RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Library Development;

• Library and Information Science Education;

• Copyright and Intellectual Property

• Information Management

COURSES

• LIS Research Methodology

• Information Management and Intellectual Property

• Bibliography

PUBLICATIONS

Papers published in academic journal or conferences including:

•Assessing the authority of free online scholarly information, with Yu, Yuan; Tang, Qiong, SCIENTOMETRICS,543-560,2012,90(2)

• The preferences of authors of Chinese library and information science journal articles in citing Internet sources, withBo Luo,Kuei Chiub,Ruihan Zhaoc, , et al.Library & Information Science Research, 2014 v36(3-4) 163–170

• l “The Impact of Internet Resources on Scholarly Communication: A Citation Analysis”,with Kai Sun,et al. Scientometrics, 2009, 81(2).

• “An Assessment of the Completeness of Scholarly Information on the Internet”, with Qiong Tang, et al. College & Research Libraries, 2009, 70(4).

• “Issues on Database Copyright Criteria and their Solutions”, 2008 Fourth International Conference on Networked Computing and Advanced Information Management. 2008.

• “Types of Library Operation: Changes and Trends”, with Gang Wu, Journal of Library Science in China, 2007,33(3)

• “The Development of Library and Information Science Education in China from 1978 to 2008”, with Gang Wu,et al.,Document,Information & Knowledge,2008,(5)

• A Comparative Analysis of LIS Graduate Education in China and the United States, Proceedings of the 2000 Sino-United States Symposium and Workshop on LIS Education in the Digital Age, ed by D. E. Perushek, E,2000

• “The Evolution of Library Science”, Library Science Research, 1982,(6)

Textbooks

Copyrights, Wuhan University Press, 1993

Monography

• Institutional Research of Information Resources Intellectual Property, with Xianrong Huang, et al., Hunan Normal University Press, 2008

• Issues on Public Access to Information and Intellectual Property (paper collection). National Library of China Press, 2006

• National Informationization and Intellectual Property: A Study on Copyright in the post-TRIPS Period. Hubei People’s Press 2012

• Library and Information Sciences Trends and Research, (Eds), with Larson R, Springer, 2014

• Trend on Library Science Research in China, Wuhan University Press, 2010

PROJECTS (RESEARCH GRANTS)

Government-funded grants

• Information Infrastructure and Intellectual Property in China, funded by NSFC,1998

• Public Sector Information Reuse Policy and Strategy in China, funded by Social Science Foundation of China, 2009

• Government Strategies for Information Public Access, , funded by NSFC,2002

Corporate-funded grants

• Information Need, Mining and Recommendation System, funded by Southern Power Grid, 2011

International collaborative grants

• EU-China Higher Education Collaborative Program, 1998,1999

AWARDS AND HONORS

• Award in the College and University Research Achievement, first class prize, with Wu Gang 2006

• Nation S&T Advancement of China recommended by Ministry of Education of China, with Zhnag Xiaolin et al, 2005

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

• Deputy President of Society of Library of China, 2005-2014

• Deputy President of Social Science Information of China, 2007-2014

• Deputy President of Library Standard Commission of China, 2010-2015

• FLA Section on Education & Training Standing Committee member 2009-2013

• ALA Yearly Conference, New Orleans ,2006

• iSchool iCaucus member, 2010-2012

• UNESCO Training the Trainers in Information Literacy Workshop, Organizing Committee Chairman, Wuhan (2008)

• Visiting Scholar, East Asia Library, UC at Berkeley, USA (2006), Centre d’Etudes et de Rechercheen Droit de l’Immateriel, Faculte Jean Monnet, Universite de Paris Sud, France (1998), Law School of University of East Anglia, Norwich, England (1998), Graduate School of LIS, University of Washington, Seattle, USA (1995-96)

MANAGERAL AND PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE

• Associate Dean, School of Information Management, Wuha University, 1999-2004

• Dean, School of Information Management, Wuha University, 2005-2012

• Dean, Undergraduate Studies of Wuhan University, 2012-2014

• Dean, Graduate School of Wuhan University, 2015-

CONSULTING AND TRAINING EXPERIENCE (GOVERNMENT OR CORPORATE)

EDITORIAL BOARDS

• Emerald’s Library Management, Member of Editorial Board

• Library, Information and Knowledge, Bimonthly, Editor in Chief

MEMBERSHIPS, CERTIFICATIONS

• Library Society of China

• ALISE

• Copyright Society of China

• Social Science Information Society

INVITED SPEECH AND MEDIA COVERAGE

• Invited Speakers at School of Information Studies, Syracuse University(2006), School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee(2006), Annual Conference of CEAL(Council on East Asian Libraries)/AAS(Association for Asian Studies), San Francisco(2006).The 5th China-Japan Joint International Conference on Library(keynote),Shanghai(2008), The 2nd Sina-US Symposium on LIS Education in Digital Age, Chair of Organizing Committee, Wuhan(2006), WISE 2006 Workshop, Program Chair, Wuhan(2006), Digital Library: Advance the Efficiency of Knowledge Utilization, Keynote, Beijing(2004)