JungWon Yoon, Ph.D.
jyoon [dot] jbnu [at] gmail [dot] com
Department of Library and Information Science
Jeonbuk National University
Humanities and Social Science Building #507
567 Baekje-daero, Deokjin-gu, Jeonju-si, Jeollabuk-do, 54896 South Korea
jyoon [dot] jbnu [at] gmail [dot] com
Department of Library and Information Science
Jeonbuk National University
Humanities and Social Science Building #507
567 Baekje-daero, Deokjin-gu, Jeonju-si, Jeollabuk-do, 54896 South Korea
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2020 – present Jeonbuk National University, South Korea
Professor, Department of Library and Information Science (Apr. 2022 – present)
Associate Professor, Department of Library and Information Science (Sept. 2020 – Mar. 2022)
2006 – 2020 University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
Associate Professor, School of Information (Aug. 2012 – Aug. 2020)
Assistant Professor, School of Information (Aug. 2006 - Aug. 2012)
1999 – 2006 University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
Student Associate, Texas Center for Digital Knowledge (2001 –2006)
Research Assistant, School of Library & Information Sciences (2001 –2006)
Teaching Assistant, School of Library & Information Sciences (2004 –2006)
Graduate Library Assistant, Science & Technology Library (2000 –2001)
Webmaster, The Office of University Planning (1999-2000)
1997 – 1999 DACOM System Technology, Inc. Seoul, Korea
Research Associate, Information Support Team, Strategy and Technology R&D Center,
1995 – 1997 Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea
Graduate Assistant, Department of Library and Information Science
1993 – 1994 SAMSUNG Heavy Industries, Inc., Seoul, Korea
Intern, Information Center
EDUCATION
2006 Ph. D. in Information Science
University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
Dissertation: Improving Recall of Browsing Sets in Image Retrieval from a Semiotics Perspective (Advisor: Brian C. O’Connor, Ph. D.)
1997 M.A. in Library and Information Science
Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea
Thesis: A Bibliographical Study on the Periodicals in the Modern Period of Korea:1889-1945
1995 B.A. in Library and Information Science
Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Scholarly Communication
Bibliodiversity, Multilingualism, Epistemic Inequality
Open Research Information, Open Access
Digital Scholarship
Human Information Behaviors & User Experience (UX)
Eye-tracking research, UX research, Usability study
Underserved population (elderly, immigrants, linguistically isolated population)
Multimodal information, Social media
Health information behaviors, Everyday information behaviors
PUBLICATIONS
Translation
Helsinki Initiative on Multilingualism in Scholarly Communication (2019). Helsinki: Federation of Finnish Learned Societies, Committee for Public Information, Finnish Association for Scholarly Publishing, Universities Norway & European Network for Research Evaluation in the Social Sciences and the Humanities. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.7887059. (Korean ver.; translated by Yoon, J. & Chung, E. (2025). https://www.helsinki-initiative.org/ko)
Ancion, Z., Borrell-Damián, L., Mounier, P., Rooryck, J., & Saenen, B. (2022). Action Plan for Diamond Open Access (Korean ver.; translated by Chung, E., Yoon, J.,Joung, K., & Lee, J. (2024). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13767397
Refereed Articles
Yoon, J. Andrews, J., Seo, S., & Chung, E. (accepted). Landscapes of Information Science and Library Science research: Comparing funded and non-funded research from 2008 to 2023. Journal of Documentation,
Yoon, J., Andrews, J. & Chung, E. (2025). Information Research at 30: Its role as a diamond open access journal supporting scholarly communication in library and information science, Information Research, 30(2), 16-22. https://doi.org/10.47989/ir30251295
Yoon, J., Rorissa, A., Kim, N., & Chung, E. (2025). Characteristics of OA diamond journals published in non-English-speaking countries. LIBRI, 75(1), 51-66. https://doi.org/10.1515/libri-2024-0026
Park, E., Kim, Y., & Yoon, J. (2025). Bibliometric analysis of Korean scholarly articles on Shakespeare. Journal of D-Culture Archives, 8(1), 111-134. https://doi.org/10.23089/jdca.2025.8.1.006 (in Korean)
Yoon, J., Ku, H., & Chung, E. (2024). The road to sustainability: Examining key drivers in open access diamond journal publishing. Learned Publishing, 37(3), e1611. https://doi.org/10.1002/leap.1611
