Tao Jin

Email Address: taojin@lsu.edu

• Ph.D. (Information Studies), McGill University, Montreal, Canada
• MLIS, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
• BA (English), Capital Normal University, Beijing, China

Classes:

• LIS 7013 Evaluation of Information Systems
• LIS 7205 Business Information Resources
• LIS 7403 Special Libraries and Information Centers
• LIS 7508 Management of Knowledge-based Assets

Research Interests:

• Competitive Intelligence
• Knowledge Management
• Organizational Learning
• Human Information Behavior
• Business Information Resources and Management
• Special Libraries and Corporate Information Centers

Selected Bibliography

Books and chapters

• Jin, T. (2008). An Exploratory Study on Information Work Activities of Competitive Intelligence Professionals. Doctoral thesis, McGill University.
• Jin, T. and F. Bouthillier. (2007). Facilitating Access to Information through Collaboration: Examination of the Role of Collaborative Technology in Competitive Intelligence. In A. Ghose, Ed., Competitive Intelligence: An Introduction, pp.52-70. Hyderabad: The Icfai University Press.
• Bouthillier, F. and T. Jin. (2005). Understanding CI practitioners as Users: Contexts, Situations, and Social Interactions. In A. David. Ed., Organisation des connaissances dans les systèmes d’informations orientés utilisation: contexte de veille et d’intelligence économique, pp. 63-76. Nancy, France: Presses Universitaires de Nancy.

Refereed Journal Articles

• Yi, K. and T. Jin. (2008). Hyperlink Analysis for the Visibility of Canadian Library and Information Science School Websites. Online Information Review, 32(3): 325-347.
• Bouthillier, F. and T. Jin. (2005). Competitive Intelligence and Webometrics: An Exploratory Study of CI Development Status in Five Countries. Journal of Competitive Intelligence and Management, 3(3): 19-39.
• Bouthillier, F. and T. Jin. (2005). Competitive Intelligence Professionals and their Interactions with CI technology: A Research Agenda. Journal of Competitive Intelligence and Management, 3(1): 41-53.

Refereed Conference Papers

• Jin, T. and F. Bouthillier. (2008). Information Behavior of Competitive Intelligence Professionals: A Convergence Approach. Proceedings of the 36th Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for Information Science (CAIS 2008), [Online Access: http://www.cais-acsi.ca/proceedings/2008/jin_2008.pdf].
• Jin, T. and F. Bouthillier. (2008). Beyond Information: A Study on Work Activities of CI Professionals. Proceedings of 2008 Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals (SCIP 2008) International Annual Conference & Exhibition, electronic (CD-ROM).
• Jin, T., F. Bouthillier, B. Bowen, S. Boettger, and M. Montgomery. (2007). Traditional and Non-traditional Knowledge Management in Research and Practice. Proceedings of the 70th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T ’07), volume 44, electronic (CD-ROM).
• Jin. T. & F. Bouthillier. (2007). What Do Competitive Intelligence Professionals Do? A Pilot Study. Proceedings of the 35th Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for Information Science (CAIS 2007), [Online Access: http://www.cais-acsi.ca/proceedings/2007/jin_2007.pdf].
• Jin, T. and F. Bouthillier. (2006). Understanding Information Transformation Process in the Context of Competitive Intelligence (Poster). Proceedings of the 69th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T ’06), volume 43, electronic (CD-ROM).
• Jin, T. (2004). Using Activity Theory Framework to Study Information Behavior of Competitive Intelligence Professionals (Poster). Proceedings of the 67th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIST ‘04), volume 41, [Online Access: http://www.asis.org/Conferences/AM04/posters/222_Camera_Ready_Final_Manuscript.doc]