🌏May Booklist: Asian Heritage Month
In celebration of Asian Heritage Month, here's a curated book list that highlights the rich and diverse histories, cultures and voices of Asian communities around the world. Get inspired by exotic locations, flavourful recipes, cultural surprises and resilient people.
Kintsugi: The Wabi Sabi Art of Japanese Ceramic Repair
Kintsugi is the mindful Japanese art of repairing broken ceramics and glassware by appreciating the cracks and chips as design elements—bringing new life to cherished items. Kintsugi:The Wabi Sabi Art of Japanese Ceramic Repair shares traditional methods you can practice in your own home. Step-by-step lessons in repairs suited to every level of experiences—filling cracks to completely rebuilding and finishing a broken piece—fill the pages of this in-depth yet unintimidating guide.
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Filipino Time: Affective Worlds and Contracted Labour
From spectacular deaths in a drag musical to competing futures in a call center, Filipino Time examines how contracted service labor performed by Filipinos in the Philippines, Europe, the Middle East, and the United States generates vital affects, multiple networks, and other lifeworlds as much as it disrupts and dislocates human relations. Affective labor and time are re-articulated in a capacious archive of storytelling about the Filipino labor diaspora in fiction, musical performance, ethnography, and documentary film. Exploring these cultural practices, Filipino Time traces other ways of sensing, making sense of, and feeling time with others, by weaving narratives of place and belonging out of the hostile but habitable textures of labortime.
Toward the North: Stories by Chinese Canadian Writers
Lonely Planet: Turkey
Lonely Planet’s Turkey extensively covers all the country has to offer, with recommendations for both popular and lesser-known experiences. See the minarets of Istanbul’s Old City, hot-air balloon over Cappadocia, gaze at the magnificent Aya Sofya; all with your trusted travel companion. Contains colour maps and images throughout. Covers Istanbul, Thrace, Marmara, Gallipoli Peninsula, Troy, Izmir, North Aegean, Ephesus, Bodrum, South Aegean, Ankara, Cappadocia, Black Sea Coast, Antalya, Eastern Mediterranean and more.
Culture Shock! Korea
Can you tell your bibimbap from your gimbap? Why is age such a big deal when addressing people? Do people really give bathroom tissue and laundry detergent at housewarming parties? What’s so appealing about noraebangs? When introduced to someone, do you shake hands, bow or do both? And why do Koreans cheer you on by exclaiming, Fighting!”? Whether you’re in South Korea to do business, seek pleasure or find your inner Hallyu diva, if you are lucky enough to find yourself on this peninsula where stunning natural scenery meets hyper-modern cities, get the most out of your stay with this essential and fun-to-read guide.
The Dragon's Voice: How Modern Media Found Bhutan
Tucked between Tibet and India in the Himalayas, the kingdom of Bhutan is one of the most isolated and beautiful countries in the world. In The Dragon’s Voice, Australian journalist Bunty Avieson provides a glimpse of life beyond the country’s exotic exterior. As a consultant to local newspaper, the Bhutan Observer, she admires the paper’s strong social conscience, but finds her expectations challenged in a country where spirituality and personal happiness are prioritized over work. Avieson also witnesses the tensions that arise as a Buddhist kingdom makes the transition to democracy.
Modern Asian Baking at Home
Must-have recipes for beloved sweet and savory treats found across Asia. Explore new ingredients, surprising techniques, and fun textures through lush photography and rewarding recipes that include exciting yet familiar contemporary bakes with innovative Asian twists. The results are unforgettable delights like miso-mochi brownies and spicy gochujang flourless chocolate cake. There’s even a recipe for homemade boba!
Gyoza: The Ultimate Dumpling Cookbook
Whether eaten in an exclusive restaurant or at a humble street stall, gyoza dumplings are the ultimate Asian comfort food. Dumplings are surprisingly easy to make once you learn a few basic techniques. Step-by-step instructions, photos, and helpful tips show you how to wrap dumplings —even if it's your first try. This book contains 50 delicious dumpling recipes with a wide array of shapes, fillings, and customizable options.
