Historical instructor

KYUNG-SUN KIM

Adjusted rating
RMP difficulty
captured reviews
About this rating

Raw average: 3.00/5 from 10 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

RMP profile ↗ · All captured review dates; profile matched by name.

What students say

Original student reviews · all captured dates

LIS 651
Quality 2/5Difficulty 3/5
Online lectures are outdated and dull. Focus on the readings instead, the lectures basically repeat them verbatim. Not an engaging class. You'll pass, though.
Rate My Professors ↗
LIS 651
Quality 2/5Difficulty 5/5
My largest complaint was with the final assignment. When I received the grade on my final project (20+ pages) it was evident that only the final page was graded. I lost points for mistakes on the assignment that I didn't make. I emailed the professor a month ago asking for clarification and I still have not received a response.
Rate My Professors ↗
LIS 651
Quality 1/5Difficulty 5/5
AVOID Sunny for 651. Bone-dry lectures. Terrible communication. Discussions full of experienced librarians being totally lost. Sunny ignores questions about contradictory info & acts like things are self-evident. She makes up insane search strategies, e.g. associating "cattle" with cats. Sunny clearly has no recent LIS experience. Awful; run away.
Rate My Professors ↗
LIBRARYSTUDIES · course not matched
Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5
Sunny is a great professor. You end up learning a lot after you finish her assignments & they never feel unnecessary. She cares about you understanding the material and loves answering questions in class. Gave us a couple of weeks off for holidays & catching up on assignments as well. If she is being unclear, she happily clarifies if you ask her
Rate My Professors ↗
LIBRARYSTUDIES · course not matched
Quality 2/5Difficulty 4/5
Awful communication in this course. She tends to really overcomplicate assignment directions and then get mad when students either misconstrue the assignment or "make it too complicated" (her words). She's very direct and can be super harsh when students ask for help, meetings with her were always very intimidating.
Rate My Professors ↗
LISCIALL · course not matched
Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
She is knowledgeable, organized, and helpful. Her course covered quite complex stuff totally new to us, but at the end of the semester, I was pleasantly surprised to find out how much I had learned and enjoyed it. I did not expect this because the course was known to be tough, but now I am a convert. Whatever she did worked!
Rate My Professors ↗

Personal experiences, not a representative survey. Profile matching and captured coverage are shown in the source details.

Classes with KYUNG-SUN KIM

LIS 603

Research and Assessment for Information Professionals

3 credits

LIS 603 introduces research, evaluation, and assessment practices for information professionals, covering project design and data analysis.

No offering record · Spring 2026

with this instructor · course overall, matching historical terms

Kyung-sun Kim

historical GPA · grades

Fall 2021–Spring 2026
LIS 651

Cataloging and Classification

Credits unavailable

LIS 651 teaches basic cataloging and classification principles, including descriptive cataloging, Sears subject headings, Dewey Decimal Classification, and OCLC editing.

No offering record · Spring 2026

with this instructor · course overall, matching historical terms

Kyung-sun Kim

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2022–Spring 2026
LIS 999

Independent Reading and Research

1–4 credits

LIS 999 is an independent reading and research course where students conduct concentrated work on a self-selected subject and submit a final product.

No offering record · Spring 2026

Jonathan SenchyneKristin Eschenfelder+11 more

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2022–Spring 2025 · limited sample

Recorded teaching history

Distinct courses recorded per term

Explore courses taught by this instructor →
Browse recorded courses
TermCourseTitle
Spring 2026LIS 603Research and Assessment for Information Professionals
Spring 2026LIS 651Cataloging and Classification
Spring 2026LIS 999Independent Reading and Research
Fall 2025LIS 602Information: Organization and Search
Fall 2025LIS 668Digital Curation and Collections
Fall 2024LIS 602Information: Organization and Search
Fall 2024LIS 668Digital Curation and Collections
Spring 2024LIS 603Research and Assessment for Information Professionals
Spring 2024LIS 651Cataloging and Classification
Fall 2023LIS 602Information: Organization and Search
Fall 2023LIS 668Digital Curation and Collections
Spring 2023LIS 651Cataloging and Classification
Spring 2023LIS 668Digital Curation and Collections
Fall 2022LIS 602Information: Organization and Search
Fall 2022LIS 668Digital Curation and Collections
Spring 2022LIS 603Research and Assessment for Information Professionals
Spring 2022LIS 940Seminar in Information Use and Users in Context
Fall 2020LIS 668Digital Curation and Collections
Spring 2020LIS 651Cataloging and Classification
Spring 2020LIS 999Independent Reading and Research
Fall 2019LIS 640Topics in Library and Information Studies
Fall 2019LIS 940Seminar in Information Use and Users in Context
Fall 2019LIS 999Independent Reading and Research
Spring 2019LIS 651Cataloging and Classification
Spring 2019LIS 999Independent Reading and Research
Fall 2018LIS 668Digital Curation and Collections
Spring 2018LIS 341Topics in Information Studies - Technological Aspects
Spring 2018LIS 640Topics in Library and Information Studies
Spring 2018LIS 651Cataloging and Classification
Fall 2017LIS 603Research and Assessment for Information Professionals
Fall 2017LIS 668Digital Curation and Collections
Spring 2017LIS 651Cataloging and Classification
Spring 2017LIS 668Digital Curation and Collections
Fall 2016LIS 603Research and Assessment for Information Professionals
Fall 2016LIS 640Topics in Library and Information Studies
Fall 2016LIS 940Seminar in Information Use and Users in Context
Fall 2016LIS 999Independent Reading and Research
Spring 2016LIS 651Cataloging and Classification
Spring 2015LIS 940Seminar in Information Use and Users in Context
Fall 2014LIS 999Independent Reading and Research
Spring 2014LIS 999Independent Reading and Research
Fall 2013LIS 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2013LIS 999Independent Reading and Research
Spring 2013LIS 940Seminar in Information Use and Users in Context
Spring 2013LIS 990Research and Thesis
Spring 2013LIS 999Independent Reading and Research
Fall 2012LIS 651Cataloging and Classification
Fall 2012LIS 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2012LIS 999Independent Reading and Research
Spring 2012LIS 999Independent Reading and Research
Fall 2011LIS 651Cataloging and Classification
Fall 2011LIS 999Independent Reading and Research
Spring 2011LIS 940Seminar in Information Use and Users in Context
Spring 2011LIS 999Independent Reading and Research
Fall 2010LIS 999Independent Reading and Research
Spring 2010LIS 640Topics in Library and Information Studies
Spring 2010LIS 651Cataloging and Classification
Spring 2010LIS 990Research and Thesis
Spring 2010LIS 999Independent Reading and Research
Fall 2009LIS 999Independent Reading and Research
Spring 2009LIS 651Cataloging and Classification
Spring 2009LIS 990Research and Thesis
Spring 2009LIS 999Independent Reading and Research
Fall 2008LIS 990Research and Thesis
Spring 2008LIS 651Cataloging and Classification
Spring 2008LIS 990Research and Thesis
Spring 2008LIS 999Independent Reading and Research
Fall 2007LIS 999Independent Reading and Research
Spring 2007LIS 651Cataloging and Classification
Spring 2007LIS 999Independent Reading and Research
Fall 2006LIS 999Independent Reading and Research

Teaching history may be incomplete. Course pages contain course-specific feedback and citations.

Instructor identity & provenance 
{
  "instructor_uid": "instructor_fd6e2f9db7f20a013fb718e0",
  "source": "madgrades",
  "source_instructor_id": "3368498",
  "identity_basis": "source_id",
  "identity_status": "source_identified",
  "name": "KYUNG-SUN KIM",
  "email": null,
  "first_observed_at": "2026-09-06 23:14:58.172943+00:00",
  "last_observed_at": "2026-09-07 15:55:43.033547+00:00",
  "ratings": {
    "review_count": 10,
    "quality": 3,
    "difficulty": 3.4,
    "quality_count": 10,
    "difficulty_count": 10,
    "profile_id": "rmp:841888",
    "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/841888",
    "match_basis": "exact_name",
    "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:25:10.989355+00:00",
    "courses": {
      "course_6b4c5f0ceb50172181f86d5e": {
        "review_count": 4,
        "quality": 2.5,
        "difficulty": 4.25,
        "quality_count": 4,
        "difficulty_count": 4
      }
    },
    "bayesian_quality": 3.439790522364397,
    "prior_mean": 3.6596857835465957,
    "prior_weight": 20
  },
  "grade_statistics": {
    "gpa": 3.807,
    "graded": 750,
    "counts": [
      548,
      149,
      39,
      6,
      5,
      0,
      3
    ],
    "sections": 92
  },
  "current": false,
  "courses": [],
  "revision": "e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349",
  "instructor_url": "/instructors/KYUNG-SUN_KIM--instructor_fd6e2f9db7f20a013fb718e0"
}