胡美华现为香港大学图书馆执行馆长及冯平山图书馆馆长, 曾担任编目、读者服务、人力资源、财务及设施管理等工作,并历任行政部主管、流通部主管及图书馆副馆长,参与策划多个图书馆发展项目及馆藏发展。胡馆长曾就读香港大学及加拿大麦基尔大学,获文学士、图书馆及信息科学硕士、公共行政硕士及教育博士资历。其研究包括馆员培训、学习空间及学习行为、读者体验、图书馆领导等范畴。胡馆长近年致力发展跨部门协作, 透过创新及数码化服务开放图书馆馆藏作教学及研究之用。 Esther Woo is Director of Library Services and Fung Ping Shan Librarian of the Universityof Hong Kong Libraries. She had worked in cataloguing, reader services, humanresources, financial and facility management before taking up supervisory roles as Head of Administrative Services, Head of Lending Services and Deputy University Librarian. Esthergraduated from the University of Hong Kong (BA; MPA; EdD) and McGill University(MLIS). Her research interests include staff development, learning spaces, learningbehaviors, user experience and library leadership. Through inter-departmental collaborationin recent years, Esther actively promotes the open access of library collections for teaching, learningand research with innovative and digitization services.