Jidong's role in the library
I am responsible for managing the East Asia Library, a branch library of Stanford University Libraries and one of the largest East Asian language collections in the United States. I oversee the collection development, public and reference services, technical processing, and daily operations of the East Asia Library.
Professional activities
Member, Association for Asian Studies
Member, Council on East Asian Libraries
Member, American Library Association
Member, Tang Studies Society
Selected publications
“The McCartee Library and the East Asian Collection of the University of Pennsylvania,” in Peter X. Zhou, ed., Collecting Asia: East Asian Libraries in North America, 1868-2008 (Ann Arbor: Association for Asian Studies, 2009), pp. 54-65.
“The Making, Writing, and Testing of Decisions in the Tang Government: A Study of the Role of the Pan in the 'Literary Bureaucracy' of Medieval China,” Chinese Literature: Essays, Articles, Reviews, 29 (2007), 129-167.
“Replacing hu with fan: A Change in the Chinese Perception of Buddhism during the Medieval Period,” Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies, 21.1 (1998), 157-170.
“Zhang Yichao and Dunhuang in the 9th Century,” Journal of Asian History, 32.2 (1998), 97-144.
More about Jidong
Before joing Stanford University Libraries in May, 2013, I served as the Head of Asia Library at the University of Michigan from 2008-2013, and the Chinese Studies Librarian at the University of Pennsylvania from 2000-2008.
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