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Education and Career
Current Positions:
Chief, Asian Division, Library of Congress (2/2003-
Dean of Libraries Emeritus, Ohio University (9/1999-
Previous Positions:
Consultant, OCLC Asia Pacific (1/2002-12/2003)
Distinguished Visiting Scholar, OCLC Online Computer Library Center (1/2000-12/2001)
Fulbright Senior Specialist, Department of Library and Information Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand (9/2001-10/2001)
Dean of University Libraries, Ohio University (8/1978-8/1999)
Adjunct Professor of Education, College of Education, Ohio University (8/1978-8/1999)
Associate Director of Libraries and Professor of Library Administration, Colorado State University (7/1975-7/1978)
Director of Library and Information Center, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand (Contracted by the U.S. Agency for International Development) (8/1968-6/1975)
Adjunct Faculty, Department of Library Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand (9/1970-6/1975)
Chief Librarian and Associate Professor, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania (7/1966-7/1968)
Deputy Librarian and Assistant Professor, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania (7/1965-6/1966)
Head of Technical Services and Acquisitions, Duquesne University Libraries (7/1962-6/1965)
First Assistant in Acquisitions, University of Pittsburgh Libraries (7/1961-6/1962)
Library Trainee, University of Pittsburgh Libraries (7/1959-6/1961)
Education:
B.Ed. (Education), 1950-1954. National Taiwan Normal University.
M.Ed. (Foundation of Education), 1957-1959. University of Pittsburgh.
M.L.S. (Library Science), 1959-1961. Carnegie-Mellon University and University of Pittsburgh.
Ph.D. (Education and Library Science), 1961-1965. University of Pittsburgh.
Professional Activities:
IFLA: Standing Committee member, Section on University Libraries and Other General Research Libraries (1989-93)
ALA: Councilor at Large (1988-92 and 1993-97)
OCLC: Users Council, Ohio delegate (1985-91)
Chinese American Librarians Association: president (1982); board director (many terms)
Second White House Conference on Library and Information Services, July 9-13, 1991: Delegate-at-large
Chinese Academic and Professional Association of Ohio: founding president (1988-90)
State Library of Ohio: Advisory Council on Federal Library Programs, member (1983-91)
Kent State University: Advisory Council of the School of Library and Information Science, member (1984-99)
Ohio Library Council: Board director (1990-93)
USIA: Private Sector Book and Library Advisory Committee, member (1991-92)
Established the Shao You Bao Overseas Chinese Documentation and Research Center at Ohio University Libraries (1993)
Council for International Exchange of Scholars: Discipline Advisory Committee for Fulbright Scholar Awards in Library Science, member (1994-97)
Library of Congress: Review Committee of the Japan Documentation Center, member (1996)
North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Institutions of Higher Education: consultant-evaluator (1997-2000)
China/US Conference on Libraries. US Planning Committee for first (1996), second (2001), and third (2005) conferences.
Established the Asian Division Friends Society of the Library of Congress for the purpose of promoting greater awareness and use of the treasured Asian collections and for fundraising and outreach programs of the Asian Division.
Co-chaired the Third International Conference of Institutes and Libraries for Chinese Overseas Studies, held in Singapore on August 27-29, 2005, under the theme: Maritime Asia and Chinese Overseas, 1405-2005.
Consultant and Lecturer:
Served, Since 1970, as a library consultant and lecturer in China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand under the sponsorship of the Asia Foundation,, Council for International Exchange of Scholars, the Food and Agricultural Organization of U.N., Friedrich-Ebert Stiftung, the International Development Research Centre of Canada, Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership, OCLC Online Computer Library Center, the Library Bureau of the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China, the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia, United Nations Development Programme, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, U.S. Agency for International Development, U.S. Information Agency, World Bank, and others.
Was appointed as a consulting professor by Xi’an Jiaotung University; a visiting professor by Beijing Normal University, Beijing Post and Telecommunication University, Hunan Medical University, Nankai University, Northeast Normal University, Peking University, Sichuan University, Wuhan University, etc. in China;
Also served as an Advisor of the National Library of China, the Library of Chinese Academy of Sciences, the National Central Library (Taiwan), Tsinghua University Library, Shenzhen Library, and Zhejiang Provincial Library; an Academic Consultant of the Wuhan Library of the Chinese Academy of Sciences; and an Honorary Research Librarian of the Lanzhou Library of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Was a library consultant of the Science & Technology Information Center of the National Science Council in Taiwan, the City University of Hong Kong, and the Hong Kong Baptist University.
Served as an external evaluator for the Department of Library and Information Science, National Taiwan University.
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Honors
Recipient of distinguished service awards from the American Library Association, Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association, Chinese American Librarians Association, Chinese Academic and Professional Association in Mid-America, Library Association of China (Taiwan), OCLC, OhioLINK, Ohionet, Ohio University Foundation, U.S. Information Services, and others.
Was the 1983 Outstanding Administrator of Ohio University, the 1987 Ohio Librarian of the Year, the 1991 ALA John Ames Humphrey Award winner for contributions to International Librarianship, and the 1999 Ohio Hall of Fame Librarian.
In August 1999, Ohio University named a new library building as the Hwa-Wei Lee Library Annex and the first floor in the Main Library as the Hwa-Wei Lee Center for International Collections.
Listed in Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in American Education, Who’s Who in the World, etc.
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Publications
Books:
Librarianship in World Perspective: Selected Writings, 1963-1989. (Taipei: Student Book Company, 1991). 332 p. In English and Chinese.
Fundraising for the 1990s: The Challenge Ahead. Co-authored with Gary Hunt. (Canfield, Ohio: Genaway and Associates, 1992). 183 p.
On Modern Library Management. (Taipei: San Ming Book, 1996). 256 p. In Chinese.
Introduction to OCLC Online and CD-ROM Cataloging. Co-authored with Weihan Diao and Andrew H. Wang. (Shanghai: East China Normal University Press, 1999). 222 p. In Chinese and English.
Knowledge Management: Theory and Practice. Co-authored with Xiaoying Dong and Meiyun Zuo. (Beijing: Huazhi Publishing, 2002). 471 p. In Chinese.
Others publications:
Published some 80 articles, conference papers, and consultant reports.
Edited three conference proceedings.
Served as a reviewer for more than 100 books.
Served on editorial boards for 7 library journals.
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