Sanghee Oh, PhD
Researcher IDs: AAK-6883-2021 (Web of Science), 0000-0001-5956-7296 (ORCID)
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=7l9y1KQAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
Scopus Author Page: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=15069782300
Areas of Research Interests
Social media use, social informatics
Health informatics, health information behaviors
Digital library management and education
User-centered interface/interaction design, information architecture, usability
Human information interaction (HII), human computer interaction (HCI)
Education
2010: PhD in Information and Library Science
2004: Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS)
2000: Bachelor of Arts (BA) (Summa Cum Laude)
Department of Library and Information Science, Seoul Women’s University, Korea
Professional Experiences
Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea (2022-present)
2024-present: Chiar, Data Science Convergence Major, College of Computing and Informatics
2022- present: Associate Professor. Department of Library and Information Science (iSchool); Joint-position in Data Science Convergence Major, College of Computing and Informatics
Chungnam National University(CNU), South Korea (2017-2022)
2017 - 2022: Associate Professor. Department of Library and Information Science
2020: Deputy Vice President, Office of International Affairs
2019-2020: Chair, Department of Library and Information Science
Florida State University, USA (2010-2017; Maternity Leave in 2014)
2010 – 2017: Assistant Professor (Tenured), iSchool
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA (2008-2009)
Library Intern, Nonprofit Resource Library, Center for Nonprofit Management in Los Angeles, CA, USA (2003)
Web Surfer, Department of Surfing, Yahoo! Korea, South Korea (1999 – 2001)
Publications
Refereed Journal Articles
International: SSCI, SCI, Scopus Indexed Journals (* corresponding author)
Hwang, B. & Oh, S.* (under review). University students' perceptions of the credibility of health-related YouTube videos: A framework of source, content, creator and interaction dimensions.
Oh, S., Lee, J. & Yi, M.* (under review). Exploring the relationship between information awareness, access, and socio-economic deprivation: A cross-jurisdictional analysis of local health information.
Fu, H. & Oh, S.* (accepted). Vaccine disclose and vaccine hesitancy on social Q&A: Comparing topical differences and user engagement in COVID-19 vs. non-Covid-19 vaccine questions.
Oh, S., & Syn, S. Y.* (2024). Perceived risks and use of social media for COVID-19 information. Library Hi Tech. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/LHT-01-2024-0024
Fu, H., & Oh, S.* (2023). Topics of questions and community interaction in social Q&A during the COVID-19 pandemic. Health Information & Libraries Journal 40(4), 417-429.
Kim, H., & Oh, S.* (2023). Everyday life information seeking in South Korea during the COVID-19 pandemic: Daily topics of information needs in social Q&A. Online Information Review 47(2), 414-430.
Fu, H. & Oh, S.* (2022). Online community development in the early stages: The life cycle model application to Medical Sciences Stack Exchange. Aslib Journal of Information Management 74(6), 1214-1232.
Lee, J., Oh, S.*, Dong, H., Wang, F., & Burnett, G. (2019) Motivations for self-archiving on an academic social networking site: A study on ResearchGate. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology. 70(6), 563-574.
Fu, H. & Oh, S.* (2019). Quality assessment of answers with user-identified criteria and data-driven features in social Q&A. Information Processing & Management, 56(1), 14-28.
He, Z., Chen, Z., Oh, S., Hou, J., & Bian, J. (2017). Enriching consumer health vocabulary through mining a social Q&A site: A similarity-based approach. Journal of Biomedical Informatics 69, 75-85.
Park, M., He, Z., Chen, Z., Oh, S., & Bian, J. (2016). Consumers' Use of UMLS Concepts on Social Media: Diabetes-Related Textual Data Analysis in Blog and Social Q&A Sites. Journal of the Medical Internet Research Diabetes. 24;4(4):e41.
