Marcia Lei Zeng

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:

Ph.D. (1992)
University of Pittsburgh, School of Information Sciences, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

M.A. (1985), B.A. (1982) 
Wuhan University, School of Library and Information Science, Wuhan, China

HONORS RECEIVED:

Best Poster Award, 2008 International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications (DC2008), Berlin, Germany, Aug. 22-26. Marcia L Zeng, Wei Fan, and Xia Lin: “SKOS for an Integrated Vocabulary Structure”

2005-2006 Faculty Award for International Education. Presented by Phi Beta Delta (Honors Society for International Scholars) Beta Zeta Chapter, 2006.

"PROFILES IN DIGITAL INFORMATION: Marcia Zeng, Ph.D From Indexing to Knowledge Organization Systems, One Woman's Journey Across the Globe and Into the Future of Library and Information Science" Journal of Internet Cataloging 7(2), 2006. doi:10.1300/J141v07n02_03 (access to the pdf)

1992 American Society for Information Science (ASIS)  Doctoral Forum Award (for outstanding doctoral research done in the information field.)  Presented by American Society for Information Science.         
 
Beta Phi Mu, (International Library Science Honors Society), 1992. 
 
1990 Beta Phi Mu Pi Chapter Award for Scholarly Research (for the advancement of professional knowledge).  Presented  by Beta Phi Mu Pi Chapter. 
 
1990 Catherine Ofiesh Orner Award (in recognition of excellence and outstanding achievement in information science by a student during the year 1989-1990).  Presented by the School of Library and Information Science, University of Pittsburgh. 
 
1988-1991 Scholarship for Asian Studies.  Presented by the University Center for International Studies, University of  Pittsburgh. 

China Society for Science and Technology Information Excellent Paper Award, 1999. Presented by the China Society for Science and Technology Information.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

School of Library and Information Science, Kent State  
University, Kent, Ohio 
(August 1992-Present) 
        Position:  Professor (2003 --) Associate Professor (1997-2003), Assistant Professor (1992-1997)
        Courses taught: Information Retrieval Systems; Indexing and Abstracting; Knowledge Organization Systems: Taxonomy, Thesaurus, Ontology; Sci/Tech Reference; Special Libraries; Electronic Publishing; Organization of Information; Digital image processing and collection management.
        Workshops taught: Computerized Indexing; Electronic Publishing: I. Introduction to SGML and HTML; II. Advanced HTML; III. Dynamic HTML and Graphics Enhancement; Metadata for Digital Collections; Digital Imaging I. Image Processing.

Rosenthal Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Columbia University, New York, NY
(November 1999-June 2000, Sabbatical time)
        Position: Visiting Associate Professor 
        Responsibilities: Research and grant writing for the Complementary and Alternative
                 Medicine Digital Library (CAMed) project.

School of Information Sciences, University of  Pittsburgh, 
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 
(September 1991-June 1992) 
        Position: Research Assistant 
        Responsibility:Working on a OCLC funded research project. 
 
East Asian Library, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh,  
Pennsylvania 
(September 1988-June 1992) 
        Position: Graduate Student Assistant 
        Responsibilities:Performing and assisting in original and enhanced cataloging for 
                        Chinese and Korean materials; assisting in collection development.

School of Library and Information Science, Wuhan University,  
Wuhan, P.R. China 
(January 1985-August 1988) 
        Position:       Lecturer 
        Major responsibilities:  1) Teaching courses in the areas of vocabulary control for information retrieval, theories and practice of classification and thesauri; indexing and indexes, etc.      
                2)  Conducting research project, in cooperation with national, ministrial, and provincial libraries and information centers, in areas of construction of thesaurus and classification schemes, and systems design for computer-aided indexing and retrieval systems. 

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS:

Articles in Refereed and Professionally-Reviewed Journals

Zeng, Marcia Lei. 2008. Knowledge organization systems. Knowledge Organization, Vol. 35, No. 2-3: 160-182. | Preface of the issue and TOC

Zeng, Marcia Lei. 2006. Sharing and Use of Subject Authority Data. In: G. Jonsson organized and edited: Cataloguing and subject tools for global access: international partnerships. International Cataloguing and Bibliographic Control (ICBC)Vol. 36, No.3.

Zeng, Marcia Lei and Lois Mai Chan. 2006. Metadata Interoperability and Standardization-- A Study of Methodology. Part II: Achieving Interoperability at the Record and Repository Levels. D-Lib Magazine 12 (6) June 2006. doi:10.1045/june2006-zeng

Chan, Lois Mai and Marcia Lei Zeng. 2006. Metadata Interoperability and Standardization -- A Study of Methodology. Part I: Achieving Interoperability at the Schema Level. D-Lib Magazine 12(6) June 2006. doi:10.1045/june2006-chan

Zeng, Marcia Lei and Lois Mai Chan. 2004. Trends and issues in establishing interoperability among knowledge organization systems. Journal of American Society for Information Science and Technology (JASIST) 55(5): 377 - 395. doi:10.1002/asi.10387

Smith, Terence, R. and Marcia Lei Zeng. 2004. Building Semantic Tools for Concept-based Learning Spaces -- Knowledge Bases of Strongly-Structured Models for Concepts in Advanced DL. Journal of Digital Information (JoDI) 4(4) Article No. 263. Available: http://jodi.tamu.edu/Articles/v04/i04/Smith/ | http://journals.tdl.org/jodi/article/view/jodi-123/110

Chan, Lois Mai, & Marcia Lei Zeng. 2002. Ensuring interoperability among subject vocabularies and knowledge organization schemes: a methodological analysis. IFLA Journal 28(5/6): 323-327.

Zeng, Marcia Lei, Fredi Kronenberg, & Pat Molholt. 2001. Toward a conceptual framework for
complementary and alternative medicine: challenges and issues. Knowledge Organization.28 (1):27-40.

Kronenberg, Fredi, Pat Molholt, Marcia Lei Zeng, & Daniel Eskinazi. 2001. A Comprehensive information resource on traditional, complementary, and alternative medicine: toward an international collaboration. Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 7(6):723-730.

Chan, Lois Mai, Xia Lin, & Marcia Lei Zeng. 2000. Structural and multilingual approaches to subject access on the Web. IFLA Journal 26(3): 187-197. abstract (html) | full article (PDF)

Zeng, Marcia Lei. 1999. Metadata elements for object description and representation -- A case report from a digitized historical fashion collection project. Journal of American Society for Information Science and Technology (JASIST) 50(13):1193-1208. abstract

Zhang, Foster J., & Marcia Lei Zeng. 1999. Multiscript information processing on crossroads: Demands for shifting from diverse character code sets to the Unicode standard in library applications. IFLA Journal 25 (3): 162-167. abstract

Zeng, Lei. 1995. Online information resource for ethnic studies. Ethnic Forum 15(1-2):176-189.

Zumer, Maja, & Lei Zeng. 1994. Comparison and evaluation of OPAC end-user interfaces on OhioLINK. Cataloging and Classification Quarterly 19(2):67-98.

Zeng, Lei. 1993. Quality control of Chinese-language records using a rule-based data validation system: Part 2, A study of a rule-based data validation system for online Chinese cataloging. Cataloging & Classification Quarterly, 18(1):3- 26.

Zeng, Lei. 1993. Quality control of Chinese-language records using a rule-based data validation system: Part 1, An evaluation of the quality of Chinese-language records in the OCLC OLUC database. Cataloging & Classification Quarterly, 16(4):25-66.

Zeng, Lei. 1991. Automation of bibliographic control for Chinese materials in the United States.
International Library Review, 23:299-319.

Zeng, Lei. 1990. Establishing a compatible general vocabulary in China: the capability. International Classification, 16(2):91-98. (This paper won 1990 Catherine Ofiesh Orner Award.)

Zeng, Lei. 1986. An introduction to thesauri and classification in China. International Classification, 13(1):24-28.

Articles in Professionally Reviewed Monographs and Proceedings

Zeng, Marcia Lei and Lois Mai Chan. 2008 (forthcoming). Semantic Interoperability. To be published in: Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences 3rd edition. Edited by Marcia J. Bates and Mary Niles Maack. New York, NY: Dekker Encyclopedias, Taylor and Francis Group.