Yoon, J. (2024). Global scholarly communication and the internationalization of scholarly journals. Journal of the Korean Society for Information Management, 41(3), 359-380. http://dx.doi.org/10.3743/KOSIM.2024.41.3.359 (in Korean)
Hwang, I. & Yoon, J. (2024). An exploratory study of information seeking behaviors of generation alpha elementary school students in academic and everyday life. Journal of the Korean Biblia Society for Library and Information Science, 35(2), 25-45. http://dx.doi.org/10.14699/kbiblia.2024.35.2.025 (in Korean)
Kim, N., Yoon, J., Lee, J., Joung, K., Hwang, H., Bai, S., & Chung, E. (2023). Development of a diagnostic framework and its application to open access journal publishing in Korea. Learned Publishing, 36, 379-393 . https://doi.org/10.1002/leap.1542
Yoon, J., Kim, N. & Chung, E. (2023). Characteristics of scholarly journals published in non-English-speaking countries: An analysis of LIS SCOPUS journals. Learned Publishing, 36(1), 14-24. https://doi.org/10.1002/leap.1520
Yoon, J. & Syn, S. (2023). The effects of visual formats on Facebook health-related posts: Evidence from eye movement analysis. Library Hi Tech, 41(3), 833-852. https://doi.org/10.1108/LHT-10-2021-0360
Chung, E., Ku, H., & Yoon, J. (2023). International students’ everyday information seeking behaviors in Korea. Journal of D-Culture Archives, 6(2), 75-96. https://doi.org/10.23089/jdca.2023.6.2.004 (in Korean)
Park, N.S., Jang, Y., Yoon, J., Chung, S., & Chiriboga, D. (2022). Relationship of social isolation with mental distress among older Korean Americans: The moderating role of social cohesion. Health & Social Care in the Community, 30(6), e4909-4919. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13903
Yoon, J., Andrews, J. & Ward, H. (2022). Perceptions on adopting Artificial Intelligence and related technologies in libraries: Public and academic librarians in North America. Library Hi Tech, 40(6), 1893-1915. https://doi.org/10.1108/LHT-07-2021-0229
Chung, E., Schalk, J. & Yoon, J. (2022). How have LIS school curriculums evolved over the past 20 years? Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science, 45(1), 14192. https://doi.org/10.5206/cjilsrcsib.v45i1.14192
Yoon, J. (2022). An exploratory study of information search behaviors of international students in Korea. Journal of the Korean Biblia Society for Library and Information Science, 33(1), 259-277. http://dx.doi.org/10.14699/kbiblia.2022.33.1.259 (in Korean)
Yoon, J. (2022). Information seeking behaviors throughout the settlement stages among international students in Korea. Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science, 56(1), 27-45. http://dx.doi.org/10.4275/KSLIS.2022.56.1.027 (in Korean)
Andrews, J. Ward, H. & Yoon, J. (2021). UTAUT as a model for understanding intention to adopt AI and related technologies among librarians. Journal of Academic Librarianship, 47(6), 102437.
Syn, S. & Yoon, J. (2021). Investigation on reading behaviors and cognitive outcomes of Facebook health information. Online Information Review, 45(6), 1097-1115.
Yoon, J., Chung, E., Schalk, J. & Kim, J. (2021). Examination of data citation guidelines in style manuals and data repositories. Learned Publishing, 34, 198-215.
Yoon, J. & McCook, K.D.L.P. (2021). Diversity of LIS students: Trends over the past 30 years. Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 62(2), 109-118.
Yoon, J. (2021). An exploratory study of health information seeking behaviors among international students in Korea. Journal of the Korean Society for Information Management 38(4), 231-250. (in Korean)
Yoon, J. & Syn, S. (2021). How do formats of health related Facebook posts effect on eye movements and cognitive outcomes? Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science, 55(3), 219-237. http://dx.doi.org/10.4275/KSLIS.2021.55.3.219 (in Korean)
Kim, S., Huang, H., & Yoon, J. (2020). A profile of non-seekers of health information among the United States foreign-born population. Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice, 8(1), 68-78.
Yoon, J., Hagen, L., Andrews, J. Scharf, R. Keller, T., & Chung, E. (2019). On the use of multimedia in Twitter health communication: analysis of tweets regarding the Zika virus. Information Research, 24(2), paper 823. Retrieved from http://InformationR.net/ir/24-2/paper823.html (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/78moMhP4D)
Yoon, J., Chung, E., & Lee, J. (2019). An investigation on scholarly publications using HINTS data by bibliometric analysis. Ewha Journal of Social Science, 35 (1), 121-152.