Oh, S.*, Zhang, Y., & Park, M. (2016). Cancer information seeking in social Q&A: Identifying health-related topics in cancer questions on Yahoo! Answers. Information Research. 21(3). paper 718. Retrieved from http://InformationR.net/ir/21-3/paper713.html
Lee, J., Oh, S., & Burnett, G. (2016). Organizational socialization of academic librarians in the United States. Journal of Academic Librarianship, 42(4), 382-389. doi:10.1016/j.acalib.2016.04.011
Oh, S., & Syn, S. Y.* (2015). Motivations for sharing information and social support in social media: A comparative analysis of Facebook, Twitter, Delicious, YouTube, and Flickr. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 66(10), 2045-2060. doi:10.1002/asi.23320
Oh, S.*, Yang, S., Pomerantz, J. A., Wildemuth, B. M., & Fox, E. A. (2015). Results of a digital library curriculum field test. International Journal on Digital Libraries, 1-14. doi:10.1007/s00799-015-0151-5
Syn, S. Y., & Oh, S.*(2015). Why do social network site users share information on Facebook and Twitter? Journal of Information Science, 41(5), 553-569. doi:10.1177/0165551515585717
Oh, S., & Kim, S.*(2014). College students' use of social media for health in the USA and Korea. Information Research, 19(4), 643. Retrieved from http://InformationR.net/ir/19-4/paper643.html
Kung, M. Y., & Oh, S.* (2013). Characteristics of nurses who use social media. CIN: Computers, Informatics and Nursing, 32(2), 64-72. doi:10.1097/01.NCN.0000444339.89422.34
Oh, S., & Noh, Y.* (2013). Online health information in South Korean public libraries: Developing evaluation criteria. Library & Information Science Research, 35(1), 78-84. doi:10.1016/j.lisr.2012.09.001
Oh, S.*, & Worrall, A. (2013). Health answer quality evaluation by librarians, nurses and users in social Q&A. Library and Information Science Research, 35(4), 288-298. doi:10.1016/j.lisr.2013.04.007
Worrall, A.*, & Oh, S. (2013). The place of health information and socio-emotional support in social questioning and answering. Information Research, 18(3), 587. Retrieved from http://InformationR.net/ir/18-3/paper587.html
Oh, S.* (2012). The characteristics and motivations of health answerers for sharing information, knowledge, and experiences in online environments. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 63(3), 543-557. doi:10.1002/asi.21676
Kim, S.*, & Oh, S.* (2009). User's relevance criteria for evaluating answers in a social Q&A site. Journal of the American Society for Information Science & Technology, 60(4), 716-727. doi:10.1002/asi.21026 .(*The authors made an equal contribution to the authorship of this study)
Shah, C.*, Oh, S., & Oh, J. S. (2009). Research agenda for social Q&A. Library & Information Science Research, 11(4), 205-209.
Shah, C.*, Oh, J. S., & Oh, S. (2008). Exploring characteristics and effects of user participation in online social Q&A sites. First Monday, 13(9), 1-5. Retrieved from http://firstmonday.org/article/view/2182/2028
Park, E.*, Nam, Y., & Oh, S. (2007). Integrated framework for electronic theses and dissertations in Korean contexts. Journal of Academic Librarianship, 33(3), 338-346. doi:10.1016/j.acalib.2007.01.010
National: KCI Indexed Journals (* corresponding author)
Moon, S., Yoon, H., Yang, S. & Oh, S.* (2024). Usability evaluation criteria development and application for map-based data visualization. Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science 58(2), 225-249.
Yoon, H., & Oh, S.* (2024). Factors affecting female college students' reproductive health information seeking behaviors on the Internet. Journal of the Korean Society for Information Management 41(1), 389-409.
Lee, J., Kim, S. & Oh, S.* (2023). Perceptions of academic journals and scholarly events in library and information science: An Online Survey. Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science 57(1), 365-386.
Kim, S., Lee, J., Jeong, I. Y., & Oh, S.* (2022). Perceptions of academic journals and scholarly events in library and information science: Focus Group Interviews. Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society 53(4), 319-345.
Choe, S., & Oh, S.* (2021). Everyday life information behaviors of college students on online communities: A case study of Everytime. Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society, 52(3), 239-266.
Byun, K, & Oh, S.* (2021). Current status and user experiences of the science-related YouTube services by government-funded research institutes. Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society, 52(4), 277-307.
Lee, H., & Oh, S.* (2021). Health consciousness and health Information orientation on health information searching behaviors of middle-aged adults. Journal of the Korean Society for Information Management, 38(3), 73-99.
Kwak, S., Oh, S., Noh, Y., Kwak, W., & Kim, J. (2021). The establishment of development direction Sejong City Library. CNU Social Sciences Research, 32(1), 259-283.
