Curriculum Vitae

Education

  • 2007: Ph.D. in the interdisciplinary field of Information Science and Computer Science
    Institