Dr. Weijane Lin is a Professor at National Taiwan University’s Department of Library and Information Science and is currently the NTU College of Liberal Arts Excelsior Chair Professor (2024/08 - 2027/07). She also serves as the research fellow of the Research Center for Digital Humanities and the Center for Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Robotics. Weijane joined the faculty as an assistant professor in February 2010. She has a research and teaching background in higher education in multimedia studies and is dedicated to exploring the use of media technology to support learning in various fields. She holds a Ph.D. in Informatics from Kyoto University, Japan, and has extensive research experience with intense publications and more than 20 research and educational projects, mainly funded by the National Science and Technology Council/Taiwan Ministry of Science and Technology. Dr. Lin is passionate about the accessibility and usability of media technologies and how they can be of use to improve people's quality of learning experiences. She has served as the Division Director of e-Learning (2016-2024) at NTU Computer and Information Networking Center, and she is actively involved with several online learning initiatives about learning management systems locally and globally. Since 2023, she has been on the Editorial Board of the British Journal of Educational Technology (Top 4% in Education & Educational Research).

Weijane received her BS and MS degrees in Agricultural Extension from National Taiwan University. After her studies in the applications of educational technology in extension education, she realized the importance of instructional message and media design and has been inspired to explore the research fields further. She received her Ph.D. in Informatics from the Division of Multimedia Application with the Dept. of Intelligence Science & Technology, Graduate School of Informatics at Kyoto University in Japan, under the supervision of Dr. Michihiko Minoh. In her 4-years doctoral studies, Weijane designed and developed systematic supporting mechanisms, from instructional to information systems, to facilitate the interactivity and interaction in international distance education. Her dissertation was selected by the Japanese Society of Artificial Intelligence to be published in the Journal of JSAI as a good work on human interfaces and computer-supported learning. Since her appointment at NTU, Weijane has been devoted to researching using media and information technology in the informal learning contexts of libraries and museums. Her research interests lie at the intersection of LIS, multimedia studies, and educational technology. Her work primarily focuses on exploring how media technologies can be leveraged to enhance learning experiences across various fields, and her research has made significant contributions to these areas. She approaches this research from the pragmatic perspective of library media specialists, grounding her work in the theoretical foundation of resource-based learning.

Dr. Lin teaches courses related to multimedia studies, such as Human-Computer Interaction (LIS5066), Needs Inquiry (DS5102), User Behaviour Research (LIS8025), Information Communication Systems (LIS5069), Science Communication (LIS5105), Media Presentation and Preservation for Digital Archives (LIS5071), eBook & Digital Publishing (LIS5081), Museum Learning (LIS7018), and Museum Visitor Studies (LIS7024). She also actively joins several interdisciplinary teaching activities, such as the Technology and Humanities (LIS3042) course by the College of Liberal Arts and workshops hosted by cultural institutions like libraries and museums. Her commitment to education has been widely recognized as she received several teaching awards, including NTU Outstanding Teaching Awards and supervisor awards from both academic and industrial sectors. Dr. Lin's research and teaching interests center on performance support design using multimedia for user experiences and human-computer interaction. Besides teaching, she is also a multiple-time awardee of the NTU Academic Research Performance Grant, and since 2019, she has been awarded as a merit-paid faculty member for her academic and interdisciplinary research performance.