Kwak, S., Noh, Y., Oh, S., Kim, J., & Shin, Y. (2020). A study on the establishment of basic policy for the operation of Sejong City Library, Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society, 41(1), 157-183.
Kwak, S., Noh, Y., Oh, S., Kim, J., Ro, J. (2020). A study on the information service and user activation plan of Sejong City Library, Journal of Korean Society for Information Management, 37(4), 27-60.
Lee, J., Oh, S.*, Dong, H. (2020). Self-archiving motivations across academic disciplines on an academic social networking service. Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society, 51(4), 313-332. (Written in English)
Kim, S., Lee, J., & Oh, S.* (2019). Librarians’ experiences of facilitating makerspace in public libraries. Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society, 50(4), 249-272.
Oh. S., Kim, S., & Lee, J. (2019). Makerspace curriculum of ALA-accredited programs. CNU Social Sciences Research, 31(1), 263-278.
Oh, S., Kwak, S., Lee, S., Park, J. (2019). A study on the application of ISNI for the personnel information management: Having focused group interviews with participants and non-Participants in the ISNI-Korea Consortium managed by National Library of Korea. Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society, 50(2), 121-147.
Lee. S., Kwak, S., Oh, S., Park, J. (2019). A study on the management of name identifier system for ISNI-based data integration. Journal of the Korean BIBLIA Society for Library and Information Science, 30(1), 29-51.
Lee., J. & Oh, S.* (2018). Information exchange of library and information science doctoral students with faculty advisors. International Journal of Knowledge Content Development & Technology, 8(4), 55-74.
Oh, S. & Kim, S.* (2018). Health-related courses’ topics and contents of ALA-accredited library and information science programs. Journal of the Korean BIBLIA Society for Library and Information Science. 29(4), 69-89. (Written in English)
Oh, S. & Syn, S.* (2017). Motivations for sharing photos and videos on YouTube and Flickr. Journal of Korean Society for Information Management, 34(4), 227-245. (Written in English)
Kim, S., & Oh, S.* (2012). Undergraduates' use of social media for health information. Journal of the Korean Society for Information Management, 29(4), 83-99. (Written in English)
Noh, Y., & Oh, S.*(2011). A critical analysis of literature for consumer health information services in public libraries. Journal of the Korean BIBLIA Society for Library and Information Science, 22(1), 47-77.
Noh, Y., & Oh, S. (2011). An analysis of librarians' perception of providing CHI services in public libraries. Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society, 22(3), 25-55.
Noh, Y., & Oh, S. (2011). An analysis of users' perception of providing CHI services in public libraries. Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society, 42(3), 45-77.
Invited Journal Articles
Pomerantz, J., Oh, S., Yang, S., Fox, E. A., & Wildemuth, B. M. (2006). The core: Digital library education in library and information science programs. D-Lib Magazine, 12(11), N. Retrieved from http://www.dlib.org/dlib/november06/pomerantz/11pomerantz.html
Pomerantz, J., Wildemuth, B. M., Oh, S., Yang, S., & Fox, E. A. (2006). In brief: Digital libraries curriculum development. D-Lib Magazine, 12(7/8), N. Retrieved from http://www.dlib.org/dlib/july06/07inbrief.html#POMERANTZ
Invited Book Chapters
Oh, S. (contract). Social Q&A. Manuscript under contract for publication, Springer.
Oh, S., & Wildemuth, B. M. (2009). Chapter 19: Think-aloud protocols. In B. M. Wildemuth (Ed.), Applications of research methods in information and library science (pp. 178-188). Westport, Connecticut: Libraries Unlimited.
Refereed Book Chapters
Yang, S., Oh, S., Wildemuth, B. M., Fox, E., & Pomerantz, J. (2011). Educational resource development for information retrieval in a digital library context. In E. N. Efthimiadis, J. M. Fernandez-Luna, J. Huete, & A. MacFarlane (Eds.), Teaching and learning in information retrieval (pp. 199-212). Berlin, German: Springer-Verlag.
