Director-General National Central Library, ROC

Name

Tseng Shu-Hsien

Position

Director-General

Affiliation

National Central Library, ROC

Education

Ph.D. of the Department and Graduate Institute of Library and Information Science, National Taiwan University

Biodata

Professor, Graduate Institute of Library, Information and Archive Studies, National Chengchi University
Professor, Graduate Institute of Library and Information Studies, National Taiwan Normal University
Professor of the Department of Library and Information Science, Fujen Catholic University
Director-general of Taipei Public Library

Dr. Shu-hsien TSENG is Director General of National Central Library, a position she assumed in December 2010. She also serves as Director of the Centre for Chinese Studies established by Ministry of Education.  Prior to joining the NCL she was full-time professor of the Department of Library and Information Science, Fu Jen Catholic University.From 1998 to 2009, she was Director-general of Taipei Public Library. For her achievement at the Taipei Public Library System, Dr. Tseng received the Distinguished Civil Servant Award, the highest honour for civil servant in Taiwan in 1999.

Dr. Tseng was chosen as President of Taiwan Reading Association for the term 2007-2008 and President of Library Association of the Republic of China (Taiwan) for the term 2012-2013. Dr. Tseng is also a part-time professor of National Chengchi University and National Taiwan Normal University. She has extensive experience in library building, public library management, collection development, TQM, planning, reading promotion, national library administration and children’s services. Dr. Tseng has also published extensively in the field of library and information science.