Curriculum
Vitae of Ya-Ling Lu, Ph.D.
Department
of Library and Information Science
(732)
932-7500 Ext. 8125
Assistant Professor
Department of
Library and Information Science
Youth services, youth and reading, youth information behaviors, information coping
Ph.D.
in Information Studies (2005)
Area of
Concentration: Children’s Literature and
Children
Services
Dissertation: How
Children’s Librarians Help Children Cope with Daily Life: An enhanced readers’
advisory service
Advisor: Dr.
Virginia Walter
MLIS
in Information Studies (2003)
Areas
of Concentration: Children’s Literature, Young Adult Literature,
Children Services, Information Access
Advisor: Dr.
Virginia Walter
M.A. in
Area of Concentration: Children’s
Literature
Thesis: Transformation in the Fairy Tales of the
Advisor: Dr. Margaret Boland
B.A. in English Literature (1990)
Area of
Concentration: English Literature
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
Assistant
Professor: September 2005 –
Assistant
Professor: September 2005 –
Teaching
Assistant: 2001 – 2005
Department
of Information Studies, UCLA
High
School Teacher: February 1995 – September 1998
PUBLICATIONS
Lu. Y.-L. (2011).
Everyday hassles and related information behavior among youth: A case study in
Taiwan. Information
Research 16(1). Available at <http://informationr.net/ir/16-1/paper472.html>
Todd, R., Gordon, C., and Lu, Y.-L. (2011) One Common Goal:
Student Learning. Report of findings and recommendations of the New Jersey
School Library Survey: Phase II.
Lu,
Y.-L.
(2010). Children’s
information seeking in coping with daily-life problems: An investigation of fifth-
and sixth-grade students. Library &
Information Science Research 32, 77-88.
Lu,
Y.-L. (2009). Engaging
students with summer reading: An Assessment of a collaborative high school
reading program. Journal of Education for
Library and Information Science 50(2), 90-106.
Lu, Y.-L. (2009). Children’s strategies in coping with daily
life: Does information matter? In Proceedings of annual
conference of the American society for information science & technology
(ASIST). Vancouver, Canada.
Lu, Y.-L. (2009). Adolescent Reading: The reality, the
realism appeal, and their learning. In Proceedings of
annual conference of the Association for Library and Information Science
Education. Denver, Colorado.
Lu, Y.-L. (2008). Coping assistance
vs. Readers’ advisory: Are they the same animal? Children &
Libraries 6(1): 15-22.
Lu, Y.-L. (2008). Helping children cope: What is bibliotherapy? Children & Libraries 6(1):
46-48.
Gordon,
C. & Lu, Y.-L. (2008)
“I hate to read, or do I?” Low achievers and their reading.
School Library Media
Research. School Library Media Research 11. Available from http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/aasl/aaslpubsandjournals/slmrb/slmrcontents/volume11/gordon_lu.cfm.
Gordon, C. & Lu, Y.-L. (2008). Low
achievers and their reading. In Proceedings
of annual conference of the international association of school librarianship.
Berkeley, California.
Lu,
Y.-L. (2008). Coping assistance vs. Readers’ advisory: Are they the same
animal? Children & Libraries
6(1): 15-22.
Lu,
Y.-L. (2008). Helping
children cope: What is bibliotherapy? Children
& Libraries 6(1): 46-48.
Lu,
Y.-L., & Gordon, C. (2008). The effects of free choice on student learning: A study of summer
reading. School Libraries Worldwide 14(1),
38-55.
Lu,
Y.-L., & Gordon, C. (2007).
Lu, Y.-L., & Gordon, C. (2007). Reading takes you
places: A study of a wired summer reading program. In Proceedings
of annual conference of the international association of school librarianship.
Taipei, Taiwan, 17 pages.
PRESENTATIONS
Conference
Todd,
R., Gordon, C., and Lu, Y.-L. NJASL study: One common goal: Transforming school libraries in New
Jersey. Preliminary report of descriptive findings. Presented at the New Jersey association of School Librarians
Conference, New Branch, New Jersey, December 2-4, 2010.
Lu,
Y.-L. Everyday hassles
and related information behavior among youth: A case study in Taiwan. Presented at the Information Seeking in Context (ISIC) conference,
Murcia, Spain, September 28 to October 2, 2010.
Lu,
Y.-L. Children and their
daily hassles: How can information help? Presented at the New
Jersey Association of School Librarians Conference, New Brunswick, New Jersey,
November 13-14, 2009.
Lu,
Y.-L. Children’s
strategies in coping with daily life: Does information matter? Accepted for presentation at the 2009 American Society for
Information Science and Technology (ASIST) annual conference, Vancouver,
Canada, November 6-11, 2009.
Lu,
Y.-L. Children’s
information behaviors in coping with daily life. Elfreda
Chatman Research Awardee presentation at the SIG USE
Symposium, the 2009 American Society for Information Science and Technology
(ASIST) annual conference, Vancouver, Canada, November 7, 2009.
Lu,
Y.-L. Reading
to learn, reading for fun, reading for self-development. Presented at the New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) annual
conference, Atlantic City, New Jersey, November 5, 2009.
Lu,
Y.-L. Adolescent
Lu,
Y.-L. Low
achievers and their reading. Presented at the New
Jersey Association of School Librarians Conference, New Brunswick, New Jersey,
November 14-16, 2008.
Gordon,
C. & Lu, Y.-L. “I
hate to read, or do I?” Low Achievers and their reading.
Presented at the 37th International Association of
School Librarianship annual conference.
Lu,
Y.-L. Engaging students with summer reading: A
revealing collaboration. Presented at the 2008 Association for Library and
Information Science Education (ALISE) conference,
Lu, Y.-L. Reading to learn or read for fun? Summer reading in
your school library.
Presented at the
Lu, Y.-L., & Gordon, C. Reading takes you places: A study of a wired summer reading program. Presented at the 36th International Association of School Librarianship annual conference, Taipei, Taiwan, July 16-18, 2007.
Lu,
Y.-L. Book selection behavior in a children’s reading room:
A case study in a public library with predominant Asian-American users. Presented at the Association of Asian
American Studies Conference,
Invited Presentations
Keynote Speaker: Do you see what I see?—Enhanced readers’ advisory service: An
unrecognized aspect of children’s librarianship at the Youth Service Forum,
New Jersey State Library (NJSL) Youth Services, Manalapan, New Jersey, December
2005.
Lu, Y.-L. & Gordon, C. : Summer reading moves to cyberspace: A revealing collaboration at
the CISSL/ILILE,
Multiple Faces of Collaboration 2007 Spring Research Symposium, Kent
University, Kent, OH, May 17-18, 2007.
Lu, Y.-L. & Gordon, C.: Reading takes you places: A study of a web-based summer reading program
at the LIS Research Day, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, May 9,
2007.
Lu, Y.-L.: Preparing for the academic job market
SCILS Ph.D. Forum. Panel participant.
Lu, Y.-L. & Chelton, M.
K.: Boys and reading at the MLIS Colloquium,
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, April 5, 2006.
Conference Posters
Lu,
Y.-L. Information and
everyday hassles—From teens’ eyes. Presented at the
Library Research seminar V-University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, October 6-9, 2010.
Lu, Y.-L. Physical accessibility in children’s reading
room. Presented California Library Association annual conference,
Ontario, California, November 2003.
PROFESSIONAL
AFFILIATIONS
PROFESSIONAL
SERVICES