Smith, Terence and Marcia Lei Zeng. 2008. Semantic Tools to Support the Use and Construction of Concept-based Learning Spaces. To be published in: E-Learning for Geographers. Edited by Philip Rees, Louise Mackay, Karen Fill and Helen Durham. Hersey, Pennsylvania: Idea Group. Book preface, TOC ISBN 978-1-59904-980-9

Zumer, Maja, Athena Salaba and Marcia Lei Zeng. 2007. Functional Requirements for Subject Authority Records (FRSAR): A Conceptual Model of Aboutness. Asian Digital Libraries. Looking Back 10 Years and Forging New Frontiers (Lecture Notes in Computer Science). Berlin / Heidelberg : Springer : 487-492 . ISBN 978-3-540-77093-0. Chapter DOI 10.1007/978-3-540-77094-7_62

Zeng, Lei. 2005. Knowledge Organization Systems. In: Zeng Minzu ed.: Knowledge: Technologies and Applications. Beijing: Scientific and Technical Documents Publishing House: 121-137. (Text in Chinese.) ISBN 7502351345

Zeng, Marcia Lei, Bhagirathi Subrahmanyam, & Gregory M. Shreve. 2004. Metadata quality study for the National Science Digital Library (NSDL) Metadata Repository. In: Digital Libraries: International Collaboration and Cross-Fertilization. 7th International Conference on Asian Digital Libraries, ICADL 2004 Shanghai , China , December 2004. Proceedings : 339-340. Springer. ISBN 3540240306

Shreve, Gregory M. & Marcia L. Zeng. 2004. Providing parallel metadata for digital libraries with linguistically heterogeneous documents. In: Digital Libraries: International Collaboration and Cross-Fertilization. 7th International Conference on Asian Digital Libraries, ICADL 2004 Shanghai , China , December 2004. Proceedings : 341-344. Springer. ISBN 3540240306

Smith, Terrence R. and Marcia L. Zeng. 2004. Concept maps supported by knowledge organization structures. In: I.C.Mcllwaine ed.: Knowledge Organization and the Global Information Society: proceedings of the eighth international ISKO conference, 13-16 July 2004, London , England .

Shreve, Gregory M. & Marcia Lei Zeng. 2003. Integrating Resource Metadata and Domain Markup in an NSDL Collection. In: DC-2003: Proceedings of the International DCMI Metadata Conference and Workshop, Sept. 28-Oct. 2, 2003, Seattle, Washington:223-229.
Available: http://www.siderean.com/dc2003/604_paper62.pdf

Zeng, Marcia Lei and Chen Yu. 2003. Features of an integrated thesaurus management and search system for the networked environment. In: I.C.Mcllwaine ed.: Subject Retrieval in a Networked Environment, Proceedings of the IFLA Satellite Meeting held in Dublin, OH, 14-16 August 2001 and sponsored by the IFLA Classification and Indexing Section, the IFLA Information Technology Section and OCLC: 122-128. Munchen: K.G.Saur. ISBN:3598116349

Hill, L. L., Buchel, O., Janée, G., & Zeng, M. L. 2002. Integration of Knowledge Organization Systems into Digital Library Architectures: Position Paper. In J.-E. Mai & C. Beghtol & J. Furner & B. Kwasnik (Eds.), Advances in Classification Research. Proceedings of the 13th ASIST SIG/CR Workshop on "Reconceptualizing Classification Research" (pp. 62-68). Philadelphia, PA. ISBN: 1-57387-199-0

Smith, Terrence R., Marcia L. Zeng, & The ADEPT Knowledge Team. 2002. Structured models of scientific concepts for organizing, accessing, and using learning materials. In: Challenges in knowledge representation and Organization for the 21st century. Integration of knowledge across boundaries: proceedings of the seventh international ISKO conference, 10-13 July 2002, Granada, Spain: 232-239. ISBN: 3899132475

Zeng, Marcia Lei. 2001. Supporting metadata interoperability: trends and issues. In: Ching-Chih Chen ed.: Global Digital Library Development in the New Millennium: 405-412. Beijing: Tsinghua University Press. ISBN: 7302044732

Zeng, Marcia Lei, & Long Xiao. 2001. Mapping metadata elements of different format. E-Libraries 2001, Proceedings, May 15-17, 2001, New York: 91-99. Medford, NJ: Information Today, Inc. ISBN 1573871214

Zeng, Marcia Lei. 1997. Searching for new ordering systems for the Internet resources - a study of the approaches to organizing information in the World Wide Web Virtual Libraries from 1995 to 1997. In: I. McIlwaine ed.: Knowledge Organization for Information Retrieval: 28-31. The Hague, Netherlands: International Federation for Information and Documentation (FID). ISBN:9266007161

Zeng, Marcia Lei. 1997. Access to multilingual databases through universal standardized subject headings: pros and cons. In: M. Zeng & S. H. Nicolescu ed.: Serving Multicultural Populations in the 21st Century: Universal Standardized Subject Headings -- Present Status and Future Prospects: 21-29. Tokyo: National Center for Science Information Systems (NACSIS). ISBN 4-924600-57-1

Zeng, Marcia Lei. 1996. Towards a unified medical language in a diverse cultural environment. In: R.Green ed.: Advances in Knowledge Organization, Vol.5: Knowledge Organization and Change: 51-58. Frankfurt/Main: INDEKS VERLAG. ISSN: 0938-5495

Zeng, Marcia Lei. 1995. Filters, gateways, or online advisors -- how can we develop control mechanisms for intellectual access in virtual libraries? In: The Power of Information: Transforming the World. pp.77-84. Washington, DC: Special Libraries Association. ISBN 0871114429

Zeng, Lei, Kaye Gapen, & Sharon Schmitte. 1994. Developing intellectual access and control mechanisms for discipline-based virtual libraries that feature media- integration. In R. Fidel et al. ed.: Advances in Classification Research. Vol. 4. NJ: Learned Information, Inc. ISBN 0938734970

Zeng, Lei. 1994. Methodologies for measuring and enhancing the quality of bilingual bibliographic records. In A. Kent ed.: Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science, vol. 53: 237-257. NY: Marcel Dekker, Inc. ISBN 0824720539

Zeng, Lei. 1993. Compatibility of indexing languages in online access environment: A review of the approaches. In R. Fidel et al. ed.: Advances in Classification Research, vol. 3: 161-181. NJ: Learned Information, Inc. ISBN: 0938734792

Zeng, Lei. 1992. Achieving compatibility of indexing languages in online access environment. In A. Kent ed.: Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science, vol. 50: 1- 24. NY: Marcel Dekker, Inc. ISBN 0824722779

Zeng, Lei. 1992. Research and development of classification and thesauri in China. In N. Williamson ed.: Classification Research for Knowledge Representation and Organization, 409-416. NY: Elsevier, 1992. ISBN 0444893431

Zeng, Lei. 1991. Automatic indexing for Chinese text: problems and progress. In A. Kent ed.: Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science, vol. 49: 7-36. NY: Marcel Dekker, Inc. ISBN 0824720490. (Winner of the 1990 Beta Phi Mu Pi Chapter Award for Scholarly Research.)

Zeng, Lei. 1991. Library science education in China in the 1980s. In A. Kent ed.: Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science, vol. 49: 296-308. NY: Marcel Dekker, Inc. ISBN 0824720490

Refereed articles in Chinese

Hill, Linda, Olha Buchel, Greg Janée, and Marcia Lei Zeng. 2004. Integration of knowledge organization systems into digital library architectures. New Technology of Library and Information Service (Xiandai Tushu Qingbao Jishu) No.1, 2004. (Text in Chinese)

Zeng, Marcia Lei, Foster J. Zhang, and Xiaolin Zhang. 2003. Metadata standards at Internet arena. Journal of Library Science in China (Zhongguo Tushuguan Xuebao) 29(4):10-14. (Text in Chinese)

Zhang, Xiaolin, Zeng Lei, Li Guangjian, Mao Jun, Liu Wei, & Feng Ying. 2003. Guidelines for open description and standards application in Chinese Science Digital Library Project. New Technology of Library and Information Service (Xiandai Tushu Qingbao Jishu) No.3, 2003: 16-19. (Text in Chinese)

Zeng, Marcia Lei. 2002. Metadata and domain-specific markup languages: their functions in knowledge representation in digital libraries. Library and Information Service (Tushu Qingbao Gongzuo) No. 10, 2002: 14-22. (Text in Chinese)

Zhang, Xiaolin, Zeng Lei, Li Guangjian, Feng Ying, Liu Wei. 2002. Standards and specifications for the development of digital libraries. Journal of Library Science in China (Zhongguo Tushuguan Xuebao), 2002. No. 6: 7-16.

Zeng, Marcia Lei, Foster J Zhang, & Zong-ying Yang. 2000. Digital libraries: where to go? Journal of the China Society for Sci/Tech Information (Qingbao Xuebao), 19(1):64-73. (text in Chinese)

Zeng, Lei, & Jia Zhang. 1997. Information industry in China: how to face the challenges of the 21st century. Journal of the China Society for Sci/Tech Information (Qingbao Xuebao), 16(2):133-138. (text in Chinese)

Zeng, Lei, & Xin Lu. 1995. Information retrieval technologies and applications. Advances in Information Science-- Annual Review. Vol. 1: 108-137. Beijing: China Society for Scientific & Technical Information. ISSN 10007490 (Text in Chinese.)

Zeng, Lei. 1994. Perspectives on indexing languages: new approaches in networking environments and the future development in China. Journal of the China Society for Sci/Tech Information (Qingbao Xuebao), 13(5):325-332. (text in Chinese)

Zeng, Lei. 1993. Automation of indexing: Computer-aided indexing and index construction. Journal of the China Society for Sci/Tech Information (Qingbao Xuebao), 12(3):207-217. (text in Chinese). Reprinted in Automation of Indexing, Shanghai: China Society of Indexers, 1994:43-55.

Zeng, Lei. 1992. An overview of automated bibliographic control of Chinese materials. Bulletin of the Library Science in China (Zhongguo Tushuguan Xuebao), 18(2):46-58. (text in Chinese)

Zeng, Lei. 1991. Approaches to securing compatibility of indexing languages. Journal of the China Society for Sci/Tech Information (Qingbao Xuebao), 10(2):151-158. (text in Chinese)

Zeng, Lei. 1988. Trends and methods of research on indexing languages of recent years: a comparative study between China and abroad. Knowledge of Library and Information Science (Tushu Qingbao Zhishi), 1988(3):16-19, 33. (text in Chinese)

Zeng, Lei. 1987. A unified system of descriptors and thesauri in China. Journal of the China Society for Sci/Tech Information (Qingbao Xuebao), 6(1):38-43. (text in Chinese)

Zeng, Lei. 1986. Thesauri as the main trend of indexing languages. Information Science (Qingbao Kexue) 7(4):74-57. (text in Chinese)

Zeng, Lei. 1986. Quality evaluation and improvement of the "Chinese Thesaurus". Journal of the China Society for Sci/Tech Information (Qingbao Xuebao), 4(3):194-201. (text in Chinese)
Reprinted by the China Library Association ed.: Series of Selected Library and Information Science Research Papers in China (1949-1989) No. 6: Indexing Languages, pp 250-266. Beijing: Bibliography and Documentation Press. ISBN 7501307903

Zhang, Qi-yu, & Lei Zeng. 1985. Fuzzy and vague phenomena in hierarchical classification. Knowledge of Library and Information Science (Tushu Qingbao Zhishi), 1985(2):7-10. (text in Chinese)

Zeng, Lei. 1983. Trend towards compatibility of indexing languages. Knowledge of Library and Information Science (Tushu Qingbao Zhishi), 1983(4):21-24, 47. (text in Chinese)

Zeng, Lei. 1982. An investigation and analysis of the publications on indexing languages during the last 32 years in China (1949-1981). Knowledge of Library and Information Science (Tushu Qingbao Zhishi), 1982(2):29-33. (text in Chinese)

Books and Dissertation

Zeng, Marcia Lei & Jian Qin. 2008. Metadata. New York, NY: Neal-Schuman. | Catalog

Zeng, Marcia Lei, & Suzine Har Nicolescu ed. 1997. Serving Multicultural Populations in the 21st Century: Universal Standardized Subject Headings -- Present Status and Future Prospects. Tokyo: National Center for Science Information Systems (NACSIS). ISBN 4-924600-57-1

Zeng, Lei. 1996. Indexing Languages in Online Environment. Beijing: China Bibliography and Document Publishing House. (Text in English and Chinese.) ISBN 7-5013-1293-1

Xie, Xinzhou, & Lei Zeng. 1996. Electronic Publishing. Beijing: People's Publishing House. (Text in Chinese.) ISBN 7-5060-0765-7

Zeng, Lei. 1992. An Evaluation of the Quality of Chinese-Language Records in the OCLC OLUC Database and a Study of a Rule-based Data Validation System for Online Chinese Cataloging. (Ph.D. Dissertation). PA: University of Pittsburgh, 1992. 220 pages. (This dissertation won 1992 American Society for Information Science Doctoral Forum Award.)

 Zeng, Lei. 1992.  A Quick Self-Checking Guide to Chinese Records in the OCLC Online Library Union Catalog. 

Compiling and Editing Works

Metadata Basics. (2005) (A web-based tutorial prepared for the American Library Association (ALA), which was commissioned as part of the response to Bibliographic Control of Web Resources: A Library of Congress Action Plan.)

Hosted at Library of Congress' Cataloger's Learning Workshop site http://www.loc.gov/catworkshop/readings/metadatabasics/
Also available at: http://www.slis.kent.edu/~mzeng/metadatabasics/index.htm

Português version, translated by Maria de Cléofas Faggion Alencar for FEBAB

Construction of Controlled Vocabularies, A Primer (2005, based on Z39.19)
http://www.slis.kent.edu/%7Emzeng/Z3919/index.htm
Also accessible from NISO Z39.19-2005 webpage's"Z39.19 Resources"
http://www.niso.org/standards/standard_detail.cfm?std_id=814

Networked Knowledge Organization Systems/Services, a special issue of the New Technology of Library and Information Service, 2004, No.1. (Served as the Guest Editor. Text in Chinese)

Chinese Classified Thesaurus,  6 vols. Ed. in chief: Liu Xiangsheng.  Beijing: Huayi Press. 1994. (A China National  Science Foundation project.  Served on the Editorial Committee.  Text in Chinese) 
  
A Descriptive Bibliography of Dictionaries in the Chinese Collection, East Asian Library, University of Pittsburgh. Thomas C. Kuo; Lisa C. Woo, & Lei Zeng,  PA: University of Pittsburgh. 1990.  

Translation Works

O'Neill, Edward T. & Lois Mai Chan (authors), Marcia Lei Zeng (translator). 2004. FAST (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology): A simplified LCSH-based vocabulary. New Technology of Library and Information Service (Xiandai Tushu Qingbao Jishu) No.1, 2004. (Translation from English to Chinese)

Hill, Linda, Olha Buchel, Greg Janee, & Marcia Lei Zeng (authors). 2002. Zeng, Marcia Lei (translator). 2004. Integration of knowledge organization systems into digital library architectures. New Technology of Library and Information Service, 2004, No.1: 4-8. (Translation from English to Chinese) 

O'Neill, Edward T. & Lois Mai Chan, (authors). 2003. Zeng, Marcia Lei (translator) 2004. FAST (Fasted Application of Subject Terminology): A Simplified LCSH-based Vocabulary. New Technology of Library and Information Service, 2004, No.1: 9-15. (Translation from English to Chinese) 

Hill, Linda (author), Zeng, Lei (translator). 1991.  Representation of geographic concepts in online bibliographic files.  Journal of the China Society for Sci/Tech Information, 9(6):404-410. (Translation from English to Chinese) 
 
Fidel, Raya (author), Zeng, Lei (translator and editor). 1989. Research Agenda for information organization, indexing, and retrieving.  Journal of the China Society for Sci/Tech Information, 8(3):314-316. (Translation from English to Chinese) 
 
Zeng, Lei and Zhou Xu-zhou ed. 1985. Library Services for Children all over the World.  135 pages. Wuhan: Wuhan Children's Library. (text in Chinese) 

Prepublication Review and Book Reviews

Knitting the Semantic Web, edited by Jane Greenberg and Eva Mendez. The Haworth Press, 2007.

