Kyunghye Kim Assistant Professor College of Information Florida State University Tallahassee, FL 32306-2100 Office: #230 LSB Office Hours: W 1:45-3:15 Phone:850-644-8112 Email:kim at ci dot fsu dot edu

I am a proud student of information science. Once a librarian, I've got my PhD at SCILS, Rutgers University where I was a member of APLab (Director: P.B. Kantor). As an educator, my primary goal is to train user-savvy and technology-savvy librarians who are well versed in both user needs and behaviors, and cutting-edge web/digital technologies. As a researcher, I trek to understand how humans search for, find, use, and orgnize information on the Web and in Digital Libraries(DLs). I believe that DLs of future will empower humans to solve problems and learn on our own in effective, efficient, and pleasant manners. One of my research goals is to design innovative user interface of digital libraries (or search engines) that support users' metacognitive processes and activities.

When I don't teach or conduct research, I play with my 8-year-old son, "read" cooking books, search for trivia on the Web, or listen to jazz music. My most wishes to have dinner with are the late Stefan Zweig and Nellie Bly, respectively. My personal goal for 2006 is to rediscover joy in reading for pleasure (while surviving the tsunami of work-related readings!!!) For more information on me, check my cv (pdf) please.

Work In Progress

~ Information literacy for e-Patients
~ PROMHIS: Process Model of Health Information Seeking
~ Music and video downloading behaviors among undergrad students : information needs, attitudes, and source preferences (w/ G. Burnett)
~ Developing MISSI (Metaconitive Information Searching Skills Inventory)