March 17 & 20, Graduate Life Center (GLC) Room “C” 11:30am–1:00pm. Designed especially for international students, this instructional talk will provide you with hands-on practice to correctly cite academic sources and maintain the highest standards of academic integrity. Presented in partnership with Cranwell International Center. Lunch served!
Jin (pronounced “Jean”) graduated from the USTC with a PhD in inorganic chemistry, and now works in the library of her alma mater, one of China’s C9 League of top universities. She’s visiting and studying the library system at Duke University for a semester, and wanted to expand her database with personal interviews with some of VT’s College Librarians. USTC funded her semester-long visit because it is switching to a subject focused instruction and reference system similar to Duke’s and VT’s. I met Jin in 2011 when I visited USTC to establish an education abroad Summer II course for the VT Language and Culture Institute in partnership with VT’s Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures and the University Libraries, so this visit was one of a continuing collaboration.
Jin’s clear and informative presentation of her beloved USTC and culturally instructive library practices was enthusiastically applauded by a cross-section of library folks. One interesting thing we share in common is the size and comprehensiveness of the databases they subscribe to, as attested by Ed Lener, our Associate Director for Collections. It was noted that the USTC, as host site of 2 of the 5 Chinese Academy of Sciences laboratories, was in a fortunate position as concerns funding for cutting edge scholarly journals compared to many Chinese universities. Ed was leaning forward in his chair checking the database names… now that’s serious scholarly dedication in action.
Jin also toured many other parts of the library, enjoying the hospitality of many people, for which she made me promise I’d mention her heartfelt thanks. Here’s a copy of her study agenda for future reference: Read more…
EVENT CAPTURE TEAM videos Dr. Du “Jean” Jin speaking on international academic integrity
On the same day we were going to make a video in Chinese…
… the Cranwell International Center’s Assistant Director Suzie Baker called to urge us to use English to ensure that the presentation felt inclusive to all of the students attending. She’s been on the front lines assisting VT’s international students a long time and is an authority on the subject, so we decided on the spot to follow her advice. That is no small task for a non-English native speaker, and we only had an hour to shift gears, but within that time Jean had composed and completely memorized our entire chat about academic integrity in the international context.
Pressley’s Pros
And the Event Capture and Outreach Teams are amazing. The video you see here is the result of some fancy splicing by the talented Liz, not to mention the actual capture by Therese using two cameras at different angles. Asked why they use two cameras, the latter politely explained that this would give the team more footage to play with when someone looks “awkward.” You wouldn’t believe some of the dorky stuff they audio-edited out of my lines… it’s like magic watching these talented people design flyers, posters, and film clips.
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