Su Chen’s research interests are historical records of China, history of East Asian libraries, and English publications on China studies.
Currently, Su is working on two publication projects. The projects aim to enable discovery and access the UCLA EAL’s unique collections possible, which include working with Professor Ge Wu 吳格 of Fudan University compiling catalogs of Chinese Rare Books and Manuscripts and Pre-1911 Chinese publications in the EAL and working with Wanping Ren 任萬平, Associate Director of the Palace Museum, to reprint Professor Yushan Han’s Examination paper collection of Qing Dynasty.
PUBLICATIONS
Sourcebook of North American Historical and Archival Resources on China’s War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression 《北 美藏中国抗日战争历史档案文献提要》. Shanghai: Fudan University Press, 2017
Archival Resources of Republican China in North America. 《北美藏民國檔案指要：1911-1949》. New York: Columbia University Press, 2016
Archives of the Young Men’s Christian Association in China at the University of Minnesota Libraries: the Annual Report (1896- 1949) with Biographical Sketch of Foreign Secretaries and City Association Building Descriptions. 《美國明尼蘇達大學圖書 館藏基督教男青年會檔案: 中國年度報告 (1896-1949) 及國際幹事小傳及會所小史》. Guilin: Guangxi Normal University Press, 2012
“The establishment and development of the East Asian Library at the University of Minnesota” in Collecting Asia : East Asian Libraries in North America, 1868-2008. p. 223-230. Ann Arbor, Mich. : Association for Asian Studies, INC. 2010
“Who Has Published What in East Asian Studies? An Analysis of Publishers and Publishing Trends” in Library Resources and Technical Services. vol. 52, no.1 pp. 33-41. American Library Association, 2008
Glossary of library and information science : English-Chinese / Chinese-English 《英漢漢英圖書館實用詞彙》. München : K.G. Saur, 2006.
“The Gest Chinese Research Library at McGill 1926-1936” in East Asian Library Journal. Autumn, vol. 11, no. 2, pp.41-99. Princeton, N.J. : The East Asian Library and the Gest Collection of Princeton University, 2004.