Yang, S., Fox, E., Wildemuth, B., Pomerantz, J., & Oh, S. (2009). Core Topics in Digital Library Education. In Y. Theng, S. Foo, D. Goh, & J. Na (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Digital Libraries: Design, Development, and Impact (pp. 493-505). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
Yang, S., Fox, E. A., Wildemuth, B. M., Pomerantz, J., & Oh, S. (2006). Interdisciplinary curriculum development for digital library education. In Shigeo Sugimoto, Jane Hunter, Andreas Rauber, Atsuyuki Morishima (Ed.), Digital Libraries: Achievements, Challenges, and Opportunities (pp. 61-70). Springer.
Refereed Conference Proceedings
Zhang, Y., Yan, W., Oh, S., Lee, J., Kurata, K., Matsubayashi, M. (2019) Academic social networking: From individual acts to institutional, disciplinary, national, and social phenomena. Proceedings of the 82nd Annual Conference of the American Society for Information Science & Technology (ASIST’19). Melbourne, Australia. Silver Spring, MA: The American Society for Information Science and Technology.
Fu, H. & Oh, S. (2019). Topics of example questions and discussion at the early stage of community building for health Q&A: A case study of Health Stack Exchange. Proceedings of the 82nd Annual Conference of the American Society for Information Science & Technology (ASIST’19). Melbourne, Australia. Silver Spring, MA: The American Society for Information Science and Technology.
Rath. M., Zakharchuk, O., Shah, C., Oh, S., Gazan, R., & Subramaniam, M. (2017). LearnSourcing: Is It Working or Failing, and Where to Go from Here? (Panel). Proceedings of the 81st Annual Conference of the American Society for Information Science & Technology (ASIST’17) (pp. 591-594). Silver Spring, MA: The American Society for Information Science and Technology.
Oh, S., Yi, Y., & Worrall, A. (2012). Quality of health answers in social Q&A. In Chang, S. L., Fulton, C., & Hersberger, J. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 75th Annual Conference of the American Society for Information Science & Technology (ASIST’12) (pp. 1-10). Silver Spring, MA: The American Society for Information Science and Technology.
Oh, S. (2011). The relationships between motivations and strategies of health answerers in social Q&A: An exploratory review of health answerers’ behaviors in Social Q&A. In Allard, S., & Connaway, L.S. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 74th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, October 9–13, 2011, New Orleans, LA, USA (pp. 9). Silver Spring, MA: The American Society for Information Science and Technology.
Radford, M. L., Connaway, L. S., Pomerantz, J., Shah, C., Oh, J-S., Oh, S., & Gazan, R. (2009). Opportunities, threats, & theoretical approaches: Research in traditional and social virtual reference quality. In American Society for Information Science and Technology (pp. 1). Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Oh, S., Oh, J.-S., & Shah, C. (2008). The use of information sources by the internet users in answering questions. In Proceeding of the 71st Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIST’08) (pp. 10). Silver Spring, MA: American Society for Information Science and Technology.
Kim, S. *, Oh, J.-S.*, & Oh, S. *. (2007). Best-answer selection criteria in a social Q&A site from the user oriented relevance perspective. In Proceeding of the 70th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIST’07 (pp. 10). Silver Spring, MA: American Society for Information Science and Technology.(*The authors made an equal contribution to the authorship of this study)
Yang, S., Oh, S., Pomerantz, J., Wildemuth, B. M., & Fox, E. A. (2007). Improving education and understanding of NDLTD. In Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations (pp. 1-10). Uppsala, Sweden: Uppsala University Library. Retrieved from http://epc.ub.uu.se/ETD2007/files/papers/paper-39.pdf
Sheble, L., Oh, S., Choemprayong, S., & Marchionini, G. (2006). Use of time-based visual metaphors in pregnancy PHR interface design. In Proceedings of the 11th World Congress of Internet in Medicine (MedNET) (pp. 1-7). Toronto, Canada: MEDNET. Retrieved from http://www.mednetcongress.org/ocs/viewabstract.php?id=421
Nonrefereed Reports
Kelly, D., Shah, C., Sugimoto, C. R., Bailey, E. W., Clemens, R. A., Irvine, A., Johnson, N., Ke, W., Oh, S., Poljakova, A., van Nord, M., & Zhang, Y. (2008). Method bias? The effects of performance feedback on users’ evaluations of an interactive IR system. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Library and Information Science.
