Zhixian (George) Yi

Since 1st February 2011, Dr. Zhixian (George) Yi has been working at Charles Sturt University. He mainly teaches the management and marketing subjects and also conducts management and marketing research projects.

The detailed information on his teaching, research and service is at https://www.zhixianyi.com/ .

♦ An editorial board member of The Journal of Academic Librarianship, Q1 journal, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026

§  An editorial board member of Public Library Quarterly, Q1 journal, 2026

§  An assessor for the Australian Research Council (ARC), 2018 – present 

§  Section Editor, Open Information Science, 2016 - present

§  Editor, the Journal of Aussie-Sino Studies (JASS), 2015 - present

§  Member, Australian Library and Information Association, 2011- present

§  Member, the Award Committee and Best Service Subcommittee of the Chinese American Librarians Association for the 2025 -26 term

§  Member, the DCMI (“The Dublin Core™ Metadata Initiative”) Education Committee, 2026

•  Life member, Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA) – an affiliate of American Library Association (ALA)

His research interests include: (1) leadership, management and change management, (2) marketing, (3) knowledge management, (4) information technology use and data analysis, (5) information need and use, (6) information, access, culture and history, and (7) artificial intelligence.

Yi, Z. (2024). Change management in information organizations. Elsevier.

Yi, Z. (2018). Marketing services and resources in information organizations. Elsevier.

Academic libraries including those of many world-famous universities such as Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Yale University, Stanford University, University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, Australian National University and University of Sydney purchased his written books.

Yi, Z. (2027). (in progress). Event management for information professionals: Preparing for the AI age. The Taylor & Francis publisher.

Teach the following subjects at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels:

§  Collections

§  Human resource management in information agencies

§  Information sources and services

§  Introduction to the information professions

§  Management of information agencies

§  Marketing of libraries and information agencies

§  Professional placement

§  Professional study visit

§  Project and event management

§  Strategic management

§  Supervision and management

The detailed information on Dr. Zhixian (George) Yi's teaching, research and service is at https://www.zhixianyi.com/ .