Benjamin Chan MSc MBCS FRSA
Keyboardist, Information Library Professional
Information Technology.
Music.
Events
Pricewaterhousecoopers Knowledge Management Seminar
Library Information Survival Guide
Delegate, All Party Integration of Chinese into Politics Launch (House of Lords)
Podcasts
Government Libraries Information Group Questiontime Podcast
"Information Profession: Diverse Skills, Diverse Opportunities" Speech
Making the most of networking and opportunities
Music
Ben on MySpace
Bigyellowband on MySpace
Bigyellowband
City Showcase Festival Bio
Online profiles
CILIP Career Profile
Online Information Biography
Linkedin Profile
Articles
Graphology (p2-3)
Setting up a Collaborative Enquiries Management, Portal, p6-9
Demystifying Chinese guanxi networks
Facebook: Social networking and the Librarian (p12-14)
24-hour reference service article
Networking PDF article (page 4)
Interviews
BBC Interview
Dim Sum Interview
Growlers World Interview
Miscellaneous
Shirt Designs
"Benjamin" & "Flash"
Royal Society of Arts
Kung Fu Staff on YouTube
Photo with Lord Avebury, Liberal Democrat Peer
Benjamin Chan, MSc MBCS FRSA, is a versatile keyboardist and high profile Information Library Professional.
His Bigyellowband has been featured on the BBC website and released a single in 2006 on Apple i-Tunes and Top Hat Band, one of Bride magazine's best wedding bands in the UK in 2007. Ben showed early promise in music at his jesuit St. Ignatius preparatory school in San Francisco performing for Nobel Prize winners for the California Academy of Sciences earning the school's music award and the prestigious Bank of America Music Achievement Award in 1992 and subsequently also gained lifetime membership of the California Scholarship Federation.
Within his profession, Ben was one of the youngest to be admitted into the Chartered Institute of Library Information Professionals Professional Achievements Register and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
Since 1998, Ben has performed with his band and as a pianist in his native UK playing in central London venues ranging from the, the Metro Bar on Oxford Street, the Victoria & Albert Museum, British Museum, to the CC Club in Piccadilly and Royal Opera House' Linbury Studios to audiences as large as 500. His Bigyellowband has been interviewed and played on radio stations in London, Newcastle and Manchester. Ben played the organ for the Pope's ambassador to the UK at his local church, participated in the London City Showcase festival in 2006 and designs his own shirts for his gigs.
Besides having a serious hobby in music, professionally speaking, Ben was honoured to be the first British Chinese to be profiled in the Chartered Institute of Library Information Professionals members' magazine. (an honour shared with the heads of the British Library and National Archives) One of Ben's projects was shortlisted as a finalist for an International Information Industry Award; category – Innovation in Knowledge Management. Additionally, Ben was the 2008 recipient of the Aerospace & Defence Librarians Group (ADLG) bursary award to attend the Special Libraries Association's (SLA) Conference in Seattle.
Ben regularly and enthusiastically shares his knowledge and skills of best practice within the profession. Ben has published articles on the creative potential for new services utilizing IT such as collaborative working using Microsoft Sharepoint, 24 Hour Reference Services, and the use of Facebook for librarians. He is currently writing an article for the respected journal Business Information Review on British Chinese Businesses' use of information for innovation and strategy. He has organized and chaired numerous well attended professional seminars and workshops, in conjunction with institutions like PricewaterhouseCoopers and the British Library. He is in demand as a speaker, speaking at the world reknown Online Information Conference at Kensington Olympia in 2006 alongside industry experts, and has been selected (was selected) to be a panelist alongside the institute's previous president at the Government Librarians Information Group AGM in June 2008.
Ben has been a consistent leader in the community. Whilst a student, he helped found the University of California, Berkeley Chinese Student Organization actively raising funds for charities and leading projects in community service. In London, he served as Secretary, Vice-Chair and Chair of the London Lambeth Chinese Community Association, and as a sessional youth worker for London's Chinatown Community Centre. Ben founded the City of Westminster Mayfair Library's Under Fives' Reading Group. Ben was selected as a core member of the all party Integration of British Chinese into Politics project in 2007 representing the group speaking alongside David Cameron, leader of the Conservative Party at a function in Birmingham.
He is an associate of the Chartered Institute of Library Information Professionals, a professional member of the British Computer Society (MBCS) and elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA) in 2008.
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His Bigyellowband has been featured on the BBC website and released a single in 2006 on Apple i-Tunes and Top Hat Band, one of Bride magazine's best wedding bands in the UK in 2007. Ben showed early promise in music at his jesuit St. Ignatius preparatory school in San Francisco performing for Nobel Prize winners for the California Academy of Sciences earning the school's music award and the prestigious Bank of America Music Achievement Award in 1992 and subsequently also gained lifetime membership of the California Scholarship Federation.
Within his profession, Ben was one of the youngest to be admitted into the Chartered Institute of Library Information Professionals Professional Achievements Register and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
Since 1998, Ben has performed with his band and as a pianist in his native UK playing in central London venues ranging from the, the Metro Bar on Oxford Street, the Victoria & Albert Museum, British Museum, to the CC Club in Piccadilly and Royal Opera House' Linbury Studios to audiences as large as 500. His Bigyellowband has been interviewed and played on radio stations in London, Newcastle and Manchester. Ben played the organ for the Pope's ambassador to the UK at his local church, participated in the London City Showcase festival in 2006 and designs his own shirts for his gigs.
Besides having a serious hobby in music, professionally speaking, Ben was honoured to be the first British Chinese to be profiled in the Chartered Institute of Library Information Professionals members' magazine. (an honour shared with the heads of the British Library and National Archives) One of Ben's projects was shortlisted as a finalist for an International Information Industry Award; category – Innovation in Knowledge Management. Additionally, Ben was the 2008 recipient of the Aerospace & Defence Librarians Group (ADLG) bursary award to attend the Special Libraries Association's (SLA) Conference in Seattle.
Ben regularly and enthusiastically shares his knowledge and skills of best practice within the profession. Ben has published articles on the creative potential for new services utilizing IT such as collaborative working using Microsoft Sharepoint, 24 Hour Reference Services, and the use of Facebook for librarians. He is currently writing an article for the respected journal Business Information Review on British Chinese Businesses' use of information for innovation and strategy. He has organized and chaired numerous well attended professional seminars and workshops, in conjunction with institutions like PricewaterhouseCoopers and the British Library. He is in demand as a speaker, speaking at the world reknown Online Information Conference at Kensington Olympia in 2006 alongside industry experts, and has been selected (was selected) to be a panelist alongside the institute's previous president at the Government Librarians Information Group AGM in June 2008.
Ben has been a consistent leader in the community. Whilst a student, he helped found the University of California, Berkeley Chinese Student Organization actively raising funds for charities and leading projects in community service. In London, he served as Secretary, Vice-Chair and Chair of the London Lambeth Chinese Community Association, and as a sessional youth worker for London's Chinatown Community Centre. Ben founded the City of Westminster Mayfair Library's Under Fives' Reading Group. Ben was selected as a core member of the all party Integration of British Chinese into Politics project in 2007 representing the group speaking alongside David Cameron, leader of the Conservative Party at a function in Birmingham.
He is an associate of the Chartered Institute of Library Information Professionals, a professional member of the British Computer Society (MBCS) and elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA) in 2008.
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That is one impressive bio/history/resume sir!
Posted by mmorpg on 20/04/08 at 05:44 AM
Posted by mmorpg on 20/04/08 at 05:44 AM
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