Fang-Lan Hsieh

Associate Dean of Libraries and Bowld Music Librarian

Education

• Ph.D.(in Musicology), Louisiana State University, 1989
• Master of Librarianship, University of South Carolina, 1978
• M.M., University of South Carolina, 1976
• B.A.(in music), University of Chinese Culture, 1974

Experience

• Print Cataloger, Houston Community College, Central Library, 1991-94
• Assistant Professor/Music Cataloger, Bowling Green State University, 1986-87
• Intern in Cataloging Dept., Louisiana State University, Troy Middleton Library, 1984-86
• Instructor, Taiwan Theological College, Dept of Church Music, 1976-77, 1978-81

Grants

• 2010 American Theological Library Association, International Collaboration Grant, Training Library Staff in Music Cataloging and Music Collection Management
• 2006-2007 Association of Theological Schools, Lilly Research Expense Grant, The Survey of Chinese Hymnody
• 2004 American Theological Library Association, CDRI (Cooperative Digital Resources Initiative), Phase III, Worship Project
• 2003 American Theological Library Association, CDRI (Cooperative Digital Resources Initiative), Phase II, Shape-Note Tune Books Project

Publications

• Chinese translation of Donald P. Hustad's Jubilate II. Taipei: Campus Evangelical Fellowship, 1998.
• An Annotated Bibliography of Church Music. New York: Edwin Mellen Press, 2003.
• "Sing Praises.”  In The Facets of Worship, ed. by Philip H. Chan, 45-53.  Hong Kong: Christian Times, 2005 [in Chinese].
• Chinese translation of Terry York’s Rehearsing the Soul.  Taipei: Grace Publishing House, 2006.
• English translation of Gershom Ma’s The Study of Choral Technique.
• Chinese translation of Terry York's Observing the Rests. Taipei: Grace Publishing House, 2008.
• A History of Chinese Christian Hymnody: From Its Missionary Origins to Contemporary Indigenous Productions. New York: Edwin Mellen, 2009.
• Chinese translation of Terry York and C. David Bolin's The Voice of Our Congregation. Taipei: Grace Publishing House, 2010.
• Chinese translation of A History of Chinese Christian Hymnody: From its Missionary Origins to Contemporary Indigenous Productions.  Hong Kong: Chinese Baptist Press (International) Ltd., 2011.
• Chinese translation of Terry York and C. David Bolin’s The Worship Matrix. Taipei: Grace Publishing House, 2011.

Professional Memberships

• Music Library Association, 1982-present
• Hymn Society in the United States and Canada, 1997-present (Editorial Advisory Board, 2004-2006)
• American Bach Society, 2002-present
• World Association for Chinese Church Music, Resources Advisory Committee, 2005-present

Honors

• Who's Who in America, 2009

Church Membership

• Travis Avenue Baptist Church, Fort Worth, Texas

Personal

• Spouse: Stephen Hsieh
• Children: Ann