Presentations
Refereed Papers at Conferences
Oh, S., Yi, Y., & Worrall, A. (presented 2012, November). Quality of health answers in social Q&A. Paper presented at the 75th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T ’12), The American Society for Information Science and Technology, Baltimore, MD, USA. (International)
Oh, S. (presented 2011, October). The relationships between motivations and strategies of health answerers in social Q&A: An exploratory review of health answerers’ behaviors in Social Q&A. Paper presented at the 74th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T ’11), American Society for Information Science and Technology, New Orleans, LA, USA. (Internationa
Radford, M. L., Connaway, L. S., Pomerantz, J., Shah, C., Oh, J-S., Oh, S., & Gazan, R. (presented 2009, November). ). Opportunities, threats, & theoretical approaches: Research in traditional and social virtual reference quality. Paper presented at the 72th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology(ASIS&T ’09), American Society for Information Science and Technology, Vancouver, BC, Canada. (International)
Oh, S., Oh, J.-S., & Shah, C. (presented 2008, November). The use of information sources by the internet users in answering questions. Paper presented at the 71st Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T ’08), American Society for Information Science and Technology, Columbus, OH, USA. (International)
Kim, S., Oh, J.-S., & Oh, S. (presented 2007, November). Best-answer selection criteria in a social Q&A site from the user oriented relevance perspective. Paper presented at the 70th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T ’07), American Society for Information Science and Technology, Milwaukee, WI, USA. (International)
Sheble, L., Oh, S., Choemprayong, S., & Marchionini, G. (presented 2006, November). Use of time-based visual metaphors in pregnancy PHR interface design. Paper presented at the 11th World Congress on Internet in Medicine (MedNET), Medicine 2.0, Toronto, Canada. (International)
Refereed Posters at Conferences
Fu, H., Wu, S., & Oh, S. (presented 2015, November). Evaluating answer quality across knowledge domains: Using textual and non-textual features in social Q&A. Poster presentation at Proceedings of the 78th Annual Conference of the American Society for Information Science & Technology (ASIST’15), ASIST. (International)
Park, M. S., & Oh, S. (presented 2015, November). Testing variations across contexts in high quality information selection practices: A hierarchical linear modeling approach. Poster presentation at Proceedings of the 78th Annual Conference of the American Society for Information Science & Technology (ASIST’15), ASIST. (International)
Oh, S., Lustria, M., Park, M. S., & Schmitt, K. (presented 2015, April). “Do I have an STD?”: Capturing concerns about sexually transmitted diseases in a social Q&A using content analysis and text mining. Poster presentation at The 3rd Biennial D.C. Health Communication Conference (DCHC) “Communication Competence and Health Promotion”, D.C. Health Communication Conference (DCHC), Fairfax, Virginia. (International)
Oh, S., & Park, M. S. (presented 2015, March). HIV/AIDS question analysis with text mining: Using concept maps for data analysis and interpretation. Poster presentation at iConference, iSchools.org, Newport Beach, CA, USA. (International)
Park, M., & Oh, S. (presented 2015, March). Research design: Understanding semantic relationships in health question-answering behavior in social context. Poster presentation at iConference, iSchools.org, Newport Beach, CA, USA. (International)
Choi, W., Oh, S., & Valisa, S. (presented 2013, November). Mapping MARC or UNIMARC to Doblin Core: A case study of the Sonzogno Digital Library project. Poster presentation at Annual Meeting of the 76th Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Association for Information Science and Technology, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. (International)
Oh, S., & Park, M. S. (presented 2013, November). Text Mining as a Method of Analyzing Health Questions in Social Q&A. Poster presentation at Annual Meeting of the 76th Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Association for Information Science and Technology. (International)
Kim, S., & Oh, S. (presented 2012, November). Undergraduates’ use of social media for health information. Presentation at Fall Meeting of the Korean Society for Information Management, Korean Society for Information Management, Seoul, Korea. (National)
Oh, S., Zhang, Y., & Park, M. (presented 2012, October). Health information needs on diseases: A coding schema development for analyzing health questions in social Q&A. Poster presentation at the Annual Meeting of American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T ’12), The American Society for Information Science and Technology, Baltimore, MD, USA. (International)
Worrall, A., Oh, S., & Yi, Y. (presented 2012, October). Quality evaluation of health answers in social Q&A: Socio-emotional support and evaluation criteria. Poster presentation at the Annual Meeting of American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T ’12), The American Society for Information Science and Technology, Baltimore, MD, USA. (International)