Yoon, J., Chung, E., Lee, J., & Kim, J. (2019). How research data is cited in scholarly literature?: A case study of HINTS. Learned Publishing, 32(3), 199-206.
Yoon, J. Taylor, N., & Kim, S. (2018). Korean immigrant mothers’ information needs for their children’s college preparation. Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice, 6(4), 54-64.
Jang, Y., Yoon, J., & Park, N.S. (2018). Source of health information and unmet healthcare needs in Asian Americans. Journal of Health Communication, 23(7), 652-660.
Yoon, J., Huang, H. & Kim, S. (2017). Trends in health information-seeking behaviour in the U.S. foreign-born population based on the Health Information National Trends Survey, 2005 – 2014. Information Research, 22(3), paper 760. [Available at http://www.informationr.net/ir/22-3/paper760.html]
Yoon, J., & Chung, E. (2017). International students’ information needs and seeking behaviours throughout the settlement stages. Libri, 67(2), 119-128. [print]
Kim, J., Chung, E., Yoon, J., & Lee, J. (2017). The current state and recommendations for data citation. Journal of the Korean Society for Information Management 34(1), 2017.3, 7-29. [print]
Yoon, J. & Chung, E. (2017). An investigation on graphical abstracts use in scholarly articles. International Journal of Information Management, 37, 1371-1379. [print]
Yoon, J. & Chung, E. (2016). Image use in social network communication: a case study of tweets on the Boston marathon bombing. Information Research, 21(1), paper 708. [Available at http://InformationR.net/ir/21-1/paper708.html]
Yoon, J., Chung, E., & Byun, J. (2015). An identification of the image retrieval domain from the perspective of library and information science with author co-citation and author bibliographic coupling analyses. Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science, 49 (4), 99-124. [print]
Chung, E. & Yoon, J. (2015). An exploratory analysis of international students’ information needs and uses. The Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science, 39(1), 36-59. [print]
Yoon, J. (2014). Health information seeking of foreign-born population in U.S. Ewha Journal of Social Science, 30 (2), 25-52. [print]
Yoon, J. & Kim, S. (2014). Internet use by international graduate students in the U.S. seeking health information. Aslib Journal of Information Management, 66(2), 118-133. [print]
Chung, E. & Yoon, J. (2013). An analysis of image use in Twitter message. Journal of Korea Biblia Society for Library and Information Science, 24(4), 75-90. [print]
Kim, S. & Yoon, J. (2012). The use of an online forum for health information by married Korean women in the United States. Information Research, 17(2), paper 514. [Available at http://informationr.net/ir/17-2/paper514.html]
Yoon, J. & Chung, E. (2011). Understanding image needs in daily life: by analyzing questions in a social Q&A site. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 62(11), 2201-2213. [print]
Yoon, J. (2011). Searching images in daily life. Library and Information Science Research, 33, 269-275. [print]
Yoon, J. (2011). A comparative study of methods to explore searchers’ affective perceptions of images. Information Research, 16(2), paper 475. [Available at http://informationr.net/ir/16-2/paper475.html]
Chung, E. & Yoon, J. (2011). Image needs in the context of image use: An exploratory study. Journal of Information Science, 37(2), 163-177. [print]
Yoon, J. & O’Connor, B. (2010). Engineering an image browsing environment: Re-purposing existing denotative descriptors. Journal of Documentation, 66(5), 750-774. [print]
Yoon, J. (2010). Utilizing quantitative users’ reactions to represent affective meanings of an image. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 61(7), 1345-1359. [print]
Chung, E. & Yoon, J. (2010). Examining categorical transition and query reformulation patterns in image search process. Journal of the Korean Society for Information Management, 27(2), 37-60. [print]
Chung, E. & Yoon, J. (2009). Categorical and specificity differences between user-supplied tags and search query terms for images. Information Research, 14(3). paper 408. [Available at http://informationr.net/ir/14-3/paper408.html]
Yoon, J. (2009). Towards a user-oriented thesaurus for non-domain-specific image collections. Information Processing & Management, 45(4), 452-468. [print]
Yoon, J. (2008). Searching for an image conveying connotative meanings: An exploratory cross cultural study. Library and Information Science Research, 30, 312-318. [print]
Yoon, J. (2006). An exploration of needs for connotative messages during image search process. Proceedings of the 69th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. [print]
Moen, W. E., Hammer, S., Taylor, M., Thomale, J., & Yoon, J. (2005). An extensible approach to interoperability testing: the use of special diagnostic records in the context of Z39.50 and online library catalogues. Proceedings of the 68th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. [print]
Yoon, J. (1997). A bibliographical study on the periodicals in the modern period of Korea: 1889-1945. Research in Bibliography, 14, 335-362. (In Korean)
Book Chapters
Yoon, J. (2015). Image retrieval practice and research. In Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, IGI Global.
