Interview with Zhihui Zhang, April 17, 2018

Interview Summary

Zhihui Zhang, archives and preservation doctoral student from Renmin University in Beijing, China, reflects on her first few months as a visiting scholar in the University of Kentucky Libraries Special Collections Research Center from March 1, 2018, to February 28, 2019. She discusses her educational background, her China Scholarship Council scholarship, and lists the librarians and archivists she has met with in order to gain an overall understanding of the library and archives context at the University of Kentucky. She explains what she hopes to experience or accomplish during her year, which includes experience with oral history and experience with manuscript collections, how they are organized, preserved, and accessed by researchers. She describes what she has enjoyed about her visit so far (openness and warmth of colleagues), what has challenged her (English), and what she has learned.

Interview Keyword

Henan (China) Archives and preservation Renmin University Yunnan University Oral History Metadata Synchronizer (OHMS) Visiting scholars Visiting PhD scholars Exchange students International students Archival science Special Collections Research Center

Interview LC Subject

Beijing (China) Academic librarians Academic libraries College environment College students--Attitudes College students--Conduct of life College students--Social conditions Culture Library employees Library science University of Kentucky University of Kentucky. Libraries University of Kentucky. Libraries. Division of Special Collections and Archives

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