Hong Yu

Yu, Hong

Research Librarian

Publication Services - Gilchrist, Room 265
Texas A&M Transportation Institute
The Texas A&M University System
3135 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-3135
ph. (979) 845-5770 Ext. 55770 · fax (979) 845-0568
hong-yu@tamu.edu

Short Biography

Hong Yu is the team leader for TTI Communications' Library Services group, overseeing the library's operation and providing research support to TTI researchers through literature searches and acquisition. Hong joined TTI as a research librarian in 1998. She has managed the day-to-day operation of the National Work Zone Safety Information Clearinghouse since then. As the clearinghouse coordinator and website manager, she has been responsible for gathering information, responding to information requests, managing the clearinghouse listserv, working closely with programmers to develop the clearinghouse databases and the website, and maintaining the website on an ongoing basis. The Clearinghouse has received numerous awards including the 2008 International Road Federation's Global Road Achievement Awards, and it is considered by many to be the world's largest resource on roadway construction safety. In addition to her work in the library and the work zone safety clearinghouse, she has developed databases and websites for several transportation research and technology transfer projects. She is also responsible for maintenance of the library portion of TTI's Intranet.

Prior to her experience at TTI, she was the Staff Instruction Librarian in Sterling C. Evans Library at the Texas A&M University. She developed a new employee orientation program, coordinated with subject specialists and database vendors for specialized training, and provided regular training sessions to librarians and staff on electronic resources. She also served as a faculty liaison to the Department of Recreation, Parks & Tourism.

Education

  • M.L.S., Library and Information Management, Emporia State University, 1993.
  • B.A., English, Beijing Second Foreign Language Institute, 1987.

Experience

  • Research Librarian, Publication Services, Texas A&M Transportation Institute, September 2006 - Present.
  • Associate Research Librarian, Library Services, Texas Transportation Institute, September 2003 - August 2006.
  • Assistant Research Librarian, Library & Information Services, Texas Transportation Institute, September 1998 - August 2003.
  • Staff Instruction Librarian, Sterling C. Evans Library, Texas A&M University, May 1996 - August 1998.
  • Reference Librarian, Sterling C. Evans Library, Texas A&M University, September 1995 - May 1996.
  • Reference Librarian, Northwest Branch, Harris County Public Library, April 1994 - August 1995.

Affiliations

  • Member, Special Libraries Association, 1998 - Present.
  • Member, Special Libraries Association, Transportation Division, 1999 - Present.
  • Friend, Transportation Research Board, Committee on Library and Information Science for Transportation, 2011 - Present.
  • Member, Western Transportation Knowlege Network, 2011 - Present.
  • Member, American Library Association, 1992 - 1998.

Honors & Awards

Administrative Technical Support Award, Texas Transportation Institute, 2004.

Selected Publications

R.P. Bligh, H. Yu. Roadway Departure Safety Information Clearinghouse: Final Report. 2012.

J.L. Hart, V. Coleman, H. Yu. Marketing Electronic Resources and Services: Surveying Faculty Use as a First Step. The Reference Librarian, No. 67/68, 1999, pp. 41-55.