Speakers Introduction
Director, Kaohsiung Public Library - Shih Chun-Fu
Position Director
Affiliation Kaohsiung Public Library
Education Graduate Program, Department of Educational Technology,
Tamkang University
Biodata
• Director, Interlibrary Cooperation Association, 2014~2015
• Director, Library Association of the Republic of China (Taiwan), 2012~2015
• Division Chief, Third Division of Bureau of Cultural Affairs Kaohsiung City
Government,2003/01~2004/11
• Section Chief, Activities Section and Library Section of Kaohsiung Jhongcheng
Cultural Center,1996/06~2002/12
• Chief, Taipei Public Library Dong Hu branch, Dong Yuan branch, 1993/09~1996/05
Mr. Shih Chun Fu is the Director of Kaohsiung public library which includes 1 main library and 62 branch
libraries, 331 employees, 1,523,177,000 operating budget in 2014. Build 14 libraries in his tenure of office, in
which Dadong Arts Library has won the Recognition of Academic Excellence by the Ministry of Education, and
Zuo Xin branch obtained honors with the Annual Library and the Public Library Southern Region Resource
Center has completed and opened. During his incumbency, more than 20 library branches were renovated, and
the public check-out rate and book circulation are also improved.
Kaohsiung public library has won “the Fifth Government Service Quality Award of Executive Yuan,” “Special
Libraries and one of the 21 Excellent Libraries of Ministry of Education” in 2013, and “Active Social Education
Group Prize of Ministry of Education” in 2014. Mr. Shih was awarded “Distinguished Contribution Prize of
Library of Ministry of Education” in 2014.
In 2014, Global Views Monthly Magazine’s "National reading survey" revealed that the general reading
competitiveness of Kaohsiung was ranked second place among five municipalities, and our city's progress
is the most notable, also being evaluated “the Reading Oasis City.” Mayor Chen Chu is known as the most
important mayor of the Library Construction.