Electronic Cataloging: AACR2 and Metadata, edited by Dr. Sheila S. Intner, Sally Tseng and Mary Lynette Larsgaard, The Haworth Press, 2003.

Libraries and Librarianship in China.  By Sharon Chien Lin.  Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1998. Pp. xxii+241. ISBN 0-313-28937-9. Library Quarterly, 70(1)151-153,2000.

Environmental Knowledge Organization and Information Management. Proceedings of the First European  ISKO Conference, 14-16 Sept. 1994,Bratislava, Slovakia. (Knowledge Organization in Subject Areas, Vol.1).  Edited by Pavla Stancikova and Ingetraut Dahlberg.  Frankfurt/Main: INDEKS VERLAG, 1994. 2 vols. Knowledge Organization, 23(1)46-47, 1996.

 

Research Reports

Zeng, Marcia Lei and Gregory Shreve. 2007. Quality Analysis of Metadata Records in the NSDL Metadata Repository. NSF Award Number DUE #0333572. A research report submitted to the National Science Foundation, 2007-02-28. 73 pages.

Zhang Xiaolin (director), Marcia Lei Zeng, Li Guangjian, Liu Wei, and Feng Ying. 2002. Open Description for Information Systems in a Distributed Environment: Standards and specifications. A research report submitted to the Chinese Science Digital Library (CSDL) program, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2002. Project number:csdl2002-15. 15 pages. (Text in Chinese) http://cdls.nstl.gov.cn/2003/Whole/docs/001.pdf

Zhang Xiaolin (director), Marcia Lei Zeng, Li Guangjian, Liu Wei, and Feng Ying. 2002. Development and Application of Administrative Metadata for Digital Libraries. A research report submitted to the Chinese Science Digital Library (CSDL) program, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2002. Project number:csdl2002-15. 15 pages. (Text in Chinese)

Smith, Terence R., Marcia L. Zeng, and ADEPT Knowledge Organization Team. 2002. Structured Models of Scientific Concepts as a Basis for Organizing, Accessing, and Using Learning Materials. Department of Computer Science, University of California, Santa Barbara (Technical Reports #2002-05). Available at: http://www.cs.ucsb.edu/research/trcs/abstracts/2002-05.shtml

Zeng, Marcia Lei. 1999. Metadata Elements for Object Description and Representation, A Case Report from  a Digitized Historical Fashion Collection Project. Research Report submitted to OCLC LISRP. 23 webpages.
Published on Annual Review of  OCLC Research 1999. |  Local site of the report 

Zeng, Marcia Lei and Barbara Anderson. 1998. A Usability Study on the New (Dataware) Interface for OhioLINK Research Databases. A research report submitted to OhioLINK. 57 pages. 

Schloman, Barbara F. and Marcia Lei Zeng. 1997. A Study of Innovative Interfaces (III) Search Interface  from End-Users' Key Routines. A report submitted to OhioLINK. 21 pages. 

Zeng, Marcia Lei. 1996. Developing control mechanisms for intellectual access for discipline-based virtual libraries -- A study of the process. Annual Review of OCLC Research1995: 61-64. 
 
Rasmussen, Edie and Marcia Lei Zeng. 1992. An Evaluation of the Quality of Chinese Records in the OCLC Database and a Study of a Rule-based Data Validation System. A report submitted to OCLC. 69 pages. 
 
Rasmussen, Edie and Marcia Lei Zeng. 1992. The quality of Chinese records in the OCLC database-- a proposal for rule-based validation. Annual Review of OCLC Research, July 1991-June1992: 58-60.  

Articles in non-Refereed Journals, etc.

Zeng, Marcia Lei and Wei Fan. 2008. SKOS and its application in transferring traditional thesauri into networked knowledge organization systems. In: Proceedings: New Perspectives on Subject Indexing and Classification in an International Context -- International Symposium in Honour of Magda Heiner-Freiling". Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, April 10, 2008.

Zeng, Marcia Lei. 2005. Using software to teach thesaurus development and indexing in graduate programs of LIS and IAKM. Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology August/September 2005: 11-13. (Link to the article )

Zeng, Marcia Lei. 2001. Indexing Website: a Taste of Challenge. Key Words, Bulletin of the American Society of Indexers 9(2):43-45.

Zeng, Marcia Lei. 2001. The Documentation and Information Center of the Chinese Academy of Science. In: David Stam ed. International Dictionary of Library Histories. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers.

Zeng, Lei. 1995. Current electronic information market in China: An overview and analysis. Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science, 21(5):9-11. 
 
Zeng, Lei. 1990. An overview of the abstracting and indexing services in China.  The Indexer, 17(2):99-107.  Reprinted by Learned Publishing 4(1) 1990:17-28. 
Reprinted again by Learned Publishing 6(1) 1993:17-28. 
 
Zeng, Lei. 1985. Current status of the application of thesauri in China.  Journal of the National Library of China , 1985(2):28-38. (text in Chinese) 
 
Zeng, Lei. 1985. Clustering of hierarchical classification. Library Field, 1985(3):31-33. (text in Chinese) 
 
Zeng, Lei. 1985. A comparative research on the functions of subject indexes.  Hubei Academic Library, 1985(2). (text in Chinese)

PRESENTATIONS

Presentations at National and International Conferences

(Note:   Most of the papers listed here have been published in conference proceedings or professional  journals, therefore they may have already been listed in the above categories.) 

Zeng, Marcia Lei. 2008. Metadata and Terminology Registries: Synergies and differences. NKOS Workshop, DC-2008: International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications, Berlin, Sept. 22-26, 2008 | Program wiki | Program and ppt (Workshop #5)

Zeng, Marcia Lei. 2008. Registry Requirements and Issues: Metadata. NKOS Workshop at European Conference of Digital Libraries (ECDL2008), Aarhus, Denmark. September 19, 2008 | Program

Zeng, Marcia Lei. 2008. Keynote. The Semantic Web and the Role of Information & Knowledge Professionals. The Semantic Web and Libraries, Archives and Museums - Trends for the Future, Stockholm, Sweden, Sept. 17, 2008. | Program and PPT

Zeng, Marcia Lei. 2008. Metadata for Terminology Resources. "New Dimensions in Knowledge Organization Systems", A Joint NKOS/CENDI Workshop, Washington, DC. September 11, 2008 | Program and PPT

Zeng, Marcia Lei. 2008. SKOS (Simple Knowledge Organization Systems) and Its Application in Transferring Traditional Thesauri into Networked Knowledge Organization Systems. OCLC/ISKO-NA Preconference Workshop “Everything Need Not Be Miscellaneous: Controlled Vocabularies and Classification in a Web World”, | Program announcement archive and PPT | 10th International ISKO Conference, Montreal, Canada, August 5-8, 2008

Zeng, Marcia Lei. 2007. Keynote. Interoperability in multilingual and multicultural contexts. Second International Seminar on Subject Access to Information, Helsinki, Finland, 29-30 November 2007 | Program with abstracts (PDF)

Zeng, Marcia lei. 2007. (1) Introductory Review of Current Knowledge Structures and Tools, (2) From Data Modeling to Ontologies. Second International Seminar on Subject Access to Information, Helsinki, Finland, 29-30 November 2007. Program with abstracts (PDF)

Zumer, Maja, Athena Salaba and Marcia Lei Zeng. 2007. Functional Requirements for Subject Authority Records (FRSAR): A Conceptual Model of Aboutness. The 10th International Conference on Asian Digital Libraries (ICADL), Hanoi, Vietnam, Dec. 10-13. 2007.

Zeng, Marcia Lei. 2007. Instruction in Metadata: Meeting the needs of different audiences. 2007 OCLC Western Digital Forum, August 9-10, San Diego, CA. (link to ppt)

Zumer, Maja, Athena Salaba and Marcia Zeng. 2007. Functional Requirements for Subject Authority Records (FRSAR) Updates. World Library and Information Congress: 72nd IFLA General Conference and Council, 19-23 August 2007, Durban, South Africa. (Link to ppt)

Zeng, Marcia Lei. 2006. Standards for controlled vocabularies. World Library and Information Congress: 71st IFLA General Conference and Council, 20-24 August 2006, Seoul, Korea . (Link to ppt)

Zeng, Marcia Lei. 2006. Representing CAM knowledge in taxonomies and other knowledge organization systems. IFLA Satellite Conference on Information Resources in Traditional Medicine. Aug. 19, 2006 . Kyunghee University , Seoul , Korea.

