Clara Chu
Clara Chu | |
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| Occupation | Director of the Mortenson Center for International Library Programs |
| Title | Mortenson Distinguished Professor |
| Awards | ALA Equality Award Beta Phi Mu Award |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of British Columbia University of Western Ontario |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Library and information science |
| Sub-discipline | Multiculturalism |
| Institutions | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Clara Chu is a Chinese-Canadian[1] library and information science scholar. She is the Director of the Mortenson Center for International Library Programs at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.[2] Her research interest is in multicultural library and information services.[3]
Early life and education[edit]
Chu was born in Chiclayo, Peru, to Cantonese parents.[1] Her family immigrated to Vancouver, Canada, when she was 10 years old.[1] Chu completed her undergraduate education from the University of British Columbia, majoring in Spanish literature.[1][4] She graduated from the University of Western Ontario with master's and doctoral degrees in library and information science.[5]
Career[edit]
Chu previously held positions at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro and University of California at Los Angeles.[4] She is a former president of the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE).[6]
She was appointed the Director of the Mortenson Center for International Library Programs, and Mortenson Distinguished Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2015.[5]
Chu is one of the leading scholars on multiculturalism and information practices.[7] She co-wrote a work exploring the value of internship as a form of experiential learning in library and information science education.[8]
Awards and honors[edit]
She was honored with the American Library Association Equality Award in 2002,[4][7] and with the Association's Beta Phi Mu Award in 2018.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d Chu, Clara M.; Chancellor, Renate (2007-07-09). "Ask Dr. Chu: An Interview with a Peruvian-born Chinese Canadian Living in the U.S". Interactions: UCLA Journal of Education and Information Studies. 3 (2).
- ^ "Staff Biographies – Mortenson Center for International Library Programs – U of I Library". www.library.illinois.edu. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
- ^ "Clara Chu". ischool.illinois.edu. Archived from the original on 2018-05-12. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
- ^ a b c d Malden, Cheryl (2018-05-22). "Dr. Clara M. Chu wins Beta Phi Mu Award". ALA News and Press Center. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
- ^ a b Chu, Clara (2016-02-08). "Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). www.library.illinois.edu. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
- ^ "History". ALISE. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
- ^ a b Renate, Chancellor; M., Chu, Clara (2007-07-09). "Ask Dr. Chu: An Interview with a Peruvian-born Chinese Canadian Living in the U.S." InterActions: UCLA Journal of Education and Information Studies. 3 (2). ISSN 1548-3320.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Nora, Bird (2015). "Internship in LIS education: An international perspective on experiential learning". IFLA Journal. 41 (4): 298–307. doi:10.1177/0340035215596352. S2CID 110817696.
- Living people
- Canadian librarians
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign faculty
- University of Western Ontario alumni
- American Library Association people
- University of British Columbia alumni
- University of North Carolina at Greensboro faculty
- UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies faculty
- American librarians
- American women librarians
- Canadian people of Chinese descent
- American women academics
- American librarians of Chinese descent
- 21st-century American women
- Canadian women librarians