Yuhfen Diana Wu - SJSU Librarian

Yuhfen Diana Wu

Reference Librarian, King Library, San Jose State University

Office hours: by appointment in Summer 2008

Phone: 408-808-2087 | Email: diana.wu@sjsu.edu | Fax: 408-808-2009

Liaison Departments | Handouts | Publications | Awards and Honors

Presentations | Works In Progress | Community Services | Education

Liaison Departments

Liaison to the following academic departments:

Handouts

Unit 1: Research Basics - PowerPoint with audio or iTalk only
Unit 2: Effective Research and Using ABI/INFORM database - PowerPoint with audio or iTalk only
Unit 3: Library Services, Supports, and 24x7 Access - PowerPoint only
Research Resources and Support for 100wb | Tasks for the class - 100wb
Marketing Research
MIS: Management Information Systems
Bus200w: Managerial Communication | Tasks for the class
Master in Bus and Engr: Business and Engineering joint program
Worksheet to help you analyze the research topics
Checklist of Business Databases at the King Library with hot links
Current Awareness
eBook types available via the King Library, both browsable and downloadable
Distinguishing primary vs secondary resources - see links from UC Berkeley Library or Princeton University Library

Searching for articles, a flowchart
Transportation Management

Publications

Publications in peer reviewed journals or conference proceedings:

"Fertile Ground for Lifelong Learning, the Silicon Valley Way," University Library Journal, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 21-42.
"Information Literacy and Lifelong Learning," Journal of Library and Information Science, vol. 32, no. 1, April, 2006, pp. 11-17.
"Teaching Faculty's Perspectives on Business Information Literacy," Y. D. Wu and S. Kendall. Reference Services Review, vol.34, no. 1, Winter 2006.
Business and Technical Communication: an Annotated Guide to Sources, Skills and Samples, Y. D. Wu, et al.. Westport, CT: Greenwood-Praeger, pp. 25-81, January 2005.
"Building Context-Based Library Istruction," Y. D. Wu and Dr. M. Roldan, Journal of Education for Business, vol. 79, no. 6, July/Aug 2004, pp. 323-327.
"Content Management and Virtual Reference Services", a research paper presented at the First International Forum on Library Services, July 18, 2002, Shanghai, China. Full essay was published in the proceedings Knowledge Navigation and Library Services, Shanghai, China: Shanghai Scientific and Technological Literature Publishing House, July 2002, pp. 196-206.
"Academic Librarianship: Changing Roles in the Digital Age", a research paper presented the International Conference of Academic Librarianship, June 4-6, 2001, Yunnan University, Kunming, China. Full essay was published in the Proceedings of the International Conference on "Academic Librarianship in the New Millennium: Roles, Trends, and Global Collaboration." Kunmin, China: Yunnan University Press, May 2002, pp. 140-148.
"Content Management and the Future of Academic Libraries," Y. D. Wu and Dr. M. Liu, The Electronic Library, vol. 19, no. 6, 2001, pp. 432-439.
"Where are Librarians Headed in the 21^st Century?"Journal of Education Media & Library Sciences, vol. 37, no. 4, June 2000, pp. 349-357.

Presentations

Confronting Global Trends: Libraries, Information Literacy and the Emerging Global Curriculum (Evans , Kong , Robison , Wu ), a preconference at 2008 Biennial CARL Conference, April 2-5, Irvine, California.

Student & Faculty Perspective: Are We Engaged Yet? , presented at the California Academic & Research Library mini-conference in the north, December 3, 2007, Stockton, California.

Information Technology Management and Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance, a research project co-presented with Dr. S. B. Wu at SAP Curriculum Congress ¡¦07,, March 3, 2007, Vancouver, Canada.
Virtual Reference Service in Multilingual Environment, Joint Conference of Librarians of Color, October 13, 2006, Dallas, Texas.

Speakers are Susan McGlamery on 24 Hour Reference Goes Global: a Corporative Approach to Providing Multilingual Reference Service, Y. Diana Wu on Virtual Reference Services in Multilingual Environment, Alma Ortega on Digital Reference in Spanish.

San Jose Joint Library: Fertile Ground for Lifelong Learning , First Joint Conference of Librarians of Color, October 14, 2006, Dallas, Texas. A comprehensive bibliography is available here.
Information Literacy and Lifelong Learning , Library Association of ROC Annual Conference, December 17, 2005, Taipei, Taiwan.
Building Context-Based Library Instructions, California Library Association Annual Conference, November 6, 2005, Pasadena, California.
Library Services Anytime Anywhere in User's Language, California Library Association Annual Conference, November 5, 2005, Pasadena, California.

Speakers are Susan McGlamery on the current Internet demographics, Y. Diana Wu on Virtual reference Services in multilingual environment, Alma Ortega on virtual reference in Spanish, and David Lakritz on the current trends and development of multilingual applications.

