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Chu Heting

Heting Chu

Professor of Library and Information Science

B.A., Peking UniversityM.L.I.S., McGill UniversityPh.D., Drexel University

Description

Heting Chu is a professor in the Palmer School of Library and Information Science. She came to LIU in September 1994. She earned her B.A. in library science from Peking University, China, her master’s degree in library and information science from McGill University, Canada, and her Ph.D. in information studies from Drexel University, Philadelphia. Professor Chu’s teaching and research interests include the use of information technology in library and information science, especially in the areas of information representation and retrieval, research methods, and scientific communication. While being well liked by both master’s and Ph.D. students for her teaching and advising, she has also received numerous citations to the eight books and 50 research articles she published from colleagues all over the world. In recognition of her research contribution, the Professional Association in Education Phi Delta Kappa Chapter 1524, LIU Post awarded her Lifetime Research Award in 2013. Long Island University in 2021 awarded her the David Newton Award for Excellence in Teaching. Professor Chu’s services to the university and the field are offered at local, national, and international levels.

Specialties

Library & Information Science Education, Information Retrieval, Research Methods, Bibliometrics & Scientometrics

Publications

Selected recent publications - Books:

1. Research Methods and Design Beyond a Single Discipline: From Principles to Practice. 1st ed. Abington, Oxon: Routledge. 2024. 343p. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003021711.

2. Information Representation and Retrieval in the Digital Age. 2nd ed. Medford, NJ: Information Today, 2010. 306p. ISBN 978-1-57387-393-2. (An ASIS&T monograph)
  • Korean edition: Translated by Hye Rhan Chang. South Korea: Korean Library Association, 2011.
  • Arabic edition: Translated by the National Center for Translation and published by Amal Alaa in Egypt, 2013.

Selected recent publications - Book chapters, journal and proceedings articles:

1. Zhang, Chengzhi, Liang Tian, and Heting Chu. Usage frequency and application variety of research methods in library and information science: Continuous investigation from 1991 to 2021. Information Processing & Management, 60(6), 1-20. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ipm.2023.103507.

2. Zhang, Chengzhi, Zhuo Li, and Heting Chu. Using full contents to automatically classify research methods of academic articles. Journal of the China Society for Scientific and Technical Information, 39(8), 852-862. 2020. [In Chinese.]

3. Major research methods in LIS: Understanding, selection and use. Library and Information Service, 63(1), 146-152. 2019. (In Chinese)

4. Xue, Chunxiang, Xiuzhi Wu, Lei Zhu, and Heting Chu. Challenges in LIS education in China and the USA. Journal of Education for Library and Information Science Education, 60(1), 35-61. 2019.

5. Chu, Heting, and Qing Ke. Research methods: What’s in the name? Library & Information Science Research, 39(4), 284-299. 2017.
  • Top 10 most downloaded articles in 2021 out of all the papers published in the journal’s history

6. Research methods in library and information science: A content analysis. Library & Information Science Research, 37(1), 36-41. 2015.

  • Top 10 most cited articles in 2021 out of all the papers published in the journal’s history
7. iSchools vs. non-iSchools: An examination of their master’s programs. Education for Information, 29(1), 1-17. 2012.

8. Factors affecting relevance judgment: A report from TREC Legal track. Journal of Documentation, 67(2), 264-278. 2011.

9. Chu, Heting, and Chen Xu. Web 2.0 and its dimensions in the scholarly world. Scientometrics, 80(3), 717–729. 2009. DOI: 10.1007/s11192-008-2103-y.

10. Xu, Chen, Fenfei Ouyang, and Heting Chu. The academic library meets Web 2.0: Applications and implications. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 35(4), 324-331. 2009. DOI 10.1016/j.acalib.2009.04.003.

  • Selected as one of the 29 papers in the Reference Research Review for 2009

Honors/Awards

  • Recipient, Full Scholarship for Students Going Abroad, Chinese Education Ministry (1984)
  • Recipient, Full Scholarship for Students with Excellent Academic Performance, Tangkakji Trust (1984-1990)
  • Member, Beta Phi Mu, International Library Science Honor Society (1991-present)

Professional Affiliations

  • Member, American Library Association
  • Member, American Society for Information Science & Technology
  • Member, Association for Computing Machinery
  • Member, SIG-IR, Association for Computing Machinery
  • Member, Association for Library and Information Science Education