Gabi Wong

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#Librarian, life-long learner, Director of Library Services @HKUST, Hong Kong
Our Libraryhttps://library.hkust.edu.hk/
Leadership Development Researchhttps://libraryleadership.hcommons.org/
Gabi WongFeb 16

Learn from 4 innovative #library #leaders: https://www.iatul.org/news/latest-news/sig-leadership-panel-discussion.html

Register to participate; it won't be recorded.

Gabi WongFeb 8
https://bbc.com/reel/video/p0mzbpm9/is-human-connection-the-new-job-security-
Is human connection the new job security?

Katty Kay speaks to Jane Wurwand about her theory about what jobs are best protected from AI replacement.

Gabi WongJan 25
Euronews Jan 25

Wolf pack forces Italian airport to close: How this region is struggling with coexistence
https://www.euronews.com/green/2026/01/25/wolf-pack-forces-italian-airport-to-close-how-this-region-is-struggling-with-coexistence?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Europe News @europe-news-euronews

Why residents of this Italian city have a ‘wolf emergency’ committee

Italy’s wolf population now numbers 3,000-3,500; at the beginning of the 1970s, they were nearing extinction in the country.

euronews
Gabi WongDec 13
National GeographicDec 13

Hokkaido springs to life in winter—see it now
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/see-how-hokkaido-japan-springs-to-life-in-winter?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Travel @travel-NationalGeographic

Hokkaido springs to life in winter—see it now

In winter, Japan’s northernmost main island Hokkaido is a place of snow-covered forests and white-crested volcanoes mirrored in glacial lakes. It’s also the land of the Ainu, an Indigenous people intimately connected to the environment through their hunting, fishing and storytelling traditions, and animist beliefs.

Travel
Gabi WongDec 13
A nice post for all #librarians on self management, not only those working on #bibliometrics https://thebibliomagician.wordpress.com/2025/12/12/the-many-is-in-bibliometrics-seeing-ourselves-in-the-collective/
The many I’s in Bibliometrics: Seeing ourselves in the collective

Following the first post in this series on the realities of bibliometric practice and the isolation of practitioners, LIS-Bibliometrics Committee member Naomi Richards reflects on her personal expe…

The Bibliomagician
Gabi WongOct 12
https://open.substack.com/pub/bigthinkmedia/p/i-went-to-space-and-discovered-an
I went to space and discovered an enormous lie

What astronaut Ron Garan saw in space changed his life forever – here’s what it taught him.

Big Think
Gabi WongOct 10
MiaOct 10

Join me at two events at the British Library later this month:

https://www.bl.uk/stories/blogs/posts/knowledge-is-human
On 20 October, the British Library is joining forces with Wikimedia UK and the Wikimedia Foundation to explore the impact of AI on open knowledge and the wider information landscape. In-person only!

And this year’s Open and Engaged Conference explores the power, ethics, and responsibility in how cultural heritage is created, shared, and preserved. Attend online over three afternoons https://openscholarship.gitbook.io/open-and-engaged-2025

Knowledge is Human: The Information Ecosystem in the age of AI

A summit to mark the role of human-created, open knowledge in the age of AI and our collective responsibility to safeguard knowledge integrity and sustainability.

Gabi WongSep 6, 2025
planning a trip to #milan. the first interesting thing I learned - unlike many old cities, Milan has no river flowing through it.
Gabi WongAug 6, 2025
Hong Kong Free Press HKFPAug 6, 2025
Almost 80% of Hong Kong’s Election Committee by-elections uncontested – reports https://hongkongfp.com/2025/08/06/almost-80-of-hong-kongs-election-committee-by-elections-uncontested-reports/
Almost 80% of Hong Kong’s Election Committee by-elections uncontested – reports

Nearly 80% of the 93 vacancies in HK’s Election Committee -  which nominates and selects the city’s leader -  will see no competition in next month’s by-elections.

Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
Gabi WongAug 5, 2025
infoDOCKETAug 5, 2025
Gartner Hype Cycle Identifies Top #AI Innovations in 2025
https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2025-08-05-gartner-hype-cycle-identifies-top-ai-innovations-in-2025