Yoon, J. (2010). Indexing. In M. J. Norton (ed.), Introductory concepts in Information Science (ASIS&T Monograph Series) (2nd ed., pp.67-85), Medford: Information Today Inc.
Presentations
Andrews, J.E. & Yoon, J. (2024). Comparison of Cancer Survivor Information Non-Seeking and Seeking: Analysis of HINTS-SEER Data. AMIA 2024 Annual Symposium. November 9-13, 2024. San Francisco, CA. [poster presentation]
Yoon, J. (2024). LIS education in Korea. IFLA LISDEV SIG. July 31, 2024. [Webinar]
Chung, E. & Yoon, J. (2023). Examining epistemological disparities in non-English speaking countries: An analysis of OA diamond journals based on GDP Level. 88th IFLA General Conference and Assembly: World Library and Information Congress (Aug. 21-25, 2023, Rotterdam, The Netherlands) [poster presentation]
Hwang, I. & Yoon, J. (2023). An exploratory study of information seeking behaviors of Alpha-generation elementary school students in academic and everyday life. Conference of Korean Society for Information Science Management.
Yoon, J. (2022). Information seeking behaviors of international students in Korea. Proceedings of the 2022 Spring conference of the Institute of Humanities, Myungji University, pp. 3-10.
Yoon, J. (2022). Issues of LIS scholarly communication. Proceedings of the 2022 Spring conference of Korean Society for Library and Information Science, Korean Biblia Society for Library and Information Science, and KISTI, pp. 27-41.
Chung, E., Lee, J., Lee, J., Yoon, J. & Seo, S. (2021). The state of art of digital scholarships. Proceedings of the 28th Conference of Korean Society for Information Society Management, pp.9-28.
Yoon, J., Chung, E., Lee, J., & Kim, S. (2021). An Introduction to HINTS and use cases. Korean Society for Information Society Management, Winter Workshop for Health Informatics.
Park, N.S., Jang, Y., Chiriboga, D. & Yoon, J. (2021). The Relationship of Social Isolation with Mental Distress Among Older Korean Americans: The Role of Positive Social Environment. Poster. Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR) 2021 Annual Conference.
Yoon, J. & Syn, Sue. (2020). Eye-movement analysis for Facebook health information. Korean Society for Library and Information Science Conference, Nov. 6, 2020.
Kim, N., Yoon, J., & Chung, E. (2020). What data characteristics are needed for data reuse in the domain of social sciences in Korea? Short Paper/Poster. 2020 iConference. [poster presentation was not made due to the conference cancellation].
Yoon, J., Chung, E., Lee, J., & Kim, J. (2019). Measuring Contributions of HINTS datasets in Scholarly Communication using Bibliometric Analysis. HINTS Users Conference, May 22 – 23, 2019.
Yoon, J., Syn, S., & Tippett, A. (2019). How do people perceive Facebook features on health-related Facebook post? 2019 iConference.
Jang, Y., Yoon, J., & Park, N.S. (2019). Source of health information and unmet healthcare needs in Asian Americans. Poster. Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR) 2019 Annual Conference.
Yoon, J., Chung, E., Lee, J., & Downing, M.K. (2018). Bibliometric analysis for measuring the value of research data: using HINTS dataset. Poster presentation. 2018 Association for Library and Information Science Education Annual Conference.
Huang, H., Yu, H., Andrews, J., Yoon, J., Burgess, K. (2017). Uncovering Hidden Behavioral Patterns in the Era of “We Media”: Modeling Spatio-Temporal Dynamics for Twitter News. iConference.
Matusiak, K., Rorissa, A., Albertson, D., & Yoon, J. (2016). How is image seeking and use studied: Theoretical models and research methods. Panel presentation. 2016 Association for Information Science & Technology 79th Annual Meeting.
Yoon, J., Kim, S., & Huang, H. (2016). Trends in foreign-born populations’ health information seeking behaviors: from Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS) 2005 – 2014. Poster presentation. 2016 Association for Library and Information Science Education Annual Conference, 011Jan. 5, Boston, MA.
