Curriculum Vitae Xia Lin - The iSchool at Drexel University

Xia Lin
Associate Professor
The iSchool at Drexel
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Vita -- Xia Lin (2)
Education:
1987 - 1993 Ph. D. in Information Science, University of Maryland at College Park
1984 - 1986 Master of Librarianship, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
1978 - 1982 Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, Fujian Normal University,
Fuzhou, China
Work Experience:
July, 2003 – Present, Associate Professor, tenured. College of Information Science and
Technology, Drexel University.
July, 1997 - June 2003 Assistant Professor, College of Information Science and
Technology, Drexel University.
Aug., 1993 - June 1997 Assistant Professor, School of Library and Information Science,
University of Kentucky.
Aug., 1991 - Aug., 1993 Computer/systems coordinator, Pace University Law School
Library, Pace University, New York.
May, 1991 - Aug., 1991 Summer Intern at Apple Computer, Inc. Conducted research on
multilingual information retrieval and automatic desktop interface
design. Programmed the prototype system for automatic desktop
organization.
Aug., 1988 - May, 1991 Research assistant, University of Maryland
Aug., 1987 - July, 1988 Teaching assistant, University of Maryland.
Courtesy Appointments
Guest Professor Library of Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Beijing China; Since 2005
Guest Research Professor
Institute of Information Resource Management
Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China; Since 2005
Visiting Professor – College of Mathematics and Computing Sciences
Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, China
Since 2003
Professional Memberships:
ASIS&T, ACM, IEEE, ALISE, MLA.
Editorial Board:
International Journal of Information Visualization
Advisory Board:
Digital Library Forum (Beijing, China)
Funded Research Projects:
2009-2010. $10,000. Co-PI. Funded by National Science Foundation (NSF).