, at 12:30 at the black couches on the main floor of the Burnaby Campus Library. Drop by and talk about any book you’ve read or are interested in. It really couldn’t be easier!  Last month, these are the titles we talked about:

  • You are not a gadget / Jaron Lanier
  • Barkskins: a novel / Annie Proulx
  • Pachinko / Min Jin Lee
  • You think it, I’ll say it / Curtis Sittenfeld
  • March / John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell, Chris Ross
  • Unearthing Secrets: Gathering Truths / Jules Koostachin
  • The Power : a novel / Naomi Alderman
  • Berlin: city of stones / Jason Lutes
  • Prediction Machines: the simple economics of artificial intelligence / Joshua Gans
  • The smartest places on earth: why rustbelts are the emerging hotspots of global innovation / Antoine van Agtmael and Fred Bakker

 

 

Filed Under: Books, events

Friday Favorites: PRIZM5 Postal Code Lookup

October 26, 2018 by Melissa Smith Leave a Comment

Have you had a chance to look up your postal code in the PRIZM5 Postal Code Lookup? This resource is a fun way to get a sense of the varying demographics across Canada, and to see where you fit in! All you have to do is plug in your own postal code.

You can read more about your category in the PRIZM5 Handbook. This resource is also particularly useful for business and marketing students. You can find PRIZM5 through BCIT Library’s Market Research guide.

Filed Under: Friday Favorites, online resources

Peer Tutor Tuesdays with Steven Su

October 23, 2018 by Sandra Matsuba Leave a Comment

Name:       Steven Su

Program:  Architectural and Building Technology

What attracted you to becoming a Peer Tutor?

Good review for course material and it is fun to help others.

How has working as a tutor helped you?

Review of past subjects and improve my interpersonal skills.

If you could give one piece of advice to a BCIT student what would it be?

Keep up and don’t party too hard.

What would your dream job be when you leave BCIT?

Be a Developer.

If you had a free day, how would you spend it?

Relaxing or strolling through the Downtown streets.

Filed Under: Peer Tutor Tuesdays, Tutoring

BCIT Master Theses are openly accessible to readers worldwide via cIRcuit!

October 22, 2018 by Sandra Matsuba Leave a Comment

Since 2014, BCIT Library has made BCIT Master Theses openly accessible to readers around the world via cIRcuit!

cIRcuit is BCIT’s open access, research repository. We have over 700 student articles, capstone projects, theses, photographs, faculty citations, and other BCIT research output available for anyone to read.  No login is necessary.

Some of the most exciting works are the BCIT Theses, which are the result of our Master’s Degrees programs. We have collected 22 BCIT Master’s Theses in cIRcuit.
Take a look: http://circuit.bcit.ca/repository/

Master of Science in Ecological Restoration a joint program between British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) and Simon Fraser University (SFU). June 2017 saw 18 students graduate from the first cohort from Canada’s first master’s program specializing in Ecological Restoration.

Master of Applied Science in Building Engineering/Building Science Program was launched in 2011. The program offers two Master’s degrees: A Master of Engineering (M. Eng.) in Building Science degree; and a Master of Applied Science (M. A.Sc.) in Building Engineering/Building Science.

How to add to BCIT’s research repository, cIRcuit https://circuit.bcit.ca/repository/help

Why Open Access?

  • Broader audience. Researchers around the world can more easily find your work without restrictions.
  • Return on our investment. Publicly funded research made available through open access, means publishers are not making a profit and putting up walls around research output, like scholarly articles and research data.
  • Education is enriched with more free and direct access to the latest research findings.

What Is Open Access? Open Access is a growing international movement that uses the Internet to throw open the locked doors that once hid knowledge. Encouraging the unrestricted sharing of research results with everyone, the Open Access movement is gaining ever more momentum around the world as research funders and policy makers put their weight behind it.

Celebrate Open Access Week October 22- 28, 2018  http://www.openaccessweek.org/
International Open Access Week is a global, community-driven week of action to open up access to research.

On Wednesday, October 24th, 2018, the BCIT Main Campus Library will be hosting Open Access Week Wednesday.

Licensing & Copyright

Open Access does not mean you lose your rights as an author.
In cIRcuit, you retain copyright, but you give us the rights to ‘publish your work online’.

Most Open Access repositories use a Creative Commons License when publishing online, it’s a simple format to explain how your work can be used.

Creative Common Licenses Types:

attrib.gifAttribution (by)
All CC licenses require that others who use your work in any way must give you credit the way you request, but not in a way that suggests you endorse them or their use. If they want to use your work without giving you credit or for endorsement purposes, they must get your permission first.

standard.gifShareAlike (sa)
You let others copy, distribute, display, perform, and modify your work, as long as they distribute any modified work on the same terms. If they want to distribute modified works under other terms, they must get your permission first.

noncomm.gifNonCommercial (nc)
You let others copy, distribute, display, perform, and (unless you have chosen NoDerivatives) modify and use your work for any purpose other than commercially unless they get your permission first.

nomod.gifNoDerivatives (nd)
You let others copy, distribute, display and perform only original copies of your work. If they want to modify your work, they must get your permission first.

https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/licensing-types-examples/

Canadian Copyright Law

‘Generally, an original work is automatically protected by copyright the moment you create it.
By registering your copyright, you receive a certificate issued by the Canadian Intellectual Property Office that can be used in court as evidence that you own it.

