Zhang Ling, female, Han ethnicity, member of the Communist Party of China, born in November 1969, holder of a doctoral degree, is a research librarian, and a visiting scholar at the Information Management Research Institute of Northumbria University, UK, and at the School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA. She has held various positions at Harbin Engineering University, including assistant librarian-librarian-associate research librarian in the Reference and Consultation Department of the Library, Director of the Information Service Department, Deputy Director of the Library, Party Secretary and Deputy Dean of the School of International Cooperation and Continuing Education, Party Secretary and Deputy Director of the Library, and President and Editor-in-Chief of Harbin Engineering University Press. In June 2022, she was appointed as the Party Secretary of the School of Nuclear Science and Technology.

Research Interests: User Education, Editing and Publishing

Teaching Experience: Information Utilization Skills (Graduate Course), Literature Retrieval (Undergraduate Course)

Social Positions: Member of the Shipbuilding Industry Steering Committee

Key Achievements: Published over 10 papers in core journals such as Journal of Academic Libraries and Library and Information Work, edited one textbook, led one completed research project, oversaw the development of Harbin Engineering University’s institutional repository, and planned and published multiple publications.

Major Honors: 2016 Advanced Individual in Party Affairs of Heilongjiang Province

Responsibilities: Leading the Party Committee’s overall work of the college; overseeing organization, united front, disciplinary inspection, petitions, alumni, labor union, and retirement-related work.