Dr Esther Woo
Director of Library Services &
Fung Ping Shan Librarian
The University of Hong Kong

Esther Woo is Director of Library Services and Fung Ping Shan Librarian at The University of Hong Kong overseeing the Libraries’ internal operations and Chinese, Japanese, and Korean (CJK) collections. (http://hub.hku.hk/cris/rp/rp01436)

 

During her over twenty years of service in the Libraries, Esther participated in many library projects ranging from building renovations, staff development to implementation of new library systems.

 

Esther also assisted the management to plan and implement library-wide preparedness plans for Y2K, SARS, and COVID-19 as well as many system migration plans as the head of library administration and later the head of access services.

 

Her research interests include strategic planning, learning spaces, user engagement and staff development. In recent years, she also explores the role of the libraries in community building through organizing events and workshops that associated with both traditional and emerging library functions.