Butym, V. & Yoon, J., (2015). Diversity & Inclusion. Poster. REFORMA National Conference V. San Diego, CA, Apr. 1-4, 2015.
Yoon, J. (2015). Role of information in social inclusion for international students. ALA midwinter meeting. Chicago, IL. Jan. 30-Feb. 1, 2015. Invited talk.
Yoon, J. (2014). Research trends of LIS in the US and Korea. Korea Biblia Society for Library and Information Science Annual Conference. Milwaukee, WI. July 1 – 3, 2014. Invited talk.
Yoon, J. & Chung, E. (2013). How images are conversed on Twitter? Short Paper/Poster. 2013 American Society for Information Science & Technology 76th Annual Meeting.
Huang H., Andrews J., Yoon J., Cannon P., Pearce F., Cho M., Chung, E. (2013). Twitter activity following the Supreme Court Gene Patent Decision. The fifth Consumer Genetics Conference, Boston, MA.
Chung, E. & Yoon, J. (2012). Analysis of multimedia needs and searching features: An exploratory study. Short Paper/Poster. 2012 American Society for Information Science & Technology 75th Annual Meeting.
Austin, D., Gregory, V., McCook, K., Dunkley, C., & Yoon, J. (2012). Living diversity initiatives: a historical and future look at one library school program’s commitment to community and culture. 2012 Joint Conference of Librarians of Color.
Chung, E. & Yoon, J. (2010). An exploratory analysis on unsuccessful image searches. Short Paper/Poster. 2010 American Society for Information Science & Technology 73rd Annual Meeting.
Yoon, J. & Chung, E. (2009). Image query reformulation over different search stages. Short Paper/Poster. 2009 American Society for Information Science & Technology 72nd Annual Meeting.
Yoon, J. (2009). Effectiveness of query expansion using Flickr Related Tags. International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Application. Oct. 2009, Seoul, Korea.
Chung, E. & Yoon, J. (2008). A categorical comparison between user-supplied tags and web search queries for images. Short Paper/Poster. 2008 American Society for Information Science & Technology 71st Annual Meeting. Oct. 27, 2008, Columbus, OH.
Hastings, S., Neal, D., Rorissa, A., Yoon, J., & Lyer, H. (2007). Social computing, folksonomies, and image tagging: Reports from the research front. Panel presentation. 2007 American Society for Information Science & Technology 70th Annual Meeting. Oct. 23, 2007, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Yoon, J. (2007). Finding images expressing emotional, affective, abstract, and symbolic meanings. Short Paper/Poster. 2007 American Society for Information Science & Technology 70th Annual Meeting. Oct. 22, 2007, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Yoon, J. (2007). Utilization of the semantic differential to enhance connotative accessibility in image retrieval. Poster Presentation. 2007 Association for Library and Information Science Education Annual Conference, Jan. 15, Seattle, Washington.
Yoon, J. (2006). An exploration of needs for connotative messages during image search process. Refereed Paper Presentation. 2006 American Society for Information Science & Technology 69th Annual Meeting, November 8, 2006, Austin, TX.
Yoon, J. (2006). Improving recall of browsing sets in image retrieval: from a semiotics perspective. Poster Presentation. 2006 Association for Library and Information Science Education Annual Conference, January, 17, 2006, TX.
Moen, W. E. & Yoon, J. (2005). An alternative approach to interoperability testing: the use of special diagnostic records in the context of Z39.50 and online library catalog. Refereed Paper Presentation. 2005 American Society for Information Science & Technology 68th Annual Meeting, November 1, 2005, Charlotte, NC.
Yoon, J. (2005). A thesaurus based model for improving recall of browsing sets in image retrieval: from a pictorial semiotics perspective. Poster Presentation. 2005 Association for Library and Information Science Education Annual Conference, January 12, 2005. Boston, MA.
Cleveland, A., Oosterwijk, H., Ponnam, B., Anusury, R., Yoon, J., Philbrick, J., Welsh, N., & Zhang, P. (2002). Developing an indexing method for digital medical images in a DICOM database. Poster Presentation. Proceedings of the Radiological Society of North America 88th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, Dec. 2002, Chicago, IL., 763.
Moen, W., Palmer, C., Kim, E., Homles, H., Yoon, J., & Herington, R. (2001). Accessing interoperability in the networked information retrieval environment. Poster Presentation. 2001 American Society for Information Science & Technology 64th Annual Meeting, Nov. 2-8, 2001, Washington D.C.
