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Curriculum Vitae

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Teaching & Professional Interests

• Information Retrieval Theory and Practice
• Research Methods

Research Interests

• Information Retrieval Theory and Practice
• Knowledge / IR Management
• Information Systems and Technologies

Dr. Geoffrey Z. Liu

Associate Professor

Geoffrey Z. Liu received his Ph.D. in communications and information sciences at University of Hawaii at Manoa. His B.A. and M.A. degrees in library and information science were from Wuhan University, China. He taught at the Central-China Normal University for two years and worked briefly as a cataloging librarian at the Meader Library of Hawaii Pacific University (Hawaii) and a research statistician in the Hawaii State Department of Health & Human Services.

Liu's main research interests are information retrieval (system design) and information seeking behaviors. He has recently published on virtual communities and school library developments. He teaches technology-related courses in a primarily online format.

Liu has given numerous workshop/conference presentations on digital libraries and information technology at Chinese universities and libraries. He has been actively involved with the Evergreen Education Foundation, a non-profit organization in the San Francisco Bay Area, in projects of school library automation and rural community information services. He currently serves as a technology adviser for Stanford University's East Asia Library and the Provincial Library of Yunnan in China.

Courses Taught

• > [202] Information Retrieval
• > [242] Database Managment
• > [246] Information Technology Tools & Applications - Advanced (Datamining)
• > [285] Research Methods in Library & Information Science

Education

• Ph.D. (Information Science) University of Hawaii at Manoa (1994)
• MA (Library Science) Wuhan University, China (1986)
• BA (Library Science) Wuhan University, China (1983)

Academic & Professional Experience

• Associate Professor, School of Library and Information Science, San José State University (2001- )
• Assistant Professor, School of Library and Information Science, San José State University (1995-2000)
• Research Statistician, State of Hawaii Department of Health and Human Services (1994-1995)
• Cataloging Librarian, Meader Library, Hawaii Pacific University (1993-1994)
• Tiananmen Archive Specialist, Center for Chinese Studies, University of Hawaii at Manoa (1990-1993)
• Visiting Researcher, School of Library and Information Science, University of Hawaii at Manoa (1989-1990)
• Lecturer, Department of Library and Information Science, Central-China Normal University (1986-1989)

Selected Publications  (last five years only)

For other publications and presentations, see Curriculum Vitae PDF above.

• Liu, G. (2008). School libraries serving rural communities in China: The Evergreen model. School Libraries Worldwide, 14(1).
• Liu, G., & Zhang, W. (2008). School library support of health education in China: A preliminary study. The International Electronic Journal of Health Education, 11, 13-31.
• Liu, G. (2007). Digital library developments: A comparative analysis (in Chinese). Journal of Library in Yunnan, 105, 34-40.
• Liu, G. (2005). Evergreen: bringing information resources to rural China. Washington, D.C. : Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR).
• Liu, G. (2005). Virtual reference technology and service in modern libraries (in Chinese). Journal of Library in Yunnan, 97, 2-6.
• Liu, G. (2002). Automatic relevance learning in web-based information retrieval. Proceedings of the International Conference on Digital Library: IT opportunities and challenges in the New Millennium (pp.141-158). Beijing: The Beijing Library Press.

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