 Allan Cho, Program Services Librarian, UBC Ike Barber Learning Centre To browse other articles on a range of HSL topics, see the wiki index.
Introduction
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Allan Cho is a Program Services Librarian at the University of British Columbia's Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. Allan is a graduate of the University of British Columbia's School of Library, Archival, and Information Studies program, and holds a Master of Arts in Canadian Chinese History. He uses a range of social media and web 2.0 technologies in his outreach to the community and to student patrons at IKBLC. He is also involved in community volunteer groups such as the Chinese Canadian Historical Society and Sun Yat-sen Garden.
Contact
Research interests
- Asian studies, publishing, copyright, Generation Y, Library 2.0, multicultural librarianship, Semantic web, social media.
Presentations
- Cho A. Social Media in Academic Libraries. Social Media in the Workplace: Current Trends and Work Practices. Panelist. Special Libraries Association (SLA), Western Canada Chapter. Vancouver, BC. December 3, 2009.
Community service
Collaboration with other librarians
Publications
- Cho, A., Giustini, D. “Web 3.0 and Health Librarians: What Does the Future Hold?” Ed. Paula Younger and Peter Morgan. Using Web 2.0 for Health Information. London: Facet Publishing, 2011.
- Barsky E, Cho A. Introducing web 2.0: social search for health librarians. JCHLA/JABSC 2007; 28(2): 59-61.
- Giustini D, Hooker D, Cho A. Social cataloguing: an overview for health librarians. JCHLA/JABSC December 2009;30(4):133-38.
- Cho A, Giustini D. Web 3.0 and health librarians: an introduction. JCHLA/JABSC 2008;29:13-18.
- Cho A, Giustini D. The semantic web as a large, searchable catalogue: a librarian’s perspective. The Semantic Universe (online journal). Oct 2007
- Cho A. An introduction to mashups for health librarians. JCHLA/JABSC 2007;28(1):19-21.
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