Haiwang Yuan

Mr. Yuan has been a member of the Department of Library Public Services faculty since 1997. A Fulbright student, he received his M.A. (American History) and M.L.S. from Indiana University at Bloomington. He is Professor and Web Site & Virtual Library Coordinator of the University Libraries. He is leader of the Libraries' Web Site Team and Co-editor of its newsletter Collections & Connections. He is a member of the Council of Library Department Heads.

Winner of the 1999 Kentucky Library Award, Mr. Yuan is author of Princess peacock: Tales from the Other Peoples of China (Libraries Unlimited 2008), The Magic Lotus Lantern and Other Tales from the Han Chinese (Libraries Unlimited 2006), and Virtual Libraries' Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (Huayi, Beijing 2002). He is co-author/consultant of Celebrate Chinese New Year, Holiday Around the World Series (National Geographic, 2008). He has contributed to the Berkshire Encyclopedia of China (Berkshire, 2008) the Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture (Routlege 2004) and Theories and Practices of American Libraries in the Twenty-First Century (2007). He also authored and co-authored over two dozen articles published in College & Research Library, Library Administration and Management, Journal of Research in International Education, Internet Librarian, Against the Grain, Technical Services Quarterly, Journal of National Library of China, LIRT News and Kentucky Libraries. He is currently editing a two-volume Chinese Peoples: Encyclopedia of Chinese Ethnic Groups (Greenwood Press 2008).