Professor Jang Deokhyun of Pusan National University Elected as the 28th President of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science

Elected at the Academic Society's General Meeting... Two-Year Term Starting New Year

Busan National University (President Choi Jae-won) announced on the 24th that Professor Jang Deok-hyun of the Department of Library and Information Science has been elected as the 28th president of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science.

Professor Jang Deok-hyun was elected as the next president at the ‘2024 Korean Society for Library and Information Science Annual General Meeting’ held on the 23rd, and will serve a two-year term starting from January 1st next year.

Professor Jang Deok-hyun joined Busan National University as a professor in 2001 and has served as the advisor of Busan National University Press, director of the BK21 Project Group, director of the International Exchange Headquarters, and director of Planning. Externally, he has held positions such as expert committee member of the National Research Foundation of Korea, advisory committee member for the National Assembly Library development, director of the Busan Global City Foundation, and chairman of the National Key University Planning Directors Council. He currently serves as the vice president of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science.

Founded in 1970, the Korean Society for Library and Information Science is the representative academic organization in the field of library and information science with the longest history and the largest membership. It publishes the ‘Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science,’ an excellent registered journal recognized by the National Research Foundation of Korea.

President-elect Jang Deok-hyun stated, “In the face of difficult challenges such as the crisis in university society due to the decline in the school-age population, social fragmentation and polarization, the decline of text civilization and the emergence of new media powers, the AI revolution, and social innovation, I will strive to simultaneously ensure the sustainability of related research, education, and the information field.”

Professor Jang Deok-hyun, Pusan National University.

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