Liana H. Zhou, M.L.S.
Director, Library & Special Collections
Liana Zhou is responsible for the direction of the Kinsey Institute's library and collections, which chronicle more than 2,000 years of human history. These materials include:
- Rare books
- Records
- Manuscripts
- Correspondence
- Fine art and artifacts
- Photography media
- Scholarly publications
There are also popular culture materials, ephemera, films, and other audio-visual materials that have documented or shaped the world's understanding of human sexuality.
Additionally, Zhou leads the effort to organize, develop, and preserve the library and collection archives to ensure continued access by researchers around the world.
zhoul@indiana.edu
(812) 855-7686
Lindley Hall
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN 47405
Education
- Certificate, Fund Raising Management, The Fund Raising School, Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, Indiana University
- M.L.S., Library and Information Science, Indiana University
- B.A., Philosophy, Sichuan University
Affiliations
- American Library Association
- Chinese American Librarians Association
- Society for Scientific Study of Sexuality
- World Professional Association for Transgender Health
Selected publications
Sole authorship
- The Past & Future of Free Collecting with Liana Zhou, Kinsey Institute. (2019). Intellectual Freedom Blog. The Office for Intellectual Freedom of the American Library Association.
- Characteristics of material organization and classification in the Kinsey Institute Library. In Historical Aspects of Cataloging and Classification. Ed. Martin D. Joachim. New York :Haworth Information Press, 2003.
Co-authorships
- The Kinsey Institute: The First Seventy Years. Judith A. Allen, Hallimeda E. Allinson, Andrew Clark-Huckstep, Brandon J. Hill, Stephanie A. Sanders and Liana H. Zhou (eds). Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2017.
- Who is Dr. Alfred C. Kinsey. Guangxi Normal University Press, China, 2007.
- Reinisch, J.M., Kaufman, C.S., Zhou, L.H., and Rosenblum, L.A. (2007). Cultural Perspectives on Orgasm Embedded in Medicine, Science, Philosophy, and Literature. In M. Tepper & A. Fugelsang Owens (Eds.), Sexual Health: Moral and cultural foundations. Westport, CT: Praeger,.
Consultations & contributions
- Contributor and editor. Encyclopedia of Gender and Sexuality (General Editor: Fedwa, Multi-Douglas), Thomason/Gale, 2007
- Co-contributor. “Sexuality in Modern China” Encyclopedia of Gender and Sexuality (General Editor: Fedwa, Multi- Douglas), Thomason/Gale, 2007
- Co-editor. Bridging the Cultures: Chinese American Librarians and Their Organization: A Glance at the Thirty Years of CALA, 1973-2003. Guilin: Guanxing Normal University Press, China, 2004.
- Chinese translator. Dr. John Money’s Sex Errors of the Body and Related Syndromes: A Guide to Counseling Children, Adolescents and Their Families, Renti De Xing Quexian.《人体的性缺陷》(Guangxi Normal University Press, 2003.
Honors
- Joint Conference of Librarian of Color Advocacy Award, 2012
- ALA (American Library Association) Equality Award, 2008
- Chinese American Librarians Association Distinguished Service Award, 2006
- Chinese American Librarians Association President’s Award, 2004