In 29 January 2018 NPR’s Podcast “Lost in Translation” Dr. Lera Boroditsky, a cognitive science professor at the University of California, San Diego, talked about the power that language has over us in shaping our thinking. She argued that “features like grammatical gender and reading direction can have a real effect on the way we Read More …
Category: Multiculturalism
Western Libraries’ Guest Talk at FIMS, Western
On Tuesday, November 28, 2017, a group of LIS specialists from Library Information Resources Management (LIRM) at Western Libraries gave a team talk on “Language issues in library technical services at Western University”. The speakers were Leanne Olson, Metadata Management Librarian, Judy Harris and Jessica van Keulen, Metadata Specialists. Leanne gave an overview of the Read More …
London Public Library Specialists’ Guest Talk at Western
Last week we were fortunate to hear from professionals in the field of Library and Information Science about their programming, reference services and collections for non-English speaking population of London, Ontario. Heather LaVallee, Sherwood Branch Supervisor, Jodi Lewis, Jalna Branch Supervisor, and David McCord, LPL Coordinator, Collections Management of the London Public Library gave a team Read More …
Crossing Language Barriers Poster Session at FIMS, Western
Quiz: What languages are the signs in? What do you think they say? Do they have anything in common? “Crossing Language Barriers for Information Provision and Access” Poster SessionTuesday, December 5, 2016 @9:00 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.FIMS Graduate Library (FIMS & Nursing Building 3020)Please join the Multilingual Information Access class students as they present their Read More …
Student Poster Session: Multilingual Access
On December 6th, 2016 (Tue) ⑨:00 – ⑪:50 a.m. we will be holding Student Poster Session on MULTILINGUAL INFORMATION ACCESS in various global contexts. Western FIMS & Linguistics and broader community welcome! See course description here.Location: Graduate Research Center, Faculty of Information Media Studies, 2nd floor, North Campus Building, Western University. See our posters around Read More …
“Elderly Lies”?! Disseminating Research & Learning Along.
I recently gave a talk about deception at the “55 Up Club” in Lucan, in the vicinity of London, Ontario. Thank you to the Club for inviting me and to the Middlesex County Lucan Library Branch organizers, and specially, Anita Looby for the lovely reception and your thank-you card. The experience was certainly memorable. Just before Read More …
Heritage Fair in London: Snapshots in Time
Heritage Fair. London: Snapshots in Time Saturday, February 13, 2016 (9 a.m. –3 p.m.) The Central London Public Library Branch at 251 Dundas St. Free & open to the public Here is a message that came from a former student of mine, Lisa Lawlis, who is currently on a co-op placement at the Western Libraries Read More …