Oh, S., Worrall, A., & Yi, Y. (presented 2011, October). Quality evaluation of health answers in Yahoo! Answers: A comparison between experts and users. Poster presentation at the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T’11), The American Society for Information Science and Technology, New Orleans, LA, USA. (International)
Syn, S., & Oh, S. (presented 2011, October). Web resource selection behavior patterns of social media users in health: A comparison of Yahoo! Answers and Delicious. Poster presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T’11), The American Society for Information Science and Technology, New Orleans, LA, USA. (International)
Oh, J.-S., Shah, C., & Oh, S. (presented 2009, November). User participation patterns over time in Yahoo! Answers. Poster presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T’09), The American Society for Information Science and Technology, Vancouver, BC, Canada. (International)
Oh, S., Wildemuth, B. M., Pomerantz, J., Yang, S., & Fox, E. (presented 2009, November). Using a Wiki as a platform for formative evaluation. Poster presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T’09), The American Society for Information Science and Technology, Vancouver, BC, Canada. (International)
Wildemuth, B. M., Pomerantz, J., Oh, S., Yang, S., & Fox, E. A. (presented 2009, June). The variety of ways in which instructors implement a modular digital library curriculum. Poster presentation at the Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL’09), The Joint Conference on Digital Libraries, Austin, TX, USA. (International)
Pomerantz, J., Oh, S., Wildemuth, B. M., Hank, C., Tibbo, H., & Fox, E. A. (presented 2009, February). Comparing curricula for digital library and digital curation education. Presentation at Proceedings of DigCCurr2009: Practice, Promise, and Prospects, School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. (International)
Wildemuth, B. M., Pomerantz, J., Oh, S., Yang, S., & Fox, E. A. (presented 2009, February). I-School as a natural home for digital libraries education. Poster presentation at iConference, iConference, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. (National)
Kim, S., Oh, S., & Oh, J.-S. (presented 2008, October). Evaluating health answers in a social Q&A site. Poster presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T ’08), The American Society for Information Science and Technology, American Society for Information Science and Technology. (International)
Pomerantz, J., Oh, S., Wildemuth, B. M., Yang, S., & Fox, E. A. (presented 2007, June). Digital library education in computer science programs. Poster presentation at JCDL, Joint Conference on Digital Libraries, Vancouver, BC, Canada. (International)
Oh, S., Sheble, L., & Choemprayong, S. (presented 2006, October). Personal pregnancy health records (PregHeR): Facets to interface design. Poster presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, The American Society for Information Science and Technology, Austin, TX, USA. (International)
Wildemuth, B. M., Blake, C. L., Spurgin, K., Oh, S., & Zhang, Y. (presented 2006, September). Patients’ perspectives on personal health records: An assessment of needs and concerns. Poster presentation at Critical Issues in eHealth Research Conference: Toward Quality Patient Centered Care, The Health e-Technologies Initiative, Bethesda, MD, USA. (National)
Pomerantz, J., Wildemuth, B. M., Oh, S., Yang, S., & Fox, E. (presented 2006, June). Evaluation of a curriculum for digital libraries. Poster presentation at JCDL, The Joint Conference on Digital Libraries, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. (International)
Refereed Presentations at Symposia
Yang, S., Oh, S., Pomerantz, J., Wildemuth, B. M., & Fox, E. A. (presented 2007, June). Improving education and understanding of NDLTD. In the 10th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Presentation at the meeting of Electronic Theses and Dissertations, Uppsala, Sweden. (International)
Invited Lectures
Oh, S. (2013, April). Understanding the Health Information Needs in Social Q&A: A Mixed-Method Approach of Content Analysis and Data Mining. Delivered at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, School of Information Studies, Milwaukee, WI. (Local)
Oh, S. (2012, July). Methods of Social Media Research: Data Collection & Use in Social Media. Delivered at Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia. (Local)
Oh, S. (2012, July). Quality of Health Answers in Social Q&A. Delivered at University of Technology, Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia. (Local)
Oh, S. (2012, July). Quality of Health Answers in Social Q&A: Comparison between Librarians, Nurses, and Yahoo! Answers Users. Delivered at Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia. (Local)
Oh, S. (2010, March). Relevance Criteria Used by Answerers to Evaluate an Answer. Delivered at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC USA. (Local) Guest lecture for a reference service course, INLS 501: Information Sources and Services.