Technical Reports
Chung, E., Lee, J., Joung, K., Yoon, J., Hwang, H., Kim, N., & Bai, S. (2022). Development of Digital Open Access Maturity Model: Phase 2. Final Report for Korean Institute of Science and Technology Information.
Chung, E., Lee, J., Lee, J., Yoon, J. & Seo, S. (2020. 12). Developing Digital Scholarship Service for National Library of Korea. Final Report for National Library of Korea.
Chung, E., Yoon, J., Choi, H., Kim, N., Rodriguez, Z., & Tippett, A. (2018). Metrics Development for Research Data Use. Final Report for Korean Institute of Science and Technology Information.
Yoon, J. (2014). Role of Information in Social Inclusion for International Students: Second status report for ALA Diversity Research Grant Program.
Yoon, J. (2014). Role of Information in Social Inclusion for International Students: First status report for ALA Diversity Research Grant Program.
Yoon, J. (2009). Utilizing quantitative users’ reactions to represent connotative meanings of an image (Final report). University of South Florida, New Researcher Grant.
Starcher, C., Yoon, J., & Moen, W. (2002). Z39.50 interoperability testbed: establishing benchmarks for test searches. Prepared for Z39.50 Interoperability Testbed (project)
Yoon, J. & Moen, W. (2002). Procedures for analyzing search results from z-interop testbed participant’s z-client. Prepared for Z39.50 Interoperability Testbed (project)
Yoon, J. & Moen, W. (2002). SQL data analysis procedures to create aggregate and candidate record groups on sample of decomposed MARC records: Phase 1 testing. Prepared for Z39.50 Interoperability Testbed (project)
GRANTS AWARDED
Scholarly Communication Mechanisms through the Establishment and Cessation of Humanities Journals
Role: PI
Agency: Jeonbuk National University (Flagship Foundational Research Promotion Program in Humanities)
Duration: Jul. 2025 - Jan. 2026
A Study on the Globalization of Scholarly Communication
Role: PI (Co-PI: James E. Andrews)
Agency: Jeonbuk National University (Internationally Renowned Academic Research Support Program in Humanities and Social Sciences)
Duration: Oct. 2024 – Feb. 2025
A Study for Enhancing Sustainability of Open Access Diamond Journals
Role: PI
Agency: Jeonbuk National University (Mid-career Researcher Lifecycle Support Program)
Duration: Dec. 2023 – Feb. 2025
Development of Digital Open Access Maturity Model (Phase II)
Role: Consultant (PI: EunKyung Chung)
Agency: Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information
Duration: May 2022 – Oct. 2022
Building Dementia Care Network and Community Capacity for Older Asian Immigrants with Limited English Proficiency in Florida
Role: Consultant (PI: Nan Park)
Agency: Florida Department of Health via the Ed and Ethel Moore Alzheimer’s Disease Research Program (21A25)
Project Period: 06/17 2021–10/31 2023
Exploring Best Practices for Preparing Librarians in Adopting Artificial Intelligence into Libraries
Role: PI (Co-PI: James E. Andrews)
Agency: Association for Library and Information Science Education, Research Grant Award
Project Period: 10/01/2020 – 09/30/2021
Developing Digital Scholarship Services for the National Library of Korea
Role: CO-PI (PI: EunKyung Chung, CO-PIs: JaeYun Lee, JeongYeon Lee)
Agency: National Library for Korea
Project Period: 07/08/2020 – 12/24/2020
Navigating Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD) Care and Services in Linguistic Isolation
Role: CO-I (PI-Nan Park; Overall PI-Yuri Jang)
Agency: National Institute on Aging
Grant Number: 3R01AG047106-06S1 (Administrative Supplement)
Project Period: 05/01/2019 – 04/30/2021
How do people perceive Facebook features on health-related Facebook post?