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Culture Shock! India: A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette
India has more than 4,000 separate communities and where over 300 different languages are spoken. Learn to maneuver through the structure and varieties of Indian society, and appreciate the traditions and values that bind the people together despite their differences. Peppered with personal anecdotes, this book gives practical advice to avoid cultural misunderstandings. including information for moving to India, how to find a suitable home, how to get around, what schools and facilities are available for your family and what to expect from the work environment. Complete with delightful chapters on food, entertaining, leisure activities and festivals.
Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos & Northern Thailand
Lonely Planet's Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos & Northern Thailand is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Visit Chiang Mai, the cultural capital of northern Thailand, discover a secret beach on Cambodia's Koh Rong, or loosen up in Ho Chi Minh City; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos & Northern Thailand and begin your journey now! Colour maps and images throughout. Covers Hanoi, Halong Bay, Ho Chi Minh City, Phnom Penh, Siem Reap, Sihanoukville, Vientiane, Luan Prabang, Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Golden Triangle and more.
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A Culinary History of Taipei: Beyond Pork and Ponlai
A comprehensive examination of what Taiwan’s people eat and why they eat those foods, as well as the role and perception of particular foods. Distinctive culinary traditions have not merely survived the travails of recent centuries, but grown more complex and enticing. Taipei is a city where people still buy fresh produce almost every morning of the year; where weddings are celebrated with streetside bando banquets; and where baristas craft cups of world-class coffee. Wherever there are chopsticks, there is curiosity and adventurousness regarding food.
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🏖️ Spring & Summer Library Hours
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This aligns with the size of spring and summer semester intakes and allows the library to continue supporting student and employee needs during peak weekday hours. Evening and weekend hours are expected to resume for the Fall 2025 semester.
💻 Library Technology Updates
- New Printers - We're pleased to announce that our three heavily used library printers have all been replaced with new models! This should make the printing process smoother, but if you need any technical help, just ask our staff at the information desk.
- Laptop Notice - We will be re-imaging all of our library laptops throughout the month of May, and replacing our laptop cabinets. Fewer laptops will be available for loan during this period, and we apologize for any inconvenience.
- Workstations with specialized software - We’ve listened to your requests and made six specialized workstations available for use in our quiet area for individual study (Level 0.) Now you can access your GIS, design, data, modelling or other specialized software where it’s easier to focus on your projects! Ten specialized workstations will still be available on Level 1.
Innovation in the stacks!
Callen Law, final year LIT Diploma student, chilling in the fiction area.
SAIT students are well known for their innovative problem-solving abilities, and our Library and Information Technology (LIT) students are no exception! Callen Law, a final-year LIT student, came up with a creative solution to an age-old library problem while working here at the Reg Erhardt Library.
The fiction collection was a constant mess as our shelves are too deep to support the books and keep them facing out with their titles on view. Callen came up with the idea of supporting books with rectangular mailing tubes to help keep them in their place. The mailing tubes act as a limiter and backboard, preventing books from falling behind, off, or in between shelves while adding friction to stop books shifting around.
When asked about their inspiration for the idea, Callen says, “I find that when a recurring problem keeps popping up, my mind tends to quietly work on it in the background until a solution surfaces. After some research, I landed on mailing tubes. They offered a polished appearance while still being practical and cost-effective.”
Callen has since graduated from SAIT’s LIT Program. They’ve enjoyed working here at the library and appreciate the help and support offered by the team, saying, “Everyone I have worked with has been wonderful.” We think Callen’s wonderful too, and we love the changes they’ve made to our fiction area! When asked about their future career path, Callen simply says, “Now it’s a matter of finding the right place to make a difference.” We wish them the very best as they start their future career in libraries, and we’re pretty sure Callen will make a real impact wherever they find themselves.
Fiction Area – looking good!
Reg Erhardt Library
Oki, Âba wathtech, Danit'ada, Tawnshi, Hello.
SAIT is located on the traditional territories of the Niitsitapi (Blackfoot) and the people of Treaty 7 which includes the Siksika, the Piikani, the Kainai, the Tsuut’ina and the Îyârhe Nakoda of Bearspaw, Chiniki and Goodstoney.
We are situated in an area the Blackfoot tribes traditionally called Moh’kinsstis, where the Bow River meets the Elbow River. We now call it the city of Calgary, which is also home to the Métis Nation of Alberta.