Dr. Le Yang oversees a portfolio of digital library services, application development & integration, collection strategies, special collections and university archives, and resource description services in the UO Libraries. His research interests include digital librarianship, open repositories, open infrastructure, and data governance. Before joining UO Libraries, he held positions with Dickinson College, Texas Tech University, and Wenzhou-Kean University. He has a Ph.D. in Library Science focusing on Cross-border Data Governance from Wuhan University, an MLIS and an MA in Communication Studies from the University of Rhode Island, and a Bachelor of Economics from the South China University of Technology.

Ongoing research project

• Special Issue: Exploring Next-Generation User Experiences in Digital Libraries: https://link.springer.com/journal/799/updates/25330448 
• The book “Digital Libraries Across Continents” https://blogs.uoregon.edu/digitalglobe/
• ACM/IEEE JCDL'24 Workshop: Utilizing AI/ML to Enhance Information Extraction, Organization, and Retrieval from Large-scale Archival Collections
• ACM/IEEE JCDL'24 Workshop: Generative AI for Resource Discovery in Libraries
• ACM/IEEE JCDL'24 Demo: Using RAG, LLMs, and LangChain to Create a Query Application on Open Repositories
• ICADL 2024 Paper: Developing an AI-enhanced Conversation Application on DSpace: Technical Procedure and Details
• 2024 ASIS&T Panel: Exploring the Application of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in GLAM Collections