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

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

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

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

  1. ^ 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).
  2. ^ "Staff Biographies – Mortenson Center for International Library Programs – U of I Library". www.library.illinois.edu. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
  3. ^ "Clara Chu". ischool.illinois.edu. Archived from the original on 2018-05-12. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ a b Chu, Clara (2016-02-08). "Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). www.library.illinois.edu. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
  6. ^ "History". ALISE. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
  7. ^ 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)
  8. ^ 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.
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