Your copyright exists in Canada during your lifetime and for 50 years following your death. After that, the work is in the public domain, and anyone can use it.
This is true for most works, but there are exceptions.’

What Is Copyright? Intellectual Property Office. (2018, October 18). Retrieved from  http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/cipointernet-internetopic.nsf/eng/wr03719.html?Open&wt_src=cipo-cpyrght-main

Filed Under: Institutional Repository, online resources, Open Education, Students

Friday Favorites: Mobile Device Borrowing

October 19, 2018 by Melissa Smith Leave a Comment

Did you know that the BCIT Library lends much more than just books? If your phone is dead and you have to make a call or your computer has stopped working just when your assignment is due, we have the solution—borrow a mobile device at the Service Desk!

Visit the service desk today and get access to mobile devices like chargers, laptops, iPads, and even smartphones. You can find out more about the BCIT Library’s borrowing services for mobile here: https://libguides.bcit.ca/technology

 

Filed Under: Friday Favorites, Technology

WriteAway : Online Writing Support

October 17, 2018 by Sandra Matsuba Leave a Comment

BCIT is a WriteAway member and students are encouraged to use to this free service. WriteAway is an online writing support program similar to what we offer in the Writing Centre (SE14-207). Students can upload their writing and in two calendar days receive feedback and suggestions for improvement from one of the WriteAway tutors. Each submission gets 30 minutes of an online writing tutor’s time. The service is NOT proofreading or editing and WriteAway tutors do not make changes to the original document.

WriteAway is the result of collaboration between several BC universities, colleges, and institutes and BC Campus. Member institutions contribute tutoring hours to the provincial service (we have three BCIT students who are WriteAway tutors this Fall) and in return our students get access. A student may get feedback from any writing tutor in the consortium.

Note: WriteAway typically will not provide feedback for English language development courses where students are expected to work on their own.

If you would like some feedback on your writing before submitting your paper, consider visiting the Writing Centre in the Burnaby Library/Learning Commons or using WriteAway. The Writing Centre and WriteAway will not edit your paper but will provide you with strategies and resources to help improve your writing. Both services are free. For more information, please visit the Writing Centre website here: www.bcit.ca/learningcommons/writing.

If you would like more information on WriteAway, feel free to visit their website at www.writeaway.ca or contact me.

Douglas Buchanan, Writing Centre Coordinator, dbuchanan34@bcit.ca

Filed Under: Services, Students, Tutoring

Author Talks with Alex Huntley

October 16, 2018 by Sandra Matsuba Leave a Comment

Join us on Wednesday, October 24th, from 2:30pm – 3:30pm on the main floor of the Burnaby Campus Library for our first Author Talks with Alex Huntley.

 

Alex Huntley is editor and television writer with The Beaverton. He is the co-author of The Beaverton Presents Glorious and/or Free: The True History of Canada. He will be speaking about satire writing, fake news, and his book. Sword swallowing demonstration and fireworks display inside library to follow.

Filed Under: Author Talks, events

Friday Favorites: The Couple Next Door

October 12, 2018 by Melissa Smith Leave a Comment

The Couple Next Door

By Shari Lapena

Get yourself in a spooky mood for Halloween, and check out this thriller from the library’s Popular Reading collection!

 The Couple Next Door is a fast moving and chilling story that tells of the tale of couple, May and Nico. They seem to have it all: a loving relationship, a wonderful home and their beautiful baby, Cora. But one night, when they are at a dinner party next door, their daughter goes missing. This is a page turner with an unexpected twist! If you like this, check out The Woman in Cabin 10 and The Woman in the Window

Filed Under: Books, Friday Favorites

People make records – ARA 2018

October 11, 2018 by Cindy McLellan

Not long after the heat wave plaguing the UK ended I arrived in Glasgow for the Archives and Records Association (UK & Ireland) Conference (ARA). The theme of the conference, ‘People Make Records’, is a play on the popular travel Glasgow initiative/motto/website: People Make Glasgow. The people do make Glasgow – it’s an incredibly friendly city.

The BCIT Archivist all ready for things to get started at #ARA2018!

The BCIT Archivist all ready for things to get started at #ARA2018!

The conference itself was challenging, informative and well organized. All three keynotes were inspiring and shaped the conversations throughout each day. Hopefully they will also shape the future with the realization of the Glasgow Manifesto as it was called for in the final panel debate. It’s time to stop just talking and start taking action!

At ARA every day I was moved to laugh, cry and be inspired. I would like to share a few highlights from my conference experience.

