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Kwan Yi, Ph.D.

Professor

Education

  • Ph.D., Library & Information Science, McGill University
  • M.Sc., Computer Science, McGill University
  • M.S., Applied Mathematics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • B.S., Computer Science, Korea University, Republic of Korea

Research & Academic Interests

  • Information categorization
  • Knowledge organization
  • Technology integration in education
  • Information literacy education

Publications

  • Yi, K., Turner, R., Syn, SY, Williams, M., Hardin, A., & Long, T. (Oct. 2024) Harnessing AI for K-12 Information Literacy Education: A Comparative Study of AI-Generated Resources and Common Sense Media's Digital Citizenship. ALISE Conference, Portland, OR.
  • Baek, T., & Yi, K. (Oct. 2024) A Qualitative Investigation into Students’ Learning Experience with ChatGPT. ALISE Conference, Portland, OR.
  • Yi, K., Turner, R., & Turner, S. (2019) Investigating Technology-Integration Practices and Competencies of School Librarians. School Library Worldwide, 25(1), 35-56.
  • Yi, K. and Turner, R. (2014). The Current Landscape of the School Librarianship Curricula in USA. Journal of Education in Library and Information Science, 55(4), 303-321.
  • Yi, K. (2012). Harnessing the Collective Intelligence in Social Tagging with Delicious. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 63(12), 2488-2502.
  • Yi, K. (2010). A Semantic Similarity Approach to Predicting Library of Congress Subject Headings for Social Tags. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 61(8), 1658-1672.

Associations, Affiliations & Work History

  • Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T)
  • Canadian Association for Information Science (CAIS/ACSI)
  • Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE)
  • Kentucky Society for Technology in Education (KySTE)

Awards & Accolades

  • University Fellows, Eastern Kentucky University
  • University Funded Scholarship, Eastern Kentucky University
  • Best Conference Paper Award, the 6th International Conference on Knowledge Management, Hong Kong