Dr. Hyuk-Jin Lee

Associate Professor
School of Library and Information Studies

Professional Preparation

Ph.D., 2006, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Library and Information Science

M.S.I., 1999, University of Michigan
Information Science

B.A., 1997, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
Library and Information Science

Professional Experience

• Instructor, Rutgers University
• Lecturer II, Texas Woman's University

Teaching

• At Master’s level:  LS 5013 Information Organization and Retrieval, LS 5573 Web Development for the Information Professions, LS 5753 Research Methods, and LS 5903 Special Topics: Metadata
• At Doctoral level:  LS 6903 Special Topics: Research and Issues in Library and Information Science

Scholarship

• Hyuk-Jin Lee has authored or co-authored several published articles including:
• Lee, H. J. (2010). Collaboration in cultural heritage digitisation in East Asia, Program: Electronic library and information systems, 44 (4), pp. 357-373.
• Lee, H. J. & Neal, D. (2010). A new model for semantic photograph description combining basic levels and user-assigned descriptors, Journal of Information Science, 36 (5), pp. 547-565.
• Hill, V. & Lee, H. J. (2010). Libraries and Museums in Virtual World. Proceeding paper presented at the 16th International conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia (VSMM) 2010, Seoul, Republic of Korea, October 20-23, 2010. pp. 386-389.
• Hill, V. & Lee, H. J. (2010). Adoption of Virtual Worlds in Libraries: A Progress Report. In Proceedings, ASIST 2010 Proceedings of the 73rd ASIS&T Annual Meeting, Joining Research and Practice: Social Computing and Information Science, 47 (1), Pittsburgh, PA, October 22-27, 2010. pp. 1-3.

Service

• Treasurer for SIG-VIS group of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIST)
• Member, TWU Federation Committee
• Member, TWU College of Professional Education (COPE) Professional Development Committee
• Member, TWU COPE Awards Committee