Professional Responsibilities

• Perform original and complex copy cataloging of monographs
• Contribute records to NACO and BIBCO
• Select East and SE Asian resources primarily languages and literatures

Education

• M.L.I.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2002
• M.A., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1992
• M.A., Zhongshan University (China), 1987
• B.A., Hangzhou University (China), 1982

Research Interests

• Information seeking and retrieval, scholarly communication, bibliometrics

Selected Papers

• Gary (Gang) Wan & Zao Liu, "Content-based Information Retrieval and Digital Libraries," Information Technology and Libraries, 27: 1 (2008), 41-47.
• Zao Liu, "Scholarly Communication in Educational Psychology: A Journal Citation Analysis," Collection Building, 26: 4 (2007), 112-118.
• Zao Liu & Gary (Gang) Wan, "Scholarly Journal Articles on Open Access in LIS Literature: A Content Analysis," Chinese Librarianship, 23 (2007).
• Zao Liu & Chengzhi Wang, "Mapping Interdisciplinarity in Demography: A Journal Network Analysis," Journal of Information Science, 31: 4 (2005), 308-316.
• Zao Liu, "Visualizing the Intellectual Structure in Urban Studies: A Journal Co-citation Analysis, 1992-2002," Scientometrics, 62: 3 (2005), 385-402.
• Zao Liu & Zheng Ye (Lan) Yang, "Factors Influencing Distance Education Graduate Students' Use of Information Sources: A User Study," Journal of Academic Librarianship, 30: 1 (2004), 24-35.
• Chengzhi Wang & Zao Liu, "Distance Education: Basic Resources Guide," Collection Building, 22: 3 (2003), 120-130.