Education
PhD in Library and Information Science, University of Texas-Austin
Research Interests
Research fields – Information behavior, Information users, user-centered systems/services
Methods and methodologies – Experiments, focus group, interviews, surveys
Theories – Psychological, sociocultural theories, interactionism
Areas of interest – Selection and use of resources, social media use, information literacy, information equity, diversity
Classes taught
LIS 603 Research & assessment
LIS 640 Information experience research
LIS 651 Cataloging & classification
LIS 668 Digital curation & collection
Recent publications
Sin, S-C. & Kim, K.-S. (2018). How are we the same or different: Information needs and barriers of domestic and international students. Journal of Academic Librarianship, 44 (6), 712-723.
Kim, K.-S. & Sin, S.-C. (2016). Use and evaluation of information from social media in the academic context: Analysis of gap between students and librarians, Journal of Academic Librarianship, 42 (1), 74–82.