The East Asia Library, with the support of the Korean Studies Program of Asia-Pacific Research Center and the Stanford University Libraries, will hold a reception in honor of Dr. Lee Mun-Woong. Dr. Lee, a professor emeritus of Seoul National University, has donated about 900 volumes of books from his personal collection and about 50 ceramic pieces of Korean traditional writing tools. Please join us in this event to appreciate Dr. Lee’s donation. Refreshments will be provided.

Time and Date:             4 P.M., February 23, 2007

Place:                           East Asia Library, 4th Floor, Meyer Library

It is my great pleasure to announce Dr. Kyungmi Chun to begin her work at Stanford East Asia Library on February 1, 2007. Dr. Kyungmi Chun has accepted Stanford’s offer to be the Korean Studies Librarian in the East Asia Library last November. I am delighted to welcome Kyungmi to join us. Kyungmi earned her doctoral degree in Information Science at the University of North Texas in 1999, an MLS degree from the University of Tennessee, and a bachelor’s degree in history from Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea. Kyungmi has served as the Korean Specialist Librarian in the University of Hawaii’s Asian Collection since 1992. During her more than 14 years at the University of Hawaii, Kyungmi’s responsibilities have included collection development and management, reference and public services for the Korean Collection. Beyond her breadth of work experiences in academic libraries, Kyungmi will bring her boundless enthusiasm and a solid work ethic for the building of our new collection. We are very fortunate to have her expertise and enthusiasm included in our mix of terrific staff and eagerly anticipate her contributions we expect her to make to the East Asia Library.

SHAO Dongfang, Ph.D.
Curator and Head Librarian
East Asia Library