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HKUL Book Talk: Inside the World's Major East Asia Collections

Speakers:           Dr Patrick Lo, Dr Dickson Chiu, Professor Ricardo Mak
Moderator:          Mr Peter Sidorko
Date:                  27 April 2017 (Thursday)
Time:                  6:30 - 8:00 pm
Venue:               Special Collections, 1/F, Main Library, The University of Hong Kong
Language:          English
Registration:       http://lib.hku.hk/friends/reading_club/bt2017_03.html

About the Speakers

Dr Patrick Lo is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Library, Information and Media Science at the University of Tsukuba in Japan. Dr Lo earned his Doctor of Education from the University of Bristol (U.K.) in May 2009. He has a Master of Arts in Design Management from Hong Kong Polytechnic University (2004), a Master of Library & Information Science from McGill University (Canada; 1994), and a Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) from Mount Allison University, (Canada; 1992).

Dr Lo has served in a number roles as a Librarian at The Open University of Hong Kong, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Lingnan University, Hong Kong.

Dr Dickson K.W. Chiu received his Bachelor of Science (Hons.) degree in Computer Studies from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) in 1987. He received a Masters of Science (1994) and a Doctor of Philosophy (2000) in Computer Science from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). He has taught at several universities in Hong Kong and served as a Research Fellow at the City University of Hong Kong. He is currently teaching at HKU.

Dr Chiu is the founding Editor-in-chief of the International Journal on Systems and Service-Oriented Engineering and EAI endorsed Transaction on e-Business, co-Editor-in-chief of International Journal on Organizational and Collective Intelligence, and EAI endorsed Transaction on Industrial Networks and Intelligent Systems, and serves in the editorial boards of several international journals. Dr Chiu is a Senior Member of both the ACM and the IEEE, and a Life Member of the Hong Kong Computer Society.

Professor Ricardo Mak is a Professor within the Department of History and the Director of Advanced Institute for Contemporary China Studies at Hong Kong Baptist University.

Professor Mak received his Ph.D. from the University of Regensburg and his Master of Philosophy and Bachelor of Arts (Hons) from The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

About the Book

This book is intended to serve multiple purposes. In particular, it examines the rise of the "LAM", an acronym that stands for libraries, archives, and museums and in doing so, profiles leading experts -- librarians, archivists, and museum curators -- who specialize in East Asian collections from across the world. In examining the dynamically shifting role of the cultural institution in the context of managing information and collections, this book provides important themes offered by these cultural experts in understanding the necessary professional skills, knowledge, and personalities that are required for working in such environments of varying size, scope, and composition in LAMs. As galleries, LAMs manage preservation and access of history and culture, their missions and goals as cultural institutions continue to converge.

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