Professor Augustine (Gus) John delivered the first keynote inviting archives and records professionals to radicalize the Archives. He began by listing a few anniversaries that happened in August that went by unremarked upon by most including the date August 18, 1518 when King Charles V of Spain issued a charter authorizing the transportation of slaves directly from Africa to the Americas. 2018 is 500th anniversary of the start of the transatlantic slave trade. Not widely known or marked, in contrast to the end of the slave trade. It’s easy to celebrate positive events – it’s more challenging to tell politically unsettling stories and remind the public of less savoury anniversaries. Records are power. John highlighted three main ways in which records can be obviated: willful omission, erasure and malicious changes. Archivists are not neutral. Archivists do have power. Homework from Gus John; read: The History Thieves by Ian Cobain (can be borrowed from the BCIT Library).

People make records. People tell stories. If you are ever in Glasgow I urge you to visit the Women’s Library it began in the 1990s with a passionate group of women. Equality, diversity and inclusion are core functions of the Glasgow Women’s Library. It is now funded, has it’s own building, and runs wonderful community, learning and art projects. Quotable quote from Adele Patrick of the Glasgow Women’s Library, “marginalized communities aren’t hard to reach – they are easy to ignore.” [As a sad aside – the Vancouver Women’s Library closed this past August.]

Conference delegates were lucky enough to attend a reception at the Glasgow City Chambers where we were welcomed by the City’s Mayor. I was delighted to find a connection to a presentation from earlier in the day – a portrait of the First Convener of the Water Committee.

Portrait of Robert Stewart of Murdostroun, Lord Provost of the City of Glasgow 1851-1854 and First Convener of the Water Committee 1855-1856.

Robert Stewart of Murdostroun, Lord Provost of the City of Glasgow 1851-1854 and First Convener of the Water Committee 1855-1856.

The Arlington Baths Club (ABC) could not have started without this man, Robert Stewart of Murdostroun, First Convener of the Water Committee 1855-1856. This portrait was “painted to commemorate his public services in successfully promoting the waterworks act of 1855 by which the citizens obtained an abundant supply of pure water from Loch Katrine.” Fifteen years later, in 1870, ABC opened as a men’s swimming pool club that also featured a library, smoking room and card room. There were no public swimming pools in Glasgow at the time. It still has an annual membership. Members are generally middle class and women were first allowed in 1882 (their first races, judged on style and grace, were held that year and the following year, like the men, they had timed races). The ABC History Group recently started a blog sharing research done at the Glasgow City Archives about past members. The stories found by the ABC History Group are a sweet reminder of the genealogical joys found in Archives.

Michelle Caswell, Assistant Professor of Archival Studies at UCLA, began the second day of the conference with another call to action. Memory work has a political urgency and meaning; marginalized communities see history repeating itself. People need to be reminded that we should not let this happen again – foundations need to be shaken. She has gathered a community and started a project called Archivists Against History Repeating Itself. Homework from Caswell: print out and put up this poster Dismantling White Supremacy. Archives need to ensure they can be trusted by marginalized communities. .

twitter was very excited about Tunnock's caramel bars!

On a lighter note; Tunnock’s is a well-loved Scottish company. All locals were delighted beyond reason that caramel Tunnock’s bars were included in our welcome package and offered at coffee break more than once.

Just a couple more presentations that I would like to highlight:

  • Jenny Bunn offered a thought-provoking presentation about the future of Archival Description. She kindly put a post of her musings on her blog, Trailing Along: Rambles through recordkeeping.
  • Marion Kenny passionately shared with us the story or Qisetna, Talking Syria. A platform for sharing stories and connecting the Syrian diaspora. Artists, musicians, regular citizens and professional storytellers from Syria have shared their stories and found pathways to healing through this multi-lingual website. The entire panel that this presentation was part of was full of wonderful stories. I especially recommend the final presentation by Alan Butler of the Plymouth LGBT Archives.
  • In the UK the Master of Archival Studies programs are only one year. In North America most Masters degrees are two years. I very much enjoyed the discussions in the Skills Digital Archivists Need session surrounding what aspects of the traditional program to cut out now that digital archives skills are required by the profession. At Aberwystwyth University, you can still take courses in Paleography, however, it is no longer possible to graduate without digital learning.
Sibley on stage for the third and final Keynote of the ARA Conference.

Sibley on stage for the third and final Keynote of the ARA Conference.

Martyn Sibley began our final day in Glasgow with an inspiring and thoughtful key note. He is one of the UK’s most prominent activists and advocates for disabled people, check out one of his projects Disability Horizons. Describing himself as ‘…a regular guy who happens to have a disability called Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA).’ Sibley challenged the room to be mindful of improving accessibility to archives and records. Rather than see only barriers focus on your strengths and what you can do to include people. Takeaway quote from Sibley ‘being inclusive for disabled people is really about good customer service.’

People make records. People make changes. Believe that positive change is possible. Together the profession can grow in many ways. Embracing the idea of radicalizing the archives to tell the uncomfortable truths in our history as Gus John urged. Dismantling white supremacy. Knowing when it is time to shut up and do the hard work that needs to be done. Ensuring that the records of the marginalized are acquired and preserved so their stories are not forgotten and history does not repeat itself as championed by Michelle Caswell.  Finally, knowing our ‘inclusion superpowers’ as Martin Sibley challenged us. Championing inclusivity in our hiring practices, in education and in serving our communities.

Filed Under: archives, BCIT Archives

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