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]
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]
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]
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]
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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]
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]
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]
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]
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