Dr. Anthony Chow, Co-Founder, Librarians for Ukrainian Peace & Independence, is the Director of the SJSU iSchool and founder of the Library Technology Integration Lab. His vision is to bring students, libraries, and technology together to conduct research and development on how technology can be integrated into library services, programming, and resources. He views technology and digital literacy as the future of the field and believes all members of the community, especially children, deserve equal access to state-of-the-art technologies.
Chow’s academic career spans 22 years, during which time he has worked as a faculty member, served as coordinator/director of online learning, published two books and two book chapters and 141 peer-reviewed publications, proceedings, presentations, and posters, and received over $3 million in grants and contracts to fund research projects. He has a steep record of service and leadership at all levels of academia and the library and information science field and takes “deep pride in contributing to any team or group I am part of.” Chow holds a Ph.D. in Instructional Systems Design and an MS in Educational Psychology from Florida State University.