In this episode we got to sit down with Y Vy Truong, who is the librarian for joss paper library based in Vancouver’s Chinatown. We got to talk about public programming, professionalization, and what it means to build both collections and communities.

Read along with the transcript here.

Things mentioned this episode:

Y Vy Truong: @YVyTruong

joss paper library: @josspaperlib

ARL Fellowship for Digital and Inclusive Excellence

American Library Association and accreditation

Loretta Ross

Vocational awe

Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung Collection

Asian Canadian and Asian Migration Studies program

The cover art is done by our friend Andrea Lukic.

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