Lois Mai Chan (Chinese: 麥麟屏, July 30, 1934 – August 20, 2014) was an American librarian, author, and professor at the University of Kentucky School of Library and Information Science until 2011.
[1] Her publications on cataloging, library classification, and subject indexing were recognized with various awards.
On July 30, 1934, Chan was born in Taiwan to Mai Wuzhi and Tuen-Mok Sau-Ng.
[2][3] Chan earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from National Taiwan University.
[6] Chan began publishing books in the late 1970s, beginning with Library of Congress Subject Headings: Principles and Application, a text on the Library of Congress (LC) system of subject headings.