Articles written by Allan Cho

Winning an argument is much an art than it is a science. Using techniques that successful lawyers use can boost one from a mediocre to a superb debater.

May 8, 2012 - Allan Cho

A manager is just a job title. However, being a good leader is like winning a game. But being a truly great leader is like winning a championship.

Apr 20, 2012 - Allan Cho

The multiversity of physical and cyberspace has merged into a confluence of online and offline cultures that can no longer be classified.

Oct 23, 2010 - Allan Cho

Connecting the physical world to the digital web is often viewed as the next stage of the Internet, the idea that forms the future of Web 3.0.

Oct 4, 2010 - Allan Cho

Copyright has a battlefield of litigations in North America, but has surprisingly different effect in Asia, with the Internet paving the way for change.

Apr 23, 2010 - Allan Cho

The recent awarding of the Pulitzer Prize has proven that the world of publishing is changing. Online content is recognized as legitimate publishing

Apr 21, 2010 - Allan Cho

Through five powerful concepts, or the acronym "SPACE," social intelligence can help enhance the socially demanding and interpersonal-driven profession of librarianship.

Dec 28, 2009 - Allan Cho

With widespread wi-fi capabilities across campuses and the plethora of social network technologies, conferences are no longer confined to physically enclosed spaces.

Jul 20, 2009 - Allan Cho

The Chung Collection is emblematic of the growth and progress of British Columbia and Canadian History, even before the age of multiculturalism.

Jul 5, 2009 - Allan Cho

Although it has entered the lexicon of our everyday lives, many are still mystified about Twitter. Libraries can help engage users using Twitter as a mobile technology.

Jun 29, 2009 - Allan Cho

The first full-scale Ming dynasty garden constructed outside of China, the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden is known as one of "Vancouver's Living Treasure."

Jun 16, 2009 - Allan Cho

Although only handful of academic studies have been made about the Chinese Canadian Head Tax, two historians have paved the way for further research into the Head Tax.

Jun 6, 2009 - Allan Cho

Although Chinese have been in Canada for over 200 years, the Head Tax has been a sad chapter of Canadian history which had not been addressed officially until 2006.

Jun 6, 2009 - Allan Cho

A language for representing information about resources in the World Wide Web, Resource Description Framework is not unlike the metadata of library catalogues.

Jun 4, 2009 - Allan Cho

Identity politics is dead, and with it the outdated models of ethnicity and race. Canada's new generation of young, educated, urban elites is defining Canada.

May 25, 2009 - Allan Cho

Much has been written and discussed about multiculturalism in Canada. Recently, there have been suggestions about a new kind of multiculturalism influenced by the Web.

Apr 28, 2009 - Allan Cho

We often think of IQ and EQ as the keystones for success in life and in the workforce. But recently, there have been studies about a third element: successful intelligen

Apr 24, 2009 - Allan Cho

Asian Canadian authors who have wrote about their identities have had a long history in Canada. Much of this occurred in the Canadian city of Vancouver, British Columbia.

Apr 21, 2009 - Allan Cho

Yandex is one of the largest search engine companies in Russia. What it reminds us is that searching and the Web cannot be limited to an English Anglophone world.

Apr 17, 2009 - Allan Cho

The Semantic Web consists ontologies, taxonomies, metadata, and resource standards. But the future of the Web is about moving from the digital back to the physical.

Apr 16, 2009 - Allan Cho

He wanted to find out how a fast food chain works after he was unapologetically offered a second burger after his daughter nearly swallowed a condom.

Apr 11, 2009 - Allan Cho

"Pacific Canada" is a term that reflects the diversity and regional differences across Canada. The city of Vancouver is one such example of such diversity.

Apr 10, 2009 - Allan Cho

"Digital Storytelling" is a promising technology, one that arises from a grassroots movement that uses new digital tools to help ordinary people tell personal stories.

Feb 25, 2009 - Allan Cho

Although as a profession, archivists have worked side-by-side with historians through the ages, archival sciences is a relatively young profession.

Jan 27, 2009 - Allan Cho

hakia is working with librarians to help make its results even more credible in the attempt to win the race to ouster Google in the current search engine wars.

Jan 10, 2009 - Allan Cho

While many navigate the web for information comfortably believing that we are accessing the entire web for information, search engines are quite limited.

Jan 9, 2009 - Allan Cho

In an effort to scan and make searchable the collections of several major libraries, the The Google Books Library Project provides an online library to the world.

Jan 9, 2009 - Allan Cho

Integrated library systems, often known simply in library circles as ILS, is used to manage how a library manages its items: including ownership, ordering, and billing.

Jan 8, 2009 - Allan Cho

Instead of viewing themselves as the gatekeepers of physical book collections, libraries are increasingly looking for digital methods of reaching out and marketing.

Jan 6, 2009 - Allan Cho

For he next generation web to exist, there needs to be a concise way for users to find information and to search the web online. We take a look at what's out there.

Dec 24, 2008 - Allan Cho

Although a controversial term, Library 2.0 is already well-engraved in the library lexicon. Library 2.0 represent a new way of performing library services.

Dec 24, 2008 - Allan Cho

In merging two or more web programs together, web mashups are the next stage of Web 2.0 and are changing the way that the web is being used.

Dec 17, 2008 - Allan Cho

Although folksonomies and social tagging have been definitively categorized as a Web 2.0 tool, their roots are derived from library cataloging and classification.

Dec 16, 2008 - Allan Cho

What is this mysterious field called 'Information Science?' This article dispels the myths by introducing key pioneers which formed this inter-discipline.

Oct 2, 2008 - Allan Cho

Fading are the cataloguing using the Dewey Decimal System of the Library of Congress Classification system. Innovative technologies are quickly changing libraries.

Sep 22, 2008 - Allan Cho

The current publishing industry is a chaotic, overly expensive operation which many regard is scrambling frantically to stay afloat. Some say open access is the answer.

Aug 29, 2008 - Allan Cho

Canadian literature may be seem to be branded with the same big name authors. However, many may want to take notice of Asian Canadian authors, who are making a name now.

Aug 28, 2008 - Allan Cho

Although the term "Asian Canadian" has been in use in research since the 1970's, it has been absent in academia. What is "Asian Canadian"?

Aug 27, 2008 - Allan Cho

A Hong Kong-based author who wrote a total of fifteen novels, Jin Yong is often considered the father of the modern Chinese martial arts novel.

Aug 23, 2008 - Allan Cho

What is Web 3.0? What is the difference between Web 2.0 and Web 3.0, or the Semantic Web? This article will examine the confusion surrounding Web 3.0.

Jul 22, 2008 - Allan Cho