TST LIS Research Community "Communicate, Cooperate, Progress"

Hao-Ren Ke was born on June 29, 1967 in Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China. He received his B.S. degree in 1989 and Ph.D. degree in 1993, both in Computer and Information Science, from National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Now he is a professor of Graduate Institute of Library and Information Studies, and the associate Library Director in National Taiwan Normal University.

His main research interests are in digital library/archives, library and information system, information retrieval, and Web mining.

By using his technical expertise, he devotes himself to helping Taiwanese libraries move toward electronic libraries. For example, he built mirror sites for many important A&I databases including SCI/SSCI, Ei Compendex in late 1990. He developed the Interlibrary Loan Networking System for Taiwanese Libraries, which significantly expedites the interlibrary loan process in Taiwan. He also plays an important technical role in the operation of the biggest Taiwan library consortium– CONCERT (CONsortium on Core Electronic Resources in Taiwan).

Hao-Ren Ke has been participating in TELDAP (and the forerunner NSC projects on digital archives) for nearly ten years. The digital museums Web sites created by his team focus on Taiwanese Native artists, including YuYu Yang (sculptor), Hsin-Chin Liu (cartoonist), Tai-Hsiang Li (musician), and Cloud Gate (dancing theatre).