OCLC ASIA PACIFIC REGIONAL COUNCIL

Candidates’ Biographical Information

Asia Pacific Regional Council Executive Committee Election 2013PACIFIC REGIONAL COUNCIL

About the Asia Pacific Regional Council Executive Committee Election

Voting representatives of OCLC members throughout Asia and the Pacific will receive notification to vote via e-mail and mail in mid-February 2013. Voting will be conducted using an electronic ballot—no paper ballots will be issued.

To ensure geographical diversity, no more than one member of the Executive Committee may be elected from the same country or region. The two highest-polling successful candidates will be elected for three-year terms, beginning 1 July 2013.

OCLC Global Council

After the election, the five current Executive Committee members (whose terms end in either 2014 or 2015) and the two newly elected members will determine who will hold the various offices. From this group of seven, five individuals will also represent Asia Pacific on OCLC’s Global Council; the Chair, Vice Chair/Chair-Elect and Secretary, plus two additional Executive Committee members will become Global Council Delegates. Peter Sidorko (University of ) is currently the Vice Chair/Chair-Elect, and will become Chair of the Asia Pacific Regional Council Executive Committee on 1 July 2013, for a term of one year.

Voting Instructions

This document contains the biographical information for each candidate. Once logged in to the electronic ballot, you will also be able to access this information by clicking the “Details” button to the right of each candidate’s name. Voting representatives will be asked to vote for up to, but no more than two (2) of the following candidates.

Election Results

Election results will be announced at the OCLC Global Council Annual Meeting in April 2013. If you have questions about the election process, please send an e-mail to Larry Olszewski at [email protected]. If you experience any technical difficulties, please contact Joanne Cantrell at [email protected].

Mr. Craig Anderson, University Librarian, RMIT University (, )

Work History . University Librarian, RMIT University (2003– ) o Acting Pro Vice – Learning and teaching on various occasions for up to six months . Regional Librarian / CEO of Yarra Plenty Regional Library, Melbourne, Australia (1994–2003) . Various positions: CLSI Australia / GEAC Held various support, sales and management roles with agent for leading library automation vendors (1985–1994) . Various public library roles within Australia: Book mobile driver, systems children’s librarian, City Librarian (1977–1985)

Education . PhD, RMIT University (2012) o PhD thesis on “Barriers and enablers to teachers’ adoption of online teaching at an Australian University” – available from: http://researchbank.rmit.edu.au/view/rmit:160215 . Master, Business Information Technology, RMIT University (1997) . Course work and minor thesis, Graduate Dip Management, RMIT University (1986) . Graduate Dip Librarianship, RMIT University (1981) . Bachelor of Science, Millersville University, USA (1975)

Professional Activities . CAVAL Pty Ltd: Australian Academic Library Co-operative o Board Member (2003– ) o Board Chair (2005–2011) o Chair Shared Collection Management Committee (2011– ) o Member: Products and services committee (2005–2011) . Council of Australian University Librarians (CAUL) o Chair, Statistics Working Group (2010– ) . Member, CEIRC Committee (2007–2009) . Australian Library Information Association (ALIA) o Member (1977– ) o Vice President/President (1999–2000) . Member and various positions: Victorian Public Library Group (1984–1996)

Mr. JingKang Deng, Director of University Library and Professor, (Beijing, )

Work History . Tsinghua University, Peoples’s Republic of China o Director of University Library (2010– ) o Department of Physics . Vice Director / Director of Teaching Center of Experimental Physics (2008–2009) . Professor (1997–2009) . Associate Professor (1993–1997) o Vice Dean of Science College (2003–2008) o Director of Teaching Center of Experimental Physics, Physics Department (2000–2005) o Vice Director of Physics Department (1994–2003) . SSC National Lab, USA, Visiting Scholar (1993) . Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, P.R. China o Lecturer (1987–1990) o Assistant Professor (1985–1987) Education . Ph D, Department of Physics, Vanderbilt University, USA (1990–1993) . Master of Science, Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, P.R. China (1982–1985) . Bachelor of Science, Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, P.R. China (1978–1982)

