Yan Liao is New Cataloger/Reference/Instruction Librarian

Yan Liao has joined the Library Faculty as our new Cataloger/Reference/Instruction Librarian.  Assistant Professor Liao comes to us from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, where she has served as a cataloging assistant, and reference intern in the Business, Humanities, and Social Sciences Department.  In the cataloging department, she performed copy and original cataloging of English and Chinese language materials.   Her experience at Manoa also included teaching English to adult learners and graduate students. She holds graduate degrees in Library Science, English as a Second Language, and American Studies. Yan's undergraduate degree is in English Language and Literature.  Her Library Science and ESL degrees are from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, and her undergraduate and MA in American Studies degrees are from Sichuan University in Chengdu, China.

The responsibilities of her new position include managing serials and periodicals cataloging, performing original and complex print and electronic monographic and serials cataloging, and serving as a resource person for cataloging quality control.  In addition, she will be teaching in the Library's instruction program and providing reference services.

Yan can be reached at her office, Room 012D in the University Library. Her telephone number is 715-346-3614, and you can email her at yliao@uwsp.edu.

Yan's name is pronounced "Yen," as in the official Japanese unit of currency.  Welcome, Yan!