She earned her Ph.D. at University of Liverpool in 2001. She has published more than 80 academic papers and is editor-in-chief or author of seven books. In 2001, she lead the translation of the international records management standard ISO15489 into Mandarin Chinese. She is project director of the Integrated Management and Services of Urban Development Records, Archives and Information, a national project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China. Dr An may be contacted at: xiaomia@yahoo.com.