I have a lot of names and many of them do not sound as they are spelt. The transliteration table from Thai, Chinese, Sanskrit, or Pali to English makes the spelling more than a little odd. For the most part, I go by “Ping” and my initials are VPN. Hi, it’s nice to “meet” you!

For this blog, I’m “bookoni_vpn” or “bookoni”. My username stems from my love of reading and bookish things. I’m that friend that has a paperback in their bag, a few e-books on their phone, and books on CD for in the car. (I had to find a CD player with an FM transmitter because my current car does not have an aux port.) My reading habits gained me the nickname “bookmonster”. After I fell in love with Japan, manga, and anime, that nickname morphed into “bookoni”.

I own my book nerd status with pride. I have a plethora of bookish T-shirts that I sport whenever possible. I do have a white whale. This is a photo of a shirt I never found in my size. *sniffles*

As you may have surmised, I’m a fan of physical media. I currently work in the technical services unit of an academic library doing physical media acquisitions, receiving, cataloging, processing, and repair. I chose this course because I wanted to know about more the digital and virtual worlds. Electronic resources, digitization projects, social media interactions, and virtual communities are ever more prevalent so learning more about the options and pathways out there is important to me. I look forward to “seeing” you all in class!