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Haipeng Li

University Librarian

Haipeng Li is University Librarian at the Hong Kong Baptist University, leading the university libraries in strategic planning and development, among many other responsibilities. Prior to the position at Hong Kong Baptist University, he was Associate Director of the John Cotton Dana Library at Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, responsible for research support services, coordination of personnel administration, and library planning, assessment, and innovation. Before Rutgers, he had served as reference librarian at Oberlin College in Ohio, University of Arizona and Arizona State University.

Haipeng Li is active in professional services. He is currently serving as Co-Chair of the Joint Conference of Librarians of Color 2012 (JCLC), Chair of the ALA IRC Subcommittee on East Asia and the Pacific, served as President of the Chinese American Librarians Association 2006-2007 (CALA) and has been Executive Director of CALA since 2008. He has been actively promoting collaboration and exchange between libraries in China and the U.S. He is also chair of the Joint University Librarians Advisory Committee (JULAC) in Hong Kong.

Over the years, Haipeng Li has been involved in various leadership programs, providing training as well as mentoring services. His research areas include information literacy, library management and diversity, leadership development, international librarianship and global collaboration. He is frequently invited to speak at library events and serves as a consultant for academic libraries in China and the U.S.

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