Education

Ph.D., Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2008-Present  

M.L.S., Information Science, University of Pittsburgh, 1994-1995  

B.A., Library and Information Science, National Taiwan University, 1990-1994

Research Interests

Open Access  

International and Comparative librarianship

Intercultural Information Ethics 

Knowledge Management 

Information Policy

Instructional Experience

Instructor, UW-Milwaukee, 2010-2011 

• L&I SCI 110 Introduction to Information Science 
• L&I SCI 115 Introduction to Information Resources on the Internet (Spring 2011) 

Teaching Assistant, UW-Milwaukee, 2008-2009 

• L&I SCI 110 Introduction to Information Science 
• L&I SCI 540 Management of Libraries and Information Services 
• L&I SCI 571 Information Access and Retrieval 
• L&I SCI 591 Introduction Research Methods in Library and Information Science 
• L&I SCI 622 Information Marketing 
• L&I SCI 682 Digital Library

Professional Societies/Memberships

The American Society for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T)

Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE)

Dissertation Topic

An International and Comparative Study on Institutional Repository (IR): Comparing the U.S. and Taiwan

Scholarly Activities

An International and Comparative Study on Institutional Repository (IR): Comparing the U.S. and Taiwan. ALISE 2011 Conference, January 4, 2011. San Diego, CA. Lin, S. (2010). 

All Roads Lead to Rome: An Comparative Study. SLIS-SOIS Forum 2010, Apr. 30, 2010. Madison, WI. Lin, S. (2008). 

Privacy Overview: From an Intercultural Prespective. School of Information Studies 2008 Student Research Symposium, Oct. 18, 2008. Milwaukee, WI. Lin, S. (2008).  

When East Meets West: An Intercultural Perspective on Privacy. The 2nd CIPR International Conference on Thinking Critically: Alternative Perspectives and Methods in Information Science, May 21, 2008. Milwaukee, WI. Lin, S. (2007). 

Where to Shelf This Book: the Practices of American Libraries Handling Controversial Books. The Chinese Association of Self-regulating Publications 2007 Conference, October 26, 2007. Taipei, Taiwan. Zhang, J. and Lin, S. (2007). 

Multiple Language Supports in Search Engine. Online Information Review, 31(4), 516-532. Britz, J. J. and Lin, S. (2007). 

Intellectual Property Rights – Social Terror or Justified Protection?: A Critical Reflection on the Current Trend in Intellectual Property Rights Regimes and Its Implications.” University Library Journal, 11(1), 1-20.