Marcia Lei Zeng

Marcia Lei Zeng is a professor emerita of Information Science at the School of Information, Kent State University. She has written more than 100 articles and around six books on the various subjects within the field, from knowledge organization systems to metadata to digital humanities.

Education and career Zeng has a B.A. (1982) and an M.A. (1984) in Library and Information Science from Wuhan University in China. In 1992, she received a Ph.D. in Information Science from the School of Computing and Information of the University of Pittsburgh.

Even before her Ph.D., Zeng taught as a lecturer at Wuhan University from 1985 to 1988. Books Subirats, I. & Zeng, M. L. (2020). Linked Open Data Enabled Bibliographical Data (LODE-BD) 3.0 – A practical guide on how to select appropriate encoding strategies for producing Linked Open Data Enabled Bibliographical Data. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. Zeng, M.L., & Qin, J. (2022). Metadata, Chicago: ALA Neal-Schuman.

Papers Zeng, M. L. & Mayr, P. (2018). Knowledge organization systems (KOS) in the semantic web. International Journal on Digital Libraries. Online version 2018.05 https://rdcu.be/PgZW Zeng, M. L. (2019). Semantic enrichment for enhancing LAM data and supporting digital humanities. El profesional de la información, 28(1), e280103. Zeng, M. L. & Clunis, J. (2020). FAIR + FIT: Guiding principles and functional metrics for linked open data (LOD) KOS products. Journal of Data and Information Science (JDIS), 5(1), 93-118. Zeng, M. L., Hong, Y., Clunis, J., He, S., & Coladangelo, L. P. (2020, June 24). Implications of knowledge organization systems for health information exchange and communication during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Information Management, 4(3), 148–170.

Awards and honors Sources: 2015 - 2016: U.S. Fulbright Scholar to Taiwan 2016: President’s Faculty Excellence Award, Kent State University 2017: CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title, Zeng, M, L. & Qin, J. (2016). Metadata (2nd ed.). ALA Neal-Schuman. Facet Publishing. Companion Website: http://metadataetc.org/book-website2nd/ 1–7 September 2019: Best Poster Award, CIDOC International Council of Museums (ICOM) 25th General Conference. Kyoto, Japan. 2019 - 2021: Linked Conservation Data, (as a member of the Consortium), funded by UKRI Arts & Humanities Research Council ASIS&T Distinguished Member, Inaugural Class of 2021 2024: ASIS&T Award of Merit, recognizing sustained contributions to and/or achievements in the field of information science and/or the professions in which it is practiced.