Multilingual Virtual Reference Services, Texas Library Association Annual Conference, April 6, 2005, Austin, Texas, and Second SJSU Library Research Forum, May 13, 2005, San Jose, California.
Building Context-Based Library Instructions, a research paper co-presented with Dr. Roldan at the First SJSU Library Research Forum, January 21, 2005, San Jose, California.
Exploring the Paradigm of Hospitality in Chinese, a research paper co-presented with Dr. Yen at the 2004 Society for Cross-Cultural Research ( SCCR) Annual Conference, February 19-21, San Jose, California.
Business and Economics Resources at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library, a workshop for San Jose business leaders co-presented with Gloria Singer and Sue Kendall, SJSU Library, January 15, 2004, San Jose, California.
Resource Sharing and Collaboration, an invited presentation at the National Changhua University of Education, December 21, 2003, Changhua, Taiwan.
Business Information Competency from Teaching Faculty's Perspectives, a peer reviewed poster session presented at the 2003 California Library Association Annual Conference, November 16, 2003, Ontario, California.
"Multilingual Access for the Virtual Reference Services," a peer reviewed poster session presented at the 11th Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) national conference, April 10-13, 2003, Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.A.
" Content Management and Virtual Reference Services," a peer reviewed poster session presented at the California Academic and Research Library (CARL) 2002 Conference, May 9-12, Asilomar, California.
Collaboration and Partnership," an invited presentation at the California Academic and Research Library (CARL) 2002 Conference, May 9-12, Asilomar, California.
" The Birth of a New Library in a Silicon Valley community," a peer reviewed session presented at the National Conference on Asian and Pacific American Librarians, June 13-15, 2001, San Francisco, California, USA.
"Internet-Based Content Management in Academic Libraries," a peer reviewed poster session presented at the 12^th International Conference on New Information Technology (NIT): Global Digital Library Development in the New Millennium, May 29-31, 2001, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.

Awards and Honors

Recipient of 40for40 alumni honored by the School of Library and Information Science to celebrate its 40th anniversary of accreditation, San Jose State University, November 29, 2007.
Recipient of 2007 ALA-RUSA Emarald Research Grant Award .

Granted faculty sabbatical for Spring, 2008. Research topics : Aligning information literacy with workplace expectations. Survey is available online at http://www.oir.sjsu.edu/snaponline/surveylogin.asp?k=120069780837
SJSU Award for Integration of Inforamtiona Literacy into Coursework, Spring 2005, co-winner with Dr. M Roldan of the MIS Department, College of Business
Asian Hero Award winner granted by Santa Clara County Supervisor Liz Kniss for outstanding comtributions to the community, October 22, 2004
SJSU Faculty Research Publication Award, Spring 2004, honorable mention with a certificate with Dr. M Roldan of the MIS Department, College of Business
CLA/DEMCO Research Grant, November, 2002 - Recipient of the California Library Association/DEMCO research grant, a state-wide competition
SJSU AIM Fund, Spring 2005, Fall 2002 and Spring 2003 - Granted $1016 in fall 2002 and $2226 in spring to hire 2 graduate assistants to support academic and scholarly research activities
SJSU Lottery Grant for Professional Development, September 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005 and 2006 - Awarded a total of $11,110.58 to support professional development and scholarly activities
HEA II-B Grant, July 1998 - Awarded $1,000 from U.S. Department of Education to participate a week-long workshop on leadership and utilizing information technology for teaching and distance learning at the University of Minnesota

Work in Press

"Aligning information literacy with workplace expectations," a research project for sabbatical, Spring, 2008.

Professional and Community Involvement

Professional Contribution and Involvement:

Elected Chair of the Academic Business Librarians in California-N, an interest group of ACRL, 2007
Member of the 2008 BRASS Annual Program Planning Committee
Chair of the 2006/07 Nomination Committee, Chinese American Librarians Association
Immediate Past President of the Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA), 2006-2007

President of the Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA), 2005-2006. CALA is an affiliate of the American Library Association.

Vice President/President Elect, 2004-2005, who chairs the Annual Program Committee for ALA annual conference.

Chair of ALA-LITA Minority Scholarship Committee (2004)

MARS liaison to LITA (2002-2005)

California Library Association Assembly member (2004-2006)

Member of Annual Conference Planning Committee (2002 and 2004)

CLA Finance Committee (2004-2006)

CLA Publication Committee (2004-2006)

Recipient of California Library Association (CLA)/DEMCO research grant (2002)

Community Service

Chairperson, Cupertino Library Commission, Cupertino, California, 1999 and 2002
Appointed by the City Council as the permanent emissary to Hsin-Chu Municipal sister library

Cupertino Library was the first library in north California commissioned by U.S. National Commission on Library and Information Sciences as the sister library of Hsin-Chu Municipal Library in Hsin-Chu, Taiwan.

Education

Vitae

Complete Vitae here