Diana L.H. Chan
Director of Library Services

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Library

Diana received her BBA at CUHK and MLS from San Jose State University, she started as an information specialist in Bain & Company in USA. Her academic library career began with building the David Lam Management Research Library at the University of British Columbia, Canada. After returning to Hong Kong, Diana joined HKUST Library in various public services positions until she became the Director of Library Services in 2012.

 

She is active in professional development. Having published over 20 journal papers and book chapters and a book, she has also presented 55 conference papers on various library topics. Her research areas cover strategic management, staff development, space development, Learning Commons, institutional repository, consortia collection development, research support services, open access, etc.

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She has served as the Chairs of JULAC in 2015/16, JULAC Access Services Committee in 2012-15, JULAC Consortiall Committee 2016-21, and Hong Kong Monographic Acquisitions Committee 2016-21. She was the President of Hong Kong Library Association 2019. She has been serving the Hong Kong Public Libraries Advisory Committee since 2015 and Guangdong Higher Education Library Committee since 2019. During the COVID pandemic, she had been actively engaged in negotiations with the Big Deal publishers. She also served in the Ebsco Academic Advisory Board and Wiley Library Advisory Board in 2019.