16 Facts About Ching-chih Chen

Ching-chih Chen is a Chinese-born American educator, administrator, consultant, and speaker in the field of digital information management and technology.

Ching-chih Chen was born in Gulangyu Island, Fukien Province, on the southeastern coast of China, to a family that prioritized education.

Ching-chih Chen's father was an economics professor who died when Chen was a young child.

Ching-chih Chen moved with her mother to Taiwan in 1949 shortly before the Communist takeover of the mainland where she completed her elementary and secondary schooling.

In September 1964 Ching-chih Chen started work as a senior reference librarian at the University of Waterloo.

In July 1965, after holding an appointment as the supervising librarian, Ching-chih Chen was named head of the engineering, science and math library.

Ching-chih Chen joined Simmons College Graduate School of Library and Information Science as an assistant professor in 1971 and retired in June 2010, after a 39-year teaching and research career.

Ching-chih Chen was full professor from 1979 to 2010, and associate dean of the Graduate School of Library and Information Science from 1979 to 1998.

Ching-chih Chen's focus throughout her academic career was in the areas of information management, new information technology applications, and international librarianship.

Since the mid-1980s, Ching-chih Chen's research has focused on developing multimedia applications for educational purposes.

Ching-chih Chen's work includes the production of the award-winning interactive multimedia videodisc and multimedia CD by the Voyager Company, entitled The First Emperor of China, supported by the US National Endowment for the Humanities as part of her project entitled PROJECT EMPEROR-I.

Ching-chih Chen's Project was written up by authors in various computer and videography publications including Multimedia Solutions, Computerworld Special Report, and in Library and Humanities Literature such as the Library of Congress Gazette, Visual Resources, and Library Journal.

Ching-chih Chen chaired the PITAC's activity on Digital Divide for Smaller Institutions.

Ching-chih Chen met Dr Sow-Hsin Ching-chih Chen in 1959 while both were studying at the University of Michigan.

Ching-chih Chen is a recipient of over forty awards since 1970.

Ching-chih Chen is the recipient of Distinguished Alumni Awards from her three Alma Maters, and has served as an Honorary Professor of several universities, including Tsinghua University and Hainan University, China.