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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

Teaching Interests

Research methods

Management of libraries and human resources

User information behavior and user services

Database design and management

Social informatics

Research Interests

Organizational Behavior in Relation to Information Technologies including sense of belonging, job autonomy and job satisfaction of library information technology workers; self-efficacy of library information technology workers and their motivation; power of information technology units in academic libraries

User Information Behavior Using Information Technology including self-efficacy and use of information technologies; computer mediated media and user behavior; user services

Publications

Lim, S (forthcoming). “Job Satisfaction of Information Technology Workers in Academic Libraries” Library & Information Science Research

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. (2004). “Power of Systems Offices in Academic Library Organizations.” Unpublished doctoral dissertation. The University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Presentations

“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

Students' behaviors using Wikipedia:

The project attempts to identify factors contributing to the use of the Wikipedia based on both Social Cognitive Theory and the Uses and Gratifications approach.

Contact Information

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