Zeng, Marcia Lei, Athena Salaba and Maja Zumer. 2006. Functional Requirements for Subject Authority Records - Updates. World Library and Information Congress: 71st IFLA General Conference and Council, 20-24 August 2006, Seoul , Korea . (Link to ppt)

Salaba, Athena, Marcia Zeng, and Maja Zumer. 2006. Functional Requirements for Subject Authority Records. Ninth International ISKO Conference, July 5-7, Vienna , Austria.

Zeng, Marcia Lei. 2006. PANEL: Perspectives on a Global Sharing of Knowledge Organization Systems. Ninth International ISKO Conference, July 5-7, Vienna , Austria.

Zeng, Marcia Lei. June 26, 2006 . Metadata formats for libraries, archives, and museums: Trends – Ensuring Interoperability. Lecture presented at the plenary session of the 2° Congresso Internacional de Arquivos, Bibliotecas, Centros de Documentação e Museus (INTEGRAR), São Paulo , Brasil. Invited by the Brazilian Federation of Library Associations, Information Scientists and Institutions (FEBAB). (link to ppt in Portuguese)

Zeng, Marcia Lei. 2005. Controlled Vocabularies -- Types and Uses. NSDL Annual Meeting, November, 15-18, 2005. Denver, Colorado. (Link to ppt)

Zeng, Marcia and Bhagirathi Subrahmanyam. 2005.Methodologies for Evaluating Metadata Quality in A Large Virtual Metadata Repository. 2005 American Society for Information Science and Technology Annual Meeting, October 28 - November 2, 2005. Charlotte, North Carolina.

Zeng, Marcia Lei. 2005. Sharing and Use of Subject Authority Data. (Panel discussion of principles and strategies from different aspects -- Authority and subject terms). World Library and Information Congress: 71st IFLA General Conference and Council, August 14th - 18th 2005 , Oslo , Norway .

Zeng, Marcia Lei. 2005. Standards for controlled vocabularies. The 6th NKOS Workshop at Joint Conference of Digital Libraries, June 10-11, 2005. Denver, Colorado. (Link to website and ppt)

Zeng, Marcia Lei and Athena Salaba. May 2-4, 2005. Keynote speech: Toward an international sharing and use of subject authority data. FRBR in 21st Century Catalogues: An Invitational Workshop, OCLC, Dublin, Ohio. (Link to website and ppt)

Zeng, Marcia Lei, Bhagirathi Subrahmanyam, & Gregory M. Shreve. 2004. Metadata quality study for the National Science Digital Library (NSDL) Metadata Repository. Presented at 7th International Conference on Asian Digital Libraries, ICADL 2004 December 2004, Shanghai, China. 

Zeng, Marcia Lei & Lois Mai Chan. 2004. Establishing interoperability among knowledge organization systems. Presented at American Society for Information Science and Technology Annual Meeting , November 12-17, 2004, Providence , Rhode Island.

Gregory M. Shreve, Marcia Lei Zeng, Bhagirathi Subrahmanyam. 2004. Metadata elements in the NSDL Metadata Repository: results of a preliminary quality analysis: Subject, Type, Audience. Presented at NSDL All Project Meeting, Chicago, November15-17, 2004.
http://nsdl.comm.nsdl.org/meeting/session_docs/2004/2443_Metadata_Repository-NSDL-2004-SIG.doc

Smith, Terrence R.; Marcia Lei Zeng, and ADL project team. 2004. Concept Maps Supported by Knowledge Organization Structures. Paper presented at The 8th International Conference of the International Society for Knowledge Organization (ISKO), July 13-16, 2004 , London , England.

Chan, Lois M. and Marcia Lei Zeng. 2004. Interoperability among knowledge organization systems: a methodological analysis. Presented at ALA Annual Conference , June 26-29, 2004 , Orlando, FL.

Shreve, Gregory M. and Marcia Lei Zeng. 2003. Parallel metadata for digital libraries with linguistically heterogeneous documents. Presented at 2003 ASIST Annual Conference. October 19-22, 2003, Long Beach, CA. and 7th International Conference on Asian Digital Libraries, ICADL 2004 December 2004, Shanghai, China.

Zeng, Marcia Lei. 2003. Panel speaker for the session Introduction to Metadata. Presented at the 2003 NSDL (National Science Digital Library) Annual Meeting, Oct. 12-15, Washington, DC.

Zeng, Marcia Lei. 2003. Panel speaker for the special topic session: Metadata Value Spaces. Presented at the 2003 Dublin Core Conference. Sept. 28 -- Oct. 2, Seattle, WA.

Shreve, Gregory M. and Marcia Lei Zeng. 2003. Integrating Resource Metadata and Domain Markup in an NSDL Collection. Paper presented at the 2003 Dublin Core Conference, Sept. 28 -- Oct. 2, Seattle, WA.

Zeng, Marcia Lei and Bhagirathi Subrahmanyam. 2003. Panel speaker for the special topic session: Metadata Quality. Presented at the 2003 Dublin Core Conference. Sept. 28 -- Oct. 2, Seattle, WA.

Zeng, Marcia Lei. 2003. Panel speaker for the session: Metadata Standards: what's new & how will they impact your work. Presented at the 2003 SLA Annual Conference. New York. June 7-12.

Zeng, Marcia Lei. 2003. Panel speaker for the session: Panel on Establishing Accessibility Guidelines for Digital Libraries. Presented at the 2003 IEEE-ACM Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL), May 27-31, 2003, Houston, TX.

Smith, Terrence R.; Marcia Lei Zeng, and ADL project team. 2003. Concept-based Learning Spaces-- Apply domain-specific KOS principles for organizing collections/services for given applications. Presented at the 6th NKOS (Networked Knowledge Organization Systems) Workshop at 2003 IEEE-ACM Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL), May 31, 2003, Houston, TX.

Zeng, Marcia Lei. 2002. Panel speaker for the session: Deeper Representation of Digital Information: From Metadata to Semantic Data. Presented at the 2002 ASIS&T Annual Conference. November 18-21, 2002, Philadelphia, PA.

Hill, Linda, Olha Buchel, Greg Janee, & Marcia Lei Zeng. 2002. Integration of knowledge organization systems into digital library architectures: Position paper. Paper presented at the Thirteenth ASIS&T SIG/CR Workshop on "Reconceptualizing Classification Research", November 17, 2002, Philadelphia, PA.
paper (Word) | presentation (ppt).

Lois Mai Chan and Marcia Lei Zeng. 2002. Ensuring interoperability among subject vocabularies and knowledge organization schemes: a methodological analysis. Paper presented at the 68th IFLA General Conference and Council. Glasgow, Scotland, August 18th - 24th 2002.

Smith, Terence R.; Marcia L. Zeng and the ADEPT Knowledge Team. 2002. Structured models of scientific concepts for organizing, accessing, and using learning materials. Paper presented at The Seventh International ISKO Conference. Granada, Spain, 10-13 July 2002.

Zeng, Marcia Lei. 2002. Metadata and domain-specific markup languages -- their functions in knowledge representation in digital libraries. Knowledge Management: Opportunities and Challenges for the Library, a conference at China Academy of Science Documentation and Information Center. Beijing. May 19-22, 2002.

Zeng, Marcia Lei and Chen Yu. 2001. Features of an integrated thesaurus management and search system for the Networked Environment. Paper presented at Subject Retrieval in a Networked World, An IFLA satellite Conference, Dublin, Ohio, August 14th-16th 2001.

Zeng, Marcia Lei. 2001. Supporting metadata interoperability: trends and issues. Paper presented at NIT 2001, The 12th International Conference on New Information Technology, Beijing, May 29-31, 2001.

