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2004 Randolph Avenue
Mailstop #4125
St. Paul, MN 55105

Email: imdept-at-stkate.edu
Phone: 651-690-6802

Sook Lim

Assistant Professor

Education

Ph.D. The University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Library and Information Studies

M.L.S. and M.A. The State University of New York at Buffalo

M.A. and B.A. in Economics, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea

Courses

The College of St. Catherine
LIS 7010, Introduction to Library and Information Science
LIS 7040, Reference and Online Science
LIS 7510, Database Management
LIS 7700, Management of Library and Information Centers
LIS 7960, Research Methods
LIS8150, Information Technology, People and Society

Teaching Interests

Research methods

Management of libraries and human resources

User information behavior and user services

Database design and management

Social aspects of technology and information society

Research Interests

Human information behavior concerning information technology and information sources in web 2.0 environments including self-efficacy in the use of information technology; user behavior regarding user-generated information; user information services; information literacy; gender and information behavior; credibility in web 2.0 environments

Personnel and organizational issues of academic libraries including information technology (IT) workers' orientations to their jobs and organizations; staff job satisfaction; organizational theories; impacts of IT on academic libraries

Publications

Lim, S. (2009). “How and why do college students use Wikipedia?” Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. 60(11). 2189-2202

Lim, S. and Kwon, N. (2009) “Gender perspective, information behavior, and Wikipedia.” Proceedings of the ASIS&T Annual Meeting. Vol. 46.

Lim, S. (2008). “College students' perceptions, motivations and uses of Wikipedia.” Proceedings of the ASIS&T Annual Meeting. Vol. 45.

Lim, S (2008). “Job Satisfaction of Information Technology Workers in Academic Libraries” Library & Information Science Research. 30(2), 115-121.

Lim, S. (July 2007), “Library Information Technology Workers: Their Sense of Belonging, Role, Job Autonomy and Job Satisfaction,” Journal of Academic Librarianship. 33(4), 492-500.

Lim, S. (2007), “Do Information Technology Units Have More Power than Other Units in Academic Libraries?” Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. 58(9), 1242-1253.

Lim, S. (2006). “Library information technology workers: Their demographic characteristics, sense of belonging, role and job autonomy.” Proceedings of the ASIS&T Annual Meeting. Vol. 43.

Presentations

“Gender perspective, information behavior, and Wikipedia, ” Poster session, American Society for Information Science and Technology Annual Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, November 2009

“Information behavior and Wikipedia, ” Library and Information Science, the College of St. Catherine, April 6, 2009

“College students' perceptions, motivations and uses of Wikipedia, ” Poster session, American Society for Information Science and Technology Annual Meeting,Columbus, OH, October 2008

“College students' uses of Wikipedia,” Library and Information Science, the Collegeof St. Catherine, April, 2008

“Motivation of college students using Wikipedia,” ALISE work-in progress poster session, ALISE conference, Philadelphia, PA, January 2008

“Librarian IT Workers Versus Non-Librarian IT Workers in Academic Libraries,” Library and Information Science, the College of St. Catherine, March, 2007

“Library Information Technology Workers: Their Demographic Characteristics, Sense of Belonging, Role and Job Autonomy,” Poster Session, American Society for Information Science Annual Meeting, Austin, TX, November 2006

“Power of Systems Offices in Academic Library Organizations Based on Strategic Contingencies Theory, Poster Session,” American Society for Information Science and Technology Annual Meeting, Providence, RI, November 2004

“Power of Systems Offices in Academic Library Organizations,” ALISE Poster Session, ALISE Conference, Philadelphia, PA. January 2003

Current Research Project

Gender perspective and information behaviors:

This project examines potential differences between the genders amongst college student’s information behaviors of Wikipedia use and attempts to identify factors affecting those differences. It is hoped that the study findings help educators understand gender gaps in their web information behaviors. This may aid the development of appropriate educational interventions.

Contact Information

Email: slim -at- stkate.edu (replace -at- with @)
Phone (office): 651/690-6888
Fax: 651/690-8724
Office: Coeur de Catherine, 046
Website: http://www.sooklim.org

Office Hours

by an appointment (Summer);
Between 4:30 and 5:45 PM on Wednesdays and Thursdays and by appointment (Fall and Winter)

St. Catherine University is an equal opportunity educator and employer.