Agency: College of Art & Sciences, University of South Florida, International Travel Grant
Duration: Spring 2019
Investigation of the impact of text and visual formats on Facebook health communication based on user-centered evidence from eye-movement analysis
Role: CO-PI (PI: Sue Yeon Syn)
Agency: Medical Library Association Donald A. B. Lindberg Research Fellowship
Duration: June 2018 – May 2019
Metric development for research data use
Role: CO-PI (PI: EunKyung Chung)
Agency: Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information
Duration: May 2018 – Oct. 2018
Role of Information in Social Inclusion for International Students
Role: PI
Agency: American Library Association Annual Diversity Research Grant
Duration: Sep. 2013 – Aug. 2014
Effectiveness of query expansion using Flickr Related Tags
Agency: College of Art & Sciences, University of South Florida, International Travel Grant
Duration: Fall 2009
Utilizing Quantitative Users’ Reactions to Represent Connotative Meanings of an Image
Role: PI
Agency: University of South Florida, USF New Researcher Grant
Duration: May 2008 – April 2009
COURSES TAUGHT
Department of Library and Information Science, Jeonbuk National University
Information Behaviors Research & UX
Data Driven Society
Scholarly Communication Paradigm
Library Administration
Academic Library Administration
Administration of School Media Center
School of Information, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
LIS 6711 Organization of Knowledge I
LIS 6726C Metadata (former title: Indexing & Abstracting)
LIS 6271 Research Methods in Library and Information Science
LIS 6511 Collection Development and Maintenance
LIS 6316 Visualization of Knowledge
LIS 6480 Search Engine Society and Digital Natives
LIS 5937 Digital Libraries (Special Topics)
Teaching Assistant. School of Library and Information Sciences, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
SLIS 5200 Introduction to Information Organization
SLIS 5223 Metadata and Networked Information Organization and Retrieval
ORGANIZATIONAL SERVICE
Jeonbuk National University
2021/2022 Admission committee
2023/2024 Committee on Admission Policy for College of Humanities
Department of Library and Information Science, Jeonbuk National University
2023 - Department Chair
2021 - iSchool representative
School of Information, University of South Florida
2019/2020 Chair. LIS Policy Committee
2018/2019 Chair. Faculty Affairs committee
Member. Instructor Promotion Committee
Member. Scholarship Committee
2017/2018 Chair. Faculty Affairs committee
Chair. Tenure & Promotion Committee
Member. MLIS curriculum committee
Member. Scholarship Committee
2016/2017 Member. Search Committee: Instructor
Member. Tenure & Promotion Committee
Member. Scholarship Committee
2015/2016 Chair. Committee on Accreditation – Faculty Standard
Member. Steering Committee on Accreditation
Member. Admissions, Standards, and Honors Committee
Member. Tenure & Promotion Committee
2014/2015 Chair. Faculty Affairs Committee
Chair. Search Committee: Associate Professor in LIS.
Chair. Search Committee: Instructor
Chair. Committee on Accreditation – Faculty Standard
Member. Tenure & Promotion Committee
2013/2014 Chair. Faculty Affairs Committee
Chair. Search Committee: Assistant Professor for Cyber Intelligence.
2012/2013 Chair. Search Committee: Instructor position for SI undergraduate program
Member. Faculty Affairs Committee
Member. Tenure & Promotion Committee
2011/2012 Chair. Search Committee: Assistant Professor for Visual Communication
Chair. Search Committee: Instructor position for SI undergraduate program
Co-Chair. Curriculum Committee
Member. Student Affairs Committee
2010/2011 Chair. Curriculum Committee
Member. Search Committee: Two Instructors and one Visiting Assistant Professor for BSIT
2009/2010 Chair. Curriculum Committee
Chair. Scholarship subcommittee. Student Affairs Committee
Member. Search Committee: Two Assistant Professor for Health and Archiving positions
2008/2009 Co-chair. Curriculum Committee
Member. Information Science Track Committee, Curriculum Committee
Member. Committee on Accreditation – Faculty Standard
Member. Committee on Accreditation – Student Standard
2007/2008 Member. Personnel Committee
Member. Comprehensive Examination Committee, Student Affairs Committee
Member. Information Science Track Committee, Curriculum Committee
Member. Committee on Accreditation – Faculty Standard
Member. Committee on Accreditation – Student Standard
2006/2007 Member. Personnel Committee
Member. Comprehensive Examination Committee, Student Affairs Committee
University of South Florida
2018 – 2021 Member. Library Council. USF Faculty Senate
2018/2019 Alternative. USF CAS Faculty Development Committee
2016 - 2018 Faculty Advisor. Global Medical Missions Alliance at USF
Faculty Advisor. Hill City Fellowship
2015/2016 Reviewer. USF Internal Awards Program
Alternate. USF CAS Diversity Committee
Reviewer. USF Pilot Research and Faculty Travel Grants
2010, 2012 Member. USF CAS Library Committee
Reviewer. USF Internal Awards Program. USF Research Council at USF
2008/2009 Faculty Advisor. Kendo Sport Clubs at USF
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
2024 Jury. Best Information Behavior Conference Paper Award. ASIST SIG USE.
2023 – 2025 Member. International Exchange Committee. Korean Library Association (KLA)
2022 - 2025 Member. LIS Education in Developing Countries SIG. Section on Education and Training (SET). International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)
2020 Member. Excellence on Teaching Award Committee. Association for Library and Information Science Education
2020 International committee member. Korean Society for Information Management
2019 - 2021 Member. Service Award Committee. Association for Library and Information Science Education
2018 Doctoral poster session judge. 2018 Association for Library and Information Science Education Annual Conference, Feb. 6 - 9, Denver, CO.
