Hermina G.B. Anghelescu

Hermina G.B. Anghelescu is a Professor at Wayne State University's School of Information Sciences. With a PhD and MLIS from the University of Texas at Austin, she brings expertise in library history, information organization, and international librarianship. Her career bridges academia and global consultancy, particularly in East European and East Asian contexts.

• University of Texas at Austin – Ph.D., Library and Information Science (2000)
• University of Bucharest – MA in Foreign Languages and Literatures (1979)

Her research focuses on information organization, library history in Central/Eastern Europe, and public library modernization. She has pioneered studies on information seeking behavior and post-communist library transitions. Articles highlight trends in East Asian collections, library responses to pandemics, and war-time documentation.

Scientific awards include:

• Cultural Merit Order (Knight), Romania
• First Rank Distinction, Republic of Moldova
• Honorary Membership, Association of Public Librarians in Romania

She has secured $1.4M and $26.9M grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for Romanian and Moldovan public library modernization. As past Chair of IFLA's Library History Section, she advocates for global library collaboration. Her teaching includes courses on Access to Information and Advanced Online Searching.