About

Library Hat is a blog written by Bohyun Kim, Dean of University Libraries and Professor at the University of Colorado Boulder. Her previous roles include Associate University Librarian for Library Information Technology at the University of Michigan Library, Chief Technology Officer and Professor at the University of Rhode Island Libraries, and the Associate Director for Library Applications and Knowledge Systems at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, Health Sciences and Human Services Library. 

She is the author of three books, Moving Forward with Digital Disruption (ALA TechSource, 2020), The Library Mobile Experience: Practices and User Expectations (ALA TechSource, 2013), and Understanding Gamification (ALA TechSource, 2015). She has published many articles and given numerous invited/peer-reviewed presentations on a variety of topics related to library technologies and their impact on libraries at international and national conferences. She is the former President (2018-2019) of the Library and Information Technology Association (LITA), a division of American Library Association (ALA), which has become Core in 2020, and an elected member of the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) IT Section Standing Committee.

She graduated from Seoul National University in South Korea and holds a Master’s degree in philosophy from Harvard University and another Master’s degree in library and information science from Simmons College. 

The views expressed on this site do not relate to nor represent any particular library or institution.