Kyungmi Chun began her work as the Korean Studies Librarian at the East Asia Library in February 2007. Her responsibilities include collection development and management and reference and public services for the Korean collection. Before joining Stanford, Chun served as the Korea Specialist Librarian in the University of Hawaii at Manoas Asia Collection for over 14 years. She earned her doctorate in information science from the University of North Texas, an MLS degree from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and a bachelor's degree in history from Hanyang University in Korea.