IFLA President-Elect Candidate

JESUS LAU, Ph.D.

Association Experience Resume

Professional Employment and Education

Director, Research Center on Veracruzana University Documentation, Xalapa, México. Directed academic libraries in five higher education institutions in Mexico. Ph.D. in Information Science, Sheffield University, England; Master’s Degree in Library Science, Denver University; Bachelor´s Degree in Law, Universidad Autonoma de Sinaloa, Mexico. National Researcher Award, received six times, 1989-2011 (Mexico). Published more than 210 articles and papers, and 20 books in Mexico and abroad (Please visit www.jesuslau.com).

Association Experience

Mexican Library Association (AMBAC)

President-Elect, 2009-2011
Secretary and Deputy Secretary
Deputy Treasurer
Chair, International Relations Committee, various years
Founding member and President, Durango AMBAC Chapter (1989-1981)
Founding member of the Chihuahua Library Association (1999)
Member of other Mexican library associations, such as CONPAB and ASAR

International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)

Member of the Governing Board, 2007-2011 (Two terms)
Member of GB Executive Committee, 2007-2011
Chair, Information Literacy Section, 2002-2007
Chair and Secretary, Round Table on User Education, 1999-2002
Information Officer, Division 7, Library Theory and Research
Secretary, Division 7, Library Theory and Research
Information Officer, University Libraries Section

Other Library Associations

Member, American Library Association (ALA), 1976-Present; Special Libraries Association (SLA), 1992-Present; Border Regional Library Association (BRLA), El Paso, TX, 1996-Present; and REFORMA, 1979-Present
Virtual Member, Membership Committee, American Library Association (ALA), 2004-2007
Co-Chair, ALA President’s Program, Sarah Long, 2002
Board of Directors, Special Libraries Association (USA), 2002-2005, the first foreign Director to serve on this body
Advisory member of the Global 2000 Conference, and member of other committees, such as the Nominating Committee
Board Member, Trejo Foster Foundation for Hispanic Library Education (TFF), USA, 2001-Present
Founder, Transborder Library Forum (FORO / US-Mexico), implemented in 1991 to strengthen American and Mexican library relations

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