Think Globally, Act Globally China-US Librarian Collaboration
Grant Sponsors and Partners:
Members from the Library Society of China
(in alphabetical order)
· Li Chen is Deputy
Director of National Library of China, Vice President of the Library
Society of China and Director of Committee on Ancient Books
Conservation and Preservation, LSC; and Professor of library and
information science. He has been a member of Democratic League of China
since 1994. Mr. Chen received his Ph.D. in history from Sichuan
University and held prior positions as Deputy Director, Director of
Sichuan University Library. He was appointed as Deputy Director of
National Library of China in 2001.
· Chuanfu Chen is
Deputy Director of the Library Society of China, Professor and Dean of
the School of Information Management of Wuhan University with a joint
appointment as Director of Advanced Research Center for Intellectual
Property of Wuhan University, China. Professor Chen has an MA Degree in
Library and Information Science and a PhD in law from Wuhan University.
His research interests include Intellectual Property and Library, LIS
Education, Digital Information Access. He was the principal
investigator of the project Intellectual Property Issues on China
National Information Infrastructure funded by Natural Science
Foundation, Copyright Issues in Library funded by China Social Science
Foundation,
· Jingbo
Hu is member of the Secretary Division of the Library
Society of China. Mr. Hu is in charge of professional development and
continuing education. He has participated in a government funded
research project on library professional staffing system and standards.
He also conducted a research on comparative study of continue education
in U.S. Germany and Japan. He has published more than 20 research
papers since 1999.
· Gensheng Tang is the
Secretary General of the Library Society of China. Ms. Tang is
responsible for managing the LSC planning and projects. Ms. Tang has
been participating in a government funded research project on library
professional staffing system and standards. She also participated in a
project funded by the Ministry of Culture of China to develop standards
for public libraries. She has published more than ten articles on
management of library and Chinese ancient materials.
· Yue Wu is member of
the Secretary Division of the Library Society of China. She is
responsible for international exchange and cooperation programs of the
Society. She has participated in a project to develop standards for
public libraries and translated publications on library standards for
the project. Ms. Wu has written articles and reports on IFLA
conferences. She also conducted editorial works for the Series of A
Hundred Year History of Libraries.
· Xiangdong Yan is
Director of International Cooperation Division and Deputy Director of
Exchange and Cooperation Committee of the Library Society of China. Mr.
Yan was appointed by Peter Johan Lor, the Secretary General of IFLA as
a member of the Free Access to Information and Freedom of Expression
(IFLA/FAIFE) in 2007. Mr. Yan is serving in this committee for his
second term.
