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Statement of Professional Identity I am developing a professional identity at the intersection of library and information science, learning analytics, digital services, and user-centered design. My professional interests focus on how information systems can be designed, evaluated, and supported in ways that improve learning, strengthen access to knowledge, and make digital environments more equitable and usable. Through my MLIS studies at the University of British Columbia, m

Course: LIBR 507: Methods of Research and Evaluation in Information Organizations Artifact: LIBR 507 Research Protocol Design (group project) My role: Group member; contributed especially to the Ethical Considerations section, the Approach to Data Analysis, and the development of the interview questions. The protocol’s team contribution table identifies these components as part of my work. This artifact reflects my achievement in PLO 10: contributing to the advancement of t

Among the MLIS Program Learning Outcomes, PLO 9: develop respectful, reciprocal relationships with professional and community groups, has become one of the most important to my professional development. This outcome matters to me because it shifted how I understand the value of technical knowledge in library and information work. Earlier in my program, I often thought of technical ability primarily as an individual strength: the ability to solve problems independently, learn

Among the MLIS Program Learning Outcomes, PLO 8: design and conduct research and evaluation studies to inform evidence-based decision-making, has been one of the most important to my growth as an information professional. As I think about my future in librarianship, research support, and information work more broadly, I do not see evidence-based decision-making as something limited to formal academic research. I see it as a professional habit of mind: the ability to define a

Course / Experience: LIBR 559U: Blockchain Technology for Information Professionals Artifact: LLM-Powered Archival Q&A for Clio-X developed for the Blockchain@UBC Blockathon for Social Good My role: Team lead; led the design and prototyping of an LLM-based archival question-answering workflow, coordinated the retrieval pipeline and containerized execution logic, and helped guide technical and architectural decisions under platform, privacy, and compute constraints. Github:

Course: LIBR 570: Marketing of Information OrganizationsArtifact: Enhancing Woodward Library’s Research Services: Marketing Plan Proposal (group project)My role: Group member responsible for parts of the situation analysis, goals and objectives development, evidence integration, revision, and consistency checking across the final presentation. This artifact reflects my achievement in PLO 6: communicating clearly using a range of media suited to diverse audiences and goals. I

Course: LIBR 575: Academic Libraries Artifact: Exhibits for Asian Diaspora Communities in Academic Libraries of North America: An Environmental Scan (group project) My role: Group member; contributed to environmental scanning, comparative analysis, synthesis of findings, and development of the final presentation. This artifact reflects my achievement in PLO 5: reflecting in an informed and critical manner on information infrastructures and practices, acknowledging the role o

Course: LIBR 515: Data Visualization Artifact: Interactive dashboard, infographic, and project website on urbanization, invasive species, and native bird decline in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia My role: Team member; contributed to the development of the visualization project through data preparation, tool-based design decisions, and the interpretation and communication of findings through the final report and project deliverables. Github: https://github.com/nemoming

Course: LIBR 555: User Experience Design / Information Design I – Systems Artifact: Building the User-Centered Digital Repository (group final project) My role: Group member; contributed to user interviews, user journey mapping, visualization/prototype development, and the final presentation. The slide deck identifies interviews and journey-map creation as shared work across the team, and lists visualization as a contribution by Liuyu Li and Mingzhe Xue. This artifact refle

Course: LIBR 506: Human Information Interaction Artifact: Mobile App for Newcomer Families to BC (group final project) My role: Group member; contributed to needs analysis, resource gathering for newcomer families, and the development of content and service ideas for the portal/app concept. This artifact reflects my achievement in PLO 2: identifying information needs and responding through the design and provision of information products and services. In LIBR 506, our group

Course: LIBR 559S: Research Data Management Artifact: RDM Final Project Submission – Geospatial Data (group project) My role: Group member; contributed to the research, synthesis, and presentation of issues related to geospatial data formats, metadata, deposit practices, access, and ethical considerations. This artifact reflects my achievement in PLO 1, especially its professional ethics dimension: drawing upon ethical principles to guide information practice. The project f

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VR Gallery Project Showcase. During this project, I have experienced goal changes, a lack of equipment, and design issues. But in the end, I think I covered most of the issues, and the final outcome is satisfying. I will divide the process into three parts to talk about this entire project process. The change of project goal It is really unfortunate that because of COVID-19, the NEST studio pushed all the gallery exhibitions to next semester. On plan, there would be several

The to-do list should include the following functionality: let users add items to the list show the total number of items on the list the ability to delete items from the list For this lab I need to do the following: Create a mock-up and break it into a component hierarchy. Build a static version of your app in React and publish it to the creative server. Document the minimal representation of state and in which component it will live. Full Lab7 link: https://creative.color

This is the work-in-progress journal for Web Front-End Development project 2. It is linked to the classed portal or here . I will post the process I go through in researching, defining, experimenting, failing, and succeeding in my project 2 works. Project 2 is a group project where I'll have an opportunity to build an interactive single-page web app using a JavaScript framework. This could be a game, an interactive art piece, or an informative website. Just make sure I will

This is the work-in-progress journal for the Web Front-End Development Grad project. It is linked to the classed portal or here . I will post the process I go through in researching, defining, experimenting, failing, and succeeding in my Grad project works. Grad project milestone 1 10/14/2021 Description of my project inspiration and goal target audience A wireframe that shows the design and flow of my site. This could be a sample mockup or hand-drawn sketch. I can include

This is the work-in-progress journal for Web Front-End Development project 1. It is linked to the classed portal or here . I will post the process I go through in researching, defining, experimenting, failing, and succeeding in my project 1 works. Project 1 milestone 1 9/30/2021 Description of my project the topic and message I'll be communicating my inspiration and goal the intended audience A wireframe that shows the design and flow of my site. This could be a sample moc

This is the work-in-progress journal for Web Front-End Development. The class portal is here . I will post the process I go through in researching, defining, experimenting, failing, and succeeding in my work. Class portal milestone 1 9/2/2021 The concept/theme of my portal. Visual design for my portal. How it will respond in different environments/devices. The structure and user interaction of my portal (how users will access different types of assignments). These two pages