2017 - 2019 Member. Research Grant Competition Committee. Association for Library and Information Science Education
2014 – 2019 Member. Florida Library Association (FLA) Executive Board
2013 – 2015 International committee member. Korean Biblia Society for Library and Information Science
2010 - 2011 Member. Bohdan S. Wynar Research Paper Award Committee. Association for Library and Information Science Education
2010 – 2011 Member. Special Interest Group – New Faculty. Association for Library and Information Science Education
2007 – 2011 Secretary. Special Interest Group – Visualization, Image and Sound (SIG-VIS). American Society for Information Science and Technology
2007 Doctoral poster session judge. Association for Library and Information Science Education Annual Conference, Jan. 15 - 18, 2017, Seattle, Washington.
2005 – 2013 Member. Special Interest Group – Visualization, Image and Sound (SIG-VIS). American Society for Information Science and Technology
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Editors/Editorial Boards
2021-2024 Editorial board member. Journal of the Korean Biblia Society for Library and Information Science
2021-2022 Editorial board member. Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
2020 - 2025 Editorial Board. Journal of Korean Society for Information Management
2016 – 2024 Section Editor. Open Information Journal
(indexed: SCOPUS, Emerging Source Citation Index, DOAJ)
2015 – 2021 Editorial Board. Publications.
(indexed: Scopus, Emerging Source Citation Index)
Ad-Hoc Reviewers
Journal
Applied Clinical Informatics
Aslib Journal of Information Management
The Electronic Library
Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology (3rd ed.). IGI-Global
Ewha Journal of Social Science
Journal of Documentation
Journal of Education for Library and Information Science
Journal of Librarianship & Information Science
Journal of Information Science
Journal of Information Science Theory and Practices
Journal of Scholarly Publishing
Journal of the American Society for Information Science & Technology
Journal of the Korean Biblia Society for Library and Information Science
Journal of the Korean Society for Information Management
Journal of Korean Society for Library and Information Science
Learned Publishing
Library and Information Science Research
Library Hi Tech
Online Information Review
Publications
Serials Librarian
Conference proceedings
iConference papers
Association for Library and Information Science Education paper proposals
Informing Science + IT Education Conference Proceedings
Proceedings of Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)
American Society for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T)
Association for Library & Information Science Education (ALISE)
American Library Association (ALA)
Florida Library Association (FLA)
Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association (KASEA)
Korean Biblia Society for Library and Information Science
Korean Society for Information Management
Korean Society for Library and Information Science
HONORS AND AWARDS
2020 Research Grant Award
Association for Library and Information Science Education
2018 Donald A. B. Lindberg Research Fellowship
Medical Library Association
2006 Beta Phi Mu Honor Society
Interdisciplinary Information Science Ph. D. Program Student Travel Grant
Texas Center for Digital Knowledge, University of North Texas
The Mark Rorvig Endowed Graduate Fellowship
School of Library and Information Sciences, University of North Texas
2005 Interdisciplinary Information Science Ph. D. Program Student Travel Funds
Texas Center for Digital Knowledge, University of North Texas
Dr. and Mrs. Phil Turner Scholarship
School of Library and Information Sciences, University of North Texas
2004 Graduate Student Travel Grants
School of Graduate Studies, University of North Texas
2004 Interdisciplinary Information Science Ph. D. Program Student Travel Funds
Texas Center for Digital Knowledge, University of North Texas
2003 Texas Center for Digital Knowledge Scholarship
Texas Center for Digital Knowledge, University of North Texas
2001 – 2002 Toulouse School of Graduate Studies Doctoral Fellowship
School of Graduate studies, University of North Texas
1996 – 1997 Graduate School Dissertation/Thesis Fellowship
Graduate school, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea
1995 – 1996 Graduate Student Scholarship
Department of Library and Information Science, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea
1993 – 1995 Dean’s list and Full Tuition Scholarship
Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea
1991 – 1993 Scholarship for Academic Achievement
Ewha Womans University, Seoul Korea