Zeng, Marcia Lei and Xiao Long. 2001. Mapping metadata elements of different format. Paper presented at InfoToday 2001: The Global Conference and Exhibition on Electronic Information and Knowledge Management, New York, May 15-17, 2001

Zeng, Minzu, Marcia Lei Zeng, Chen Yu. 2001. Measurement of Chinese information retrieval: Chinese-TREC (C-TREC) Proposal. Paper presented at The First International Conference of Chinese Information Processing and Development, Shanghai, April, 2001.

Zeng, Marcia Lei and Pat Molholt, 2000. Knowledge Organization Scheme for Cross-cultural and Cross -Language Information Systems-- a discussion of issues and challenges. Presented at 11th ASIS Classification Research Workshop at the 63th ASIS Annual Conference, November 12-16, 2000, Chicago.

Zeng, Marcia Lei. 1999. The metadata structure for a digitized historical collection: A comparison of MARC,  Dublin Core, and VRA Core.  Presented at ASIS 1999 Annual Conference, October 31-November 4, 1999, Washington, D.C.

Chan, Lois Mai,  Lin Xia and Marcia Lei Zeng. 1999. Structural and multilingual approaches to subject access  on the Web.  Paper presented at the 65th IFLA Council and General Conference, August 20-28, 1999,  Bangkok, Thailand.

Zeng, Marcia Lei and  Chen Yu. 1999.  Multi-thesauri Management System with Web Interface.  Presented at  ACM Digital Libraries Conference, Networked Knowledge Organization Systems Workshop, August 11-14, Berkeley, California.

Zeng, Marcia Lei and Yu Chen. 1998. Multilingual Issues in the WWW Search Engines Globalization and Localization Process. Presented at Language in Business/Language as Business: Understanding and Managing the Language Industry, an international conference organized by Institute for Applied Linguistics, Kent State University, October 8-10, 1998.  
 
Zhang, Foster J. and Marcia Lei Zeng. 1998. Multiscript information processing on crossroads: --Demands for shifting from diverse character code sets to the Unicode Standard in library applications. Paper presented at the 64th IFLA General Conference. Amsterdam, Netherlands, August 16-21, 1998. 

Zeng, Marcia Lei. 1998. Prototype for a comprehensive information resource of complementary and alternative medicine. Co-authored with D. Eskinazi, P. Molholt and F. Kronenberg. Presented at the International Conference on Medicinal Plants, February 16-19, Bangalore, India.  The presentation included a live-demonstration of a Web-based digital library prototype.  

Zeng, Marcia Lei. 1997. The application of classification structures in a visual terminology database of medicinal herbs. Presented at the ASIS 1997 Annual Meeting. Washington, DC. November 1-6, 1997, 

Zhang, Foster J. and Marcia Lei Zeng. 1997. Policy issues in developing multi-lingual scientific databases in China. Presented at the ASIS 1997 Annual Meeting. Washington, DC. November 1-6, 1997, 

Zeng, Lei. 1997. Searching for new ordering systems for the Internet resources - a study of the approaches to organizing information in the World Wide Web Virtual Libraries from 1995 to 1997. Presented at the FID/CR 1997 Conference on Knowledge Organization for Information Retrieval.  London, UK. June 16-18, 1997.

Zhang, Foster J. & Marcia Lei Zeng. 1997. The growth of online databases and the electronic information market in China. Paper presented at the National Online Meeting'97, New York, NY. May 13-15, 1997.
 
Zeng, Marcia Lei. 1996. Access to multilingual databases through universal standardized subject headings: pros and cons.  Presented at The 62nd IFLA Conference Beijing, China, August 29, 1996.   
 
Zeng, Marcia Lei. 1996. Towards a unified medical language in a diverse cultural environment. Presented at the Fourth International Conference of the International Society of Knowledge Organization. Washington, D.C., July 15-18, 1996. 
 
Zeng, Marcia Lei. 1995. Filters, Gateways, or Online Advisors? -- How can we develop control mechanisms for intellectual access in virtual libraries?  Presented at the1995 SLA Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada, June 10-15, 1995. 
 
Zeng, Lei. 1994. Current electronic information market in China: An overview and analysis.  1994 ASIS Annual Conference, Alexandria, VA., October 17-20, 1994. 
 
Zeng, Lei. 1994.  Perspectives on Indexing Languages: New Approaches in Networking Environments and the Future Development in China.  International Seminar on Information Technologies and Information Services, Shanghai, October 20- 24, 1994. (Invited by the China Academy of Sciences).   
 
Zumer, Maja and Lei Zeng. 1994. OPAC end-user interfaces on OhioLINK: A study from end-users' perspective.  IOLS '94, the National Conference on Integrated Online Library Systems, New York, May 11-12, 1994.   
 
Zeng, Lei., Kaye Gapen and Sharon Schmitte. 1993. Developing intellectual access and control mechanisms for discipline- based virtual libraries that feature media-integration.  The 4th ASIS SIG/CR Classification Research Workshop, Columbus, Ohio, October 24, 1994. 
 
Zeng, Lei. 1993. A Rule-based data validation system for online Chinese cataloging.  The 14th National Online Meeting, May 4-6, 1993, New York, NY. 
 
Zeng, Lei. 1992. Automation of indexing and index constructing: automated indexing.  The 1st Conference of China Society of Indexers,  November 1992, Shanghai, China. 
 
Zeng, Lei. 1992. Compatibility of indexing languages in online access environment: a review of the approaches. The 3rd ASIS SIG/CR Classification Research Workshop, October 25, 1992, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  
  
Zeng, Lei. 1991. Research and development of classification and thesauri in China.  Presented at The 5th International Study Conference on Classification Research, June 24-28, 1991, Toronto.  
  
Zeng, Lei. 1987. Trends and methods of research on indexing languages of recent years: a comparative study between China and abroad.  The 2nd Conference of Young Researchers of Library and Information Science, July 1987, Shanghai, China.  
  
Zeng, Lei. 1985. A unified system of descriptors and thesauri in China.  Presented at The 1st Conference of Chinese Young Researchers of Information Science, October 1985, Xiamen, Fujian, China.  
  
Zeng, Lei. 1985. On subject indexes using descriptors. Presented at The 2nd National Symposium on Subject Indexing,  March 1985, Shanghai, China.   
  
Zeng, Lei. 1985. Multi-dimensional clustering: its usage in "Chinese Libraries Classification".  Presented at the Symposium on "Chinese Library Classification 3rd. edition",  May 1985, Tonglin, Anhui, China.  The paper won a Best Paper award in the conference.  

Other Invited Lectures and Presentations (See also Lectures and Presentations in China)

Zeng, Marcia Lei. 2008. Dublin Core in Practice: Implmentation Issues. (Tutorial). DC-2008: International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications, Berlin, Sept. 22-26, 2008. Program and PPT

Zeng, Marcia Lei (Organizer). 2008. Conceptual Models of Aboutness (panel). 10th International ISKO Conference (ISKO 10), Montreal, Canada, August 5th-8th 2008. Program (PDF) | Abstract (PDF)

Zeng, Marcia Lei. 2008. An Open Ontology Repository: Rationale, Expectations & Requirements.
(Joint OpenOntologyRepository-OntologySummit2008 Panel Discussion Session), April 3, 2008.

Zeng, Marcia Lei. 2008. The Semantic Web, an informal presentation and dialog with Dr. Murtha Baca. The Getty Research Institute. Los Angeles, CA. May, 11, 2008.

Zeng, Marcia Lei and Athena Salaba. June 25, 2007. Functional Requirements for Subject Authority Records (FRSAR). ALA 2007 Annual Conference, Washington, D.C. Invited by the Subject Analysis Committee (SAC), Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS), American Library Association ( ALA).

Zeng, Marcia Lei. May 11-18, 2007. (1) Networked Knowledge Organization Systems. A three-day workshop. (2) Metadata and Encoding Standards. A two-day workshop. Invited by the Singapore National Library Board, Singapore.

Zeng, Marcia Lei. June 30, 2006 . Metadata for Digital Collections. A one-day workshop to be presented at the 2° Congresso Internacional de Arquivos, Bibliotecas, Centros de Documentação e Museus (INTEGRAR), São Paulo , Brasil. Invited by the Brazilian Federation of Library Associations, Information Scientists and Institutions (FEBAB).

Zeng, Marcia Lei. May 8, 2006 . Metadata Quality Study for the National Science Digital Library (NSDL) Metadata Repository. Research & Teaching Talk Series, College of Information Science and Technology, Drexel University . Philadelphia , Pennsylvania.

