Inside Major East Asian Library Collections in North America, Volume 2

Patrick Lo is currently serving as the Director of Liberal and Martial Arts Practice Association. From 2012-2018, he served as Associate Professor at the Faculty of Library, Information Media Science, the University of Tsukuba, Japan.Hermina G.B. Anghelescu is a Professor in the School of Information Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, U.S.A. She is the author of numerous research studies and a member of the editorial board of several periodical publications.Bradley Allard is currently a Reference and Outreach Librarian at the Clark County Public Library in Winchester, Kentucky, U.S.A. and a freelance editor.

• Foreword; Anita Dewi Foreword; Martin Heijdra Foreword; Frederick Nesta Volume II: Chinese and Asian American Studies East Asian Librarianship and Library Collections in North America: Introduction Chapter 1. Jim Cheng, Director, C.V. Starr East Asian Library, Columbia University Chapter 2. Dr. Peter Zhou, Director, C.V. Starr East Asian Library, University of California, Berkeley Chapter 3. Dr. Ying Zhang, Research Librarian for Asian Studies, University of California Irvine Chapter 4. Dr. Hong Cheng, Chinese Studies Librarian, Richard C. Rudolph East Asian Library, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)Chapter 5. Katrina Lacerna, Asian Pacific Resource Center Librarian, Los Angeles County Library Chapter 6. Xi Chen, Chinese Studies Librarian & East Asia Collection Strategist, University of California San Diego Chapter 7. Mark Stephen Mir, Archivist & Resource Coordinator, Ricci Institute for Chinese-Western Cultural History, University of San Francisco (retired) Chapter 8. Dr. Brian Vivier, Coordinator, Area Studies Collections, and Chinese Studies Librarian, Interim Middle Eastern Studies Librarian, University of PennsylvaniaChapter 9. Joshua Seufert, Chinese Studies Librarian, East Asian Library, Princeton University Chapter 10. Runxiao Zhu, East Asian Studies Librarian, Oberlin College Chapter 11. John Baky, Dean of Libraries, Emeritus, Curator, Rare Books & Manuscripts and Dr. Heather Willever-Farr, Special Collections Librarian, Connelly Library, La Salle University Chapter 12. Dr. Kenneth Klein, Head, East Asian Library (retired),University of Southern CaliforniaChapter 13. Hsi-chu Bolick, Librarian for East Asian Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapter 14. Haihui Zhang, Head, Head, East Asian Library, University of Pittsburgh Chapter 15. Dongyun Ni, Department Chair, Asia Collection, Chinese Studies Librarian, University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa Chapter 16. Dr. Timothy Davis, Asian Studies Librarian, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University Chapter 17. Nien-lin Xie, Librarian for East Asian Studies, Dartmouth College Chapter 18. Anlin Yang, East Asian Studies Librarian, University of Wisconsin-Madison Chapter 19. Ying Liu, Subject Librarian for Asian Studies, Linguistics, and Religious Studies, University of Victoria LibrariesChapter 20. Dr. Stephen Qiao, Chinese Studies Librarian, Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library, University of TorontoChapter 21. Dr. Jack Hang-tat Leong, Founding Director (2007–2020); Helen Tang Acting Director (2020–2021) Richard Charles Lee Canada-Hong Kong Library University of TorontoChapter 22. Yue Shu, Librarian, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Library, Smithsonian Libraries and ArchivesChapter 23. Yue Ma, Director of Collections and Research, Museum of Chinese in AmericaChapter 24. Dr. William A. Peniston, Librarian/Archivist, The Newark Museum of ArtChapter 25. Dr. Hermina G.B. Anghelescu and Alice Yuet Ling Law, East Asian Librarianship and Library Collections in the United States and Canada: A Selective Bibliography, 2000-2020East Asian Librarianship and Library Collections in North America: Conclusion

This compendium of interviews with East Asian librarians in the U.S. and Canada affords the reader insight on multiple levels into the careers of individual librarians and the commonalities and distinctive aspects of individual East Asian collections, particularly rare items. A valuable introduction to the world of East Asian librarianship, the book provides a variety of perspectives on daily work, career paths, administration, problems facing the field, and fulfillment found in the work. Collectively, the essays are an affirmation of the importance of printed collections and a ringing endorsement of East Asian librarianship.