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Director and Mortenson Distinguished Professor
Mortenson Center for International Library Programs, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Dr. Clara M. Chu is Director of the Mortenson Center for International Library Programs and Mortenson Distinguished Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is a leading voice in international and multicultural library and information science (LIS) education, research and practice. Dr. Chu publishes, presents and consults worldwide in English and Spanish on equity, diversity, inclusion, accessibility and development (EDIAD) in global context, strategic planning, and emerging technologies and trends. She is Coeditor-in-Chief of Library Trends, and serves on the editorial board of The International Journal of Information, Diversity, & Inclusion (IJIDI).
An active association leader, Dr. Chu is a past president of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) and the Association of Library and Information Science Education (ALISE), and Co-Chair of the IFLA Building Strong LIS Education Working Group. She was an American Library Association (ALA) representative on the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO, and Past-Chair of the ALA Serving Refugees, Immigrants and Displaced Persons Sub-Committee. She is the recipient of numerous honors, including the 2018 ALA Beta Phi Mu Award for distinguished service to education for librarianship.
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Friday, June 24, 2022
8:30am – 1:00pm
Saturday, June 25, 2022
4:00pm – 5:00pm
Sunday, June 26, 2022
9:00am – 10:00am