Oh, S. (2010, March). Social Q&A as a Source of Information. Delivered at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. (Local) Guest lecture in a course, INLS 200: Retrieving and Analyzing Information.
Oh, S. (2009, October). Social Q&A: Questioners and Answerers. Delivered at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC. (Local) Guest lecturer in a reference service course, “INLS 501: Information Sources and Services”.
Oh, S. (2008, September). Best Answer Selection Criteria in a Social Q&A Site. Delivered at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC. (Local) Guest Speaker in a seminar held by the Center for Research and Development of Digital Libraries (CRADLE) Seminar.
Contracts and Grants
Contracts and Grants Funded (*principle investigator)
Lee, J.*, Oh. S., Lee., M., Yang, S., Choi, K (July 2023-June 2026). AI-based data visualization platform development research for regional information inequality using public library data. Funded by Korea Research Foundation. Total award.
Oh, S.* (July 2022-June 2023). Sungkyunkwan University. Total award $15,000.
Oh, S.* (July 2020-Dec 2022). Health information seeking and sharing behaviors of social media users who have concerns on social and environmental health problems. Funded by Korea Research Foundation (Young Researcher Support Funding). Total award $30,000.
Oh, S. *(Jan 2013–Dec 2013). Understanding health Information behaviors in social Q&A: Text mining of health questions and answers in Yahoo! Answers. Funded by OCLC/ALISE Library and Information Science Research Grant Program. Total award $14,888.
Oh, S.* (May 2012–Aug 2012). An investigation of information needs related to sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Funded by Florida State University. Total award $14,000. Committee on Faculty Research Support (COFRS) Grant Regular Summer Awards.
Oh, S.* (May 2011–Aug 2011). Quality evaluation of health answers in social Q&A: A comparison between health reference librarians and questioners. Funded by Florida State University. Total award $17,000. First Year Assistant Professor Research Grant.
Teaching Experiences
Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea
Information Retrieval
Human Information Behaviors
Health Information Behaviors
Introduction to Data Science
Elderly Information Behaviors
Chungnam National University, South Korea
Database Design
Information Architecture
User Information Behaviors
Online Information Use
Information Retrieval
Theory of Information Science
Florida State University, USA
LIS 4776: Advanced Health Informatics
LIS 4785: Introduction to Health Informatics
LIS 5008: Advanced Online Searching
LIS 5472: Digital Libraries
LIS 5786: Introduction to Information Architecture
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
INLS 200: Retrieving and Analyzing Information
INLS 468: Tools for Information
Service
Florida State University
FSU University Service
Member, 2013 DigiTech Planning Committee (2013).
Member, 2012 DIGITech Planning Committee (2011–2012).
FSU College Service
Member, College of Communication & Information Academic Affairs Committee (2014–present).
Member, School of Communication Faculty Search Committee (2014–2015).
FSU Department Service
Member, Faculty Evaluation Committee (2015–present).
Chair, Faculty Search Committee (2015).
Member, Undergraduate Committee (2014–2015).
Member, Doctoral Committee (2014).
Member, Director Search Committee (2012–2013).
Member, Master of Library and Information Science Committee (2012–2013).
Member, Faculty Search Committee (2011–2012).
Member, Undergraduate Committee (2011–2012).
The Profession
Editorial Board Membership(s)
Journal of the Korean Biblia Society for Library and Information Science (2015–present).
International Journal of Knowledge Content Development & Technology (2011–present).
Guest Reviewer for Refereed Journals
Information Processing & Management (2012–present).
Journal of Education for Library and Information Science (2012–present).
ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Human Interaction (2011–present).
Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science and Technology(2010–present).
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology(2009–present).
Service to Professional Associations
Team Leader, Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) SIG USE (2012–present).
Member, OCLC/ALISE Library and Information Science Research Grant Competition Committee, Association for Library and Information Science Education (2016–2018).
Member, Program Committee, iConference (2015–2016).
Chair, Teller Committee, Association for Library and Information Science Education (2012–2013).