Professional Activities . The sharing of library resources and services is the modern trend of library development in the world. OCLC has been taking this as its mission and done great works in leading the libraries to link people and knowledge together. We are very much in favor of that and hope that will lead as always OCLC Chinese members to actively participate in any kinds of sharing projects to promote and contribute to OCLC global cooperation. Tsinghua University Library has a long cooperation history with OCLC. As the first partner of OCLC in Mainland China, Tsinghua University Library has been the organizer of OCLC Electronic Resource Consortia in China. The OCLC Service Center, established in Tsinghua University in 1996, has been providing high-quality services for domestic university library users. OCLC Chinese members have grown from first dozen to today’s 150. Tsinghua University Library will further strengthen cooperation with OCLC, and will do our best to promote OCLC products and services in China. At the same time, we will provide OCLC immediate feedback of comments and suggestions from OCLC Chinese members about the OCLC organization and its products, to make better development of OCLC and its products in Mainland China.

OCLC アジア・パシフィック地域評議会 Mr. Robert Gerrity, University Librarian, University of (St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia)

Work History . University Librarian, , St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia (2012– ) . Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, USA o Associate University Librarian for Library Systems and Information Technology (2006–2012) o Head of Systems (1999–2006) . Coordinator, Metro Boston Library Network, Boston Public Library, Boston, MA, USA (1992–1999) . Information Specialist, Thornton & Early, Boston, MA, USA (1990–1992) . Product Analyst, CLSI, Inc., Newtonville, MA, USA (1988–2000)

Education . Research Libraries Leadership Fellowship, Association of Research Libraries (2009–2010) . Master of Library Science, State University of New York at Albany (1987) . Bachelor of Science, Journalism, Boston University (1980)

Professional Activities . Member, American Library Association, service on variety of committees (1994– ) . Editor, Information Technology and Libraries (http://ejournals.bc.edu/ojs/index.php/ital/index) . Frequent presenter at regional and national library conferences, e.g., “ILS in the Cloud: Promise or Peril” . New England Technical Services Librarians Spring Conference, Worcester, MA, “Mobile Technologies in ARL Libraries: Status and Prospects” (2012) . Association of Research Libraries Membership Meeting, Washington, DC, “Cut it Out: Reducing Costs and Improving Efficiency with Next-Generation Library Services” (2010) . American Library Association Annual Conference, Washington, DC, “Librarian and Publisher Partnerships for Scholarly Publishing: Changing Roles in a Digital World” (2010) . Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) New England Chapter Annual Conference, Worcester, MA, “Selecting an IR Platform: Options, Approaches, and Implications” (2010) . Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS) webinar series on Institutional Repositories, “What Do Libraries Want to Achieve with Their Library Systems?” (2010) . National Information Standards Organization (NISO) Forum, Library Resource Management Systems, Boston, “bX: Users Who Looked at This Article Also Looked at…” (2009) . American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, “SuperSleuth *beta*: Primo in Action at Boston College” (2009) . ALA Midwinter Conference, Philadelphia, PA (2008)

Ms. Maizan Ismail, National Library of (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)

Work History . Director, National Collection Development and Documentation, National Library of Malaysia (2009– ) . Deputy Director, National Bibliography Centre, National Library of Malaysia (2008–2009) . Chief Librarian, National Institute of Administration, Malaysia (2004–2007) . Deputy Director, Hypermedia Division, National Library of Malaysia (2002–2003) . Head of Librarian, Ministry of Energy, Communication and Multimedia, Malaysia (2000–2002) . Librarian, Ministry of Information, Malaysia (1990–2000) . Librarian, Bibliography and Index Division, National Library of Malaysia (1986–1990)

Education . Master of Arts in Library and Information Management, University Of Sheffield, (1997) . Degree in Library and Information Science, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia (1985)

Professional Activities . Indexing in Malaysia – ‘International Islamic Citation 2010’ (paper presenter) . Expert Panel—Standard for Information Science Program – Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA) (2013) . Academic Advisory Committee—Faculty of Information Management, University Technology MARA, Malaysia (2009–2011)