Distinguished Visitor from Shanghai Normal University
November 2nd, 2009On October 22, Newman Library welcomed Professor Wu Zhirong , Deputy Director of Shanghai Normal University Library for a half-day visit. The City University of New York has initiated a librarian exchange program with Shanghai Normal University and Newman Library will serve as one of the host sites. He is pictured below (right) with Professor Sheau-yueh Chao, Newman Library’s Head of Cataloging.
According to his biography: “Wu Zhirong has been Deputy Director of Shanghai Normal University Library since 1993. In 2002, he was appointed Professor. He graduated from Shanghai Normal University in 1981, majoring in library science. He attended the Eastern China Normal University Graduate School of Library Information Science and received a Master’s degree in 1987. Professor Wu has published over fifty articles, authored two books, and edited two more. In 1996 he chaired the International Symposium on Information Resources and Social Development at Wuhan University, and in 2008 the Forum on Library Collections and Publishing at Shanghai Normal University.
Professor Wu’s book, Digital Library: From Concept to Reality, is the first specialized work on building a digital library in the Chinese library profession. It has been cited over 270 times. Library professionals have named his book one of the ten best in the archives of library information science. Due to its high citation rate, Professor Wu’s book has been selected by Report of the Impact of Humanities and Social Sciences on Scholarship, 2001-2004 as one of the highest cited books in information and archival management.
Professor Wu has been a forerunner in the study of digital information exchange, evident in his manuscript, Virtual and Reality: Study of Digital Information Exchange. He also completed a digital information study project for the Shanghai Education Commission. Further, Professor Wu is also assistant director of the Publication and Translation Committee of the Shanghai Library Association. He also serves as a specialist responsible for reviewing articles submitted to the Journal of Library Information Science. Lastly, Professor Wu is a member of the Municipal Committee for Evaluation of Senior Professional Titles in Library and Information Science.”
Photo: Courtesy of R. Phillips