Hana Kim is the Director of the Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library at the University of Toronto. She holds a Bachelor of Education from the Korean National University of Education and a Master’s in Library and Information Science from McGill University. Hana has published and presented on a wide range of topics, including Asian Canadian heritage, diversity, and East Asian Studies librarianship. In 2009, she launched a nationwide Korean Canadian Heritage Archives Project for Canada, in collaboration with the University of British Columbia (UBC). She is the recipient of the 2018 Korean Canadian Heritage Award and served as President of the Council on East Asian Libraries (CEAL) from 2020 to 2022. Hana participates in several international organizations such as the CEAL Executive Board, Pacific Rim Research Libraries Alliance Steering Committee, Association of Research Libraries Kaleidoscope Program Task Force, and portal: Libraries and the Academy Editorial Board. She also served as the Head Librarian of the Asian Library at UBC before joining the University of Toronto Libraries.