Zeng, Marcia Lei. May 9, 2006 . Networked Knowledge Organization Systems – R&D Trends. Lecture for the doctoral students at College of Information Science and Technology, Drexel University . Philadelphia , Pennsylvania.

Zeng, Marcia Lei. March 2, 2006 . Digital preservation. Distinguished Scholar Series, College of Communication and Information, Kent State University . Kent , Ohio.

Zeng, Marcia Lei. May 14, 2005. Keynote speech: Bridging the East and the West: What can we contribute? Chinese American Librarians Association Midwest Chapter (CALAMW) 2005 Annual Conference, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

Zeng, Marcia Lei. April 6, 2005. Controlled Vocabularies – an update. An invited talk to the Greater Cleveland History Digital Library Thesaurus subcommittee, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.

Zeng, Marcia Lei. February 6-8, 2005. Using MAIstro to Teach Thesaurus Development and Indexing in Graduate Programs of LIS and IAKM. Data Harmony User Group Meeting, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Zeng, Marcia Lei. March 17, 2004. Knowledge Organization Systems -- Multilingual issues. Presented at The Future of the Dewey Decimal Classification EPC Planning Retreat, March 15-18, 2004, OCLC. Dublin, Ohio.

Zeng, Marcia Lei. May 28, 2003. (1) Metadata Applications and Trends. (2) Working with Metadata for Your Digital Collection. Lectures presented at Rice University Library, Houston, TX.

Zeng, Marcia Lei. April 8. 2002. Metadata and Markup Languages -- Their Functions in Knowledge Representation in Digital Collections. Presented at the CoASIS&T (American Society for Information Science and Technology, Columbus Chapter) April Program. Dublin, Ohio.

Zeng, Marcia Lei. Jan. 31. 2002. A Comprehensive Information Resource in Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Toward an International Collaboration. Presented at the NorASIS&T (American Society for Information Science and Technology, Northern Ohio Chapter) January Program. Cleveland, Ohio.

Zeng, Ma rica Lei. Dec. 2001. Research Projects related to Knowledge Organization. Presented at the ADEPT (The Alexandria Digital Earth Prototype) Retreat, University of California Santa Barbara.

Zeng, Marcia Lei. June 3, 2001. Metadata Interoperability. Lecture presented at Peking University Library and Tsinghua University Library.

Zeng, Marcia Lei. October, 27, 2000. Digitized collection for museum objects. Lecture for the graduate students at Department of Library and Information Science, Sung Kyun Kwan University, Seoul, Korea.

Zeng, Marcia Lei. April 5, 2000. A Digitized Historical Fashion Collection: challenges, issues, and progress. A colloquium presented at the School of Information Sciences, University of Pittsburgh.

Zeng, Marcia Lei.  1999.  Digital Libraries: Indexing and Metadata. A 4-day lecture at University of Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil. May 24-27.  Invited by University of Sao Paulo. 

Zeng, Marcia Lei. 1998. Approaches to Information Quality Enhancement on the WWW and the Role of Library and Information Professionals.  Presented at University of Campinas, June 15-17, Campinas, SP, Brazil.  Invited by Depto.PG em Biblioteconomia,UPC-Campinas.

Schloman, Barbara F. and Marcia Lei Zeng. 1997.  A Study of Innovative Interfaces (III) Search Interface from End-Users' Key Routines.  Presented at Kent State University Library, Feb. 12, 1997.

Zeng, Marcia Lei. 1996. Colloquium: An analysis of indexing practice for Chinese medicine in MEDLINE and a study of a visual herb thesaurus. Invited by School of Information Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Oct. 19, 1996.

Zeng, Marcia, Paul Fehrman, and Dave Lambing. 1995. A Site to Remember: A Virtual Blueprint for Building Your Dream Home Page. A Joint Program of the SLA Cleveland Chapter and NORASIS, Kent, November 15, 1995.  

Zeng, Lei. 1994.  Studies on control mechanisms for the discipline-focused digital libraries.  Presentation at the  first internal seminar of Digital Media Institute (DMI),  Case Western Reserve University, April 13, 1994.  
  
Zeng, Lei. 1992. An Evaluation of the Quality of Chinese-Language Records in the OCLC OLUC Database and a Study of a Rule-based Data Validation System for Online Chinese Cataloging. The 55th American Society for Information Science (ASIS) Annual Meeting, October 26-29, 1992, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Invited by ASIS Doctoral Forum)  
  
Zeng, Lei .1988. Recent development of library and information science research in China.  Presented at the College of Library and Information Science of University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland.
  

Lectures and Presentations in China

Zeng, Marcia Lei. Dec. 19 and 21, 2007. From indexing languages to networked knowledge organization systems (NKOS). The National Library of China, Beijing (Dec. 19) and Shanghai Library, Shanghai (Dec. 21), China. (Program and abstract in Chinese)

Zeng, Marcia Lei. Dec. 20, 2007. Maximizing metadata for enhanced access and use of digital collections. Shanghai Jiaotong University Library, Shanghai, China.

Zeng, Marcia Lei. Aug. 14-16, 2006 . (1) Digital preservation; (2) KOS for browsing and searching interface. Presented at: Strategies and Practices in Digital Library Frontier, The Advanced DL Seminar, 2006, Beijing, China. Organized by Tsinghua University Libraries and Stanford University Libraries.

Zeng, Marcia Lei. Aug. 10-11, 2006 . (1) Knowledge organization systems for indexing, browsing, and retrieval; (2) Metadata interoperability. Presented at: International Seminar on the Development of Digital Library, Taipei, China. Organized by the Department of Library and Information Science, Taiwan University.

Zeng, Marcia Lei. July 4-8, 2005. (1) Metadata interoperability; (2) Controlled vocabularies; (3) Metadata application. Presented at: Research and Development Frontiers in Digital Libraries, The 2nd Advanced DL Seminar, 2005, Xiamen, Fujian, China. Organized by Xiamen University Library, Sponsored by China Academic Library and Information System (CALIS).

Zeng, Marcia Lei. June 30-July 1, 2005. (1) Metadata interoperability; (2) Controlled vocabularies. Presented at: Digital Library Technologies and Standards, an Advanced Workshop. Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. Organized by the library associations of Zhejiang Province, Jiangsu Province, and Shanghai.

Zeng, Marcia Lei. June 27, 2005. Controlled vocabularies used in indexing, browsing, and retrieval. Presented at: International Symposium of Academic and Industry on Digital Libraries, Beijing. Organized by Wanfang Data, Ltd.

Zeng, Marcia Lei. June 24, 2005. Controlled vocabularies and KOS interoperability. Presented at: Tsing Hua University Library, Beijing, China.

Zeng, Marcia Lei. June 20 and 25, 2005. (1) Library and information science education landscape. (2) Research methods in library and information science research. (3) Controlled vocabularies and KOS interoperability. Lectures gave to the graduate students of Documentation and Information Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Beijing, China.

Zeng, Marcia Lei. June 21, 2005. Updates of standards for controlled vocabularies. Presented to the Editorial Committee of the Chinese Library Classification, National Library of China, Beijing.

Zeng, Marcia Lei. July 5-8, 2004. Knowledge Organization Systems (KOS) and Metadata in Information Architecture of Digital libraries, digital collections, and websites. A 4-day lecture taught at Shanghai Jiaotong University .

Zeng, Marcia Lei. June 28-30, 2004 . (1) Semantic Web and knowledge organization systems; (2) Applications of the Semantic Web; (3) Digital libraries: development trends and challenges; (4) Digital learning environment supported by digital libraries. Presented at the 3rd Seminar of Network Resources and Services, Beijing . Invited by China Society for Sci/Tech Information. Sponsored by the Foreign Experts Bureau of the State Council of China .

Zeng, Marcia Lei. June 23-25, 2004 . (1) Digital libraries: development trends and challenges; (2) Application of the Semantic Web; (3) Digital learning environment supported by digital libraries. Presented at Research and Development Frontiers in Digital Libraries, The Advanced DL Seminar, 2004, Shenzhen , Guangdong , China . Sponsored by China Academic Library and Information System (CALIS).

Zeng, Marcia Lei. June 16 and 17, 2004. Development of digital libraries in the United States . Presented at Shanghai Normal University Library (June 16) and Yunnan Province Library, Kunming , Yunnan (June 17).

Zeng, Marcia, Lei. May 17. 2002. Interoperability of Metadata. A lecture presented at the National Library of China (NLC). Beijing, China. Invited by the NLC.

Zeng, Marcia Lei. May 17. 2002. Interoperability of Metadata and Interoperability of Metadata and Markup Languages. A lecture gave to the graduate students of Documentation and Information Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Beijing, China.

Zeng, Lei et al. Information Technology Update. A Seminar at China Society for Sci-Tech Information, July 31 -- August 5, 2000, Beijing.

Zeng, Marcia Lei and Foster J. Zhang. 1999.  Research, Development, and Implementation of Digital Libraries.  Lectures presented in the university libraries of Peking University, Shanghai Jiao-tong University and National Library of China,  August 30-September 10.  Invited by Peking University, Shanghai Jiao-tong University, and National Library of China. 

Zeng, Lei. 1997. (1) Information representation and value-added process in online databases; (2) Information retrieval systems: research and experiments; (3) Internet and WWW information management -- approaches beyond Internet search engines; (4) Copyright issues in the electronic publishing environment;  (5) SGML; (6) An image-text retrieval system.  (With Foster Zhang:)(7) Overview of database and information industry in the world; and (8) Ten major areas of network and information technologies. Presented at Seminar of Network Resources and Services, held in Beijing, June 23-27, 1997. Invited by China Society for Sci/Tech Information.

Zeng, Lei. 1997. Internet and WWW information organization and management: search engines and other six approaches.  Nanjing, July 8, 1997. Invited by Nanjing Library Association and Jiangsu Province Association of Academic Libraries. 


Zeng, Lei. 1996. (1) SGML and the applications in information processing. (2) Copyright issues in networking environment.  (3) Information services based on distributed databases. (4) Interfaces of text-based OPACs vs. Web-based OPACs. (5) Digital Library projects. Presented at the workshops/seminars Information Superhighway and Academic Libraries. invited by Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai University, Peking University, Tsinghua University, China Academy of Sciences, and funded by China National Science. 
    

Zeng Lei. 1994.  Digital libraries and information superhighway: recent research and development of information science and technology in the United States.  Presented at the Institute of Science and Technology Information of  China, Beijing, June 2, 1994.  
  
Zeng, Lei. 1994. (1) Quality analysis and control of bi-lingual bibliographic records in a national database. (2) Research and Development of Indexing Languages. presented at  the National Library of China, Beijing, May 24, 1994.  
  
Zeng, Lei. 1994. (1) Quality control of large shared online cataloging databases. (2)  OPAC interface design.  Library Automation workshop, Peking University, Peking University,  Beijing, May 25-30, 1994.  
  
Zeng Lei. 1994. Trends in the education of library and information science.  presented at Department of Information Management of Peking University, Beijing, May 31, 1994.  
  

RESEARCH

Receipt of research grants:

2007 Summer Research and Creative Activity Appointment grant, Kent State University. ($ 6,500)  

National Science Foundation. National Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology Education Digital Library (NSDL) grant. (DUE-0333572) P.I. ($150,784, Sept. 2003 - Aug. 2004)

Ohio Board of Regents/Research Challenge Grant. Co-P.I. ($78,144, June 1, 2003- May 31, 2005. Project Director Gregory Shreve)

National Science Foundation. National Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology Education Digital Library (NSDL) grant. Co-P.I. ($607,394, Sept. 2001-Aug. 2003, Project Director Gregory Shreve )

Ohio Board of Regents/Research Challenge Grant. Co-P.I. ($97,312, Jan. 2000 - June 2001, Project Director Gregory Shreve) 

1998-1999 OCLC Library and Information Science Research  Grant.  ($10,000)  

CARL Corporation Multilingual Search Engine Development and Testing project. ($16,316)

1996 Summer Research and Creative Activity Appointment grant, Kent State University. ($ 6,500)  
  
1995-1996 OhioLINK Small Grant Research Program grant.  ($5,000)  
  
1994-1995 OCLC Library and Information Science Research Grant. ($10,000)  
  
1993 Summer Research and Creative Activity Appointment grant, Kent State University. ($ 6,500)  
  
1991-1992 OCLC Library and Information Science Research Grant.  ($10,000)  

Receipt of teaching grants:

Summer 2000 Distributed Learning Course Development Grant, Kent State University. ($6,500)

Major Research Projects:

Ongoing and recent projects:

CAM (Complementary and Alternative Medicine) Aging Ontology. Funded by Kent State University Research Council. P.I. 2007.

Digital library of complementary and alternative Medicine (CAMed).  (with Columbia University Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Columbia University Health Sciences Division, Office of Scholarly Resources) 1997 --.  (One of the major tasks is to develop a conceptual framework and terminology repository for supporting cross-language and cross-culture concept mapping and information retrieval in complementary and alternative medicine fields). 
CAMed prototype I (password required): http://www.slis.kent.edu/~mzeng/MeshNIH/top/home.htm
CAMed prototype II http://circe.slis.kent.edu/mzeng/tmshome.html

Finished Projects:

Quality Analysis of Metadata in the NSDL Metadata Repository. Funded by NSF National Science Digital Library (NSDL) Program. P.I. (With Gregory Shreve and Bhagirathi Subrahmanyam) website: http://appling.kent.edu/NSDLMetadataQuality/ 2004-2006.

Green's Functions Research and Education Enhancement Network (GREEN). (With MIT, funded by NSF) website: http://appling.kent.edu/NSDLGreen/GREENProject.htm 2001-2004.

Object description on the Internet: A study of current standards and formats -- Testing existing metadata standards and proposed metadata cores in a digitized historical fashion collection, 1998 - . (Funded by OCLC) 
report: http://www.slis.kent.edu/~mzeng/OCLCreport/cover.html
template: http://circe.slis.kent.edu/mzeng/vratemplate.htm

IMLS State Library Plans Lexicon Development Project (with Northern Lights, Inc.) 1999 --. (Funded by Institute of Museum and Library Services)

Chinese text segmentation processing and Testing.  (with Chen Yu) 1998 --. (First phase funded by CARL Corporation.) Testing site open to the public: 
http://circe.slis.kent.edu/mzeng/carlseg.html. 

Thesaurus Management System (for multi-thesaurus searching & browsing, thesaurus construction & maintenance), (with Chen, Yu) 1999 -- http://circe.slis.kent.edu/mzeng/thesaurihome.html. 


HTML Templates for Index and Thesaurus Publication

User Study of the Interface for OhioLINK Web-based Retrieval System.  June-September 1998.  (Funded by OhioLINK)

Developing control mechanisms for intellectual access for discipline-based virtual libraries -- A study of the process.  (Funded by OCLC, 1994-95, Principal Investigator)  
  
An Evaluation of the Quality of Chinese-Language Records in the OCLC Database and a Study of a Rule-based Data Validation System. (Funded by OCLC and KSU, 1991-93, Principal Investigator)  
  
University of Pittsburgh East Asian Library Bibliographies Project.1989-91.(co-editor)  
  
Chinese Classified Thesaurus.  (Funded by the China National Science Foundation and The National Library of China. 1988-  1994. Served in the editorial group.)  
    
Subject Index of Chinese Libraries Classification. (Sponsored by The National Library of China, 1981-82. Served in the editorial group.)  
  
Urban Construction Chinese Thesaurus. (Sponsored by the Ministry of Urban Construction of China, 1985-86. Invited as  Co-Designer and Co-Editor.) 

MAJOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES

International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)

Special Libraries Association (SLA)

NISO (National Information Standards Organization)

ISO (International Organization for Standardization)

American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIST)

China Society of Indexers, Board member, 1999--2002, Advisory board, 1999--

American Society of Indexers (ASI) Liaison to the China Society of Indexers, 1999 -

National Science Digital Library (NSDL) Policy Committee Nominating Committee member. 2004.

Program Committees:

Advisory Committees:

Professional membership

ACM Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval (SIGIR)  
American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIST)  
International Society for Knowledge Organization (ISKO)  
Special Libraries Association (SLA)  

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