Han-Lin Hsieh

British Library Chinese collection specialist
Position
Curator, Chinese collections
Specialism
Chinese Studies
Department
Collections
Related Offices
UK China Library Group (CLG), European Association of Sinological Librarians (EASL)

Han-Lin completed a BA in Biology in Taiwan and an MSc in Museum Studies at the University of Leicester. Before joining the Library in 2018, she worked in various museums and cultural institutions, in the fields of exhibition, education and collection management. Han-Lin is also a trained teacher of Science.

Her current duties in the Library include the management of Chinese collections, with focus on cataloguing, conservation and assistance to readers.

Han-Lin is particularly interested in science and technology, Buddhism, and education. 


Subjects

Two figures playing the flute from a coloured Japanese manuscript

East Asia

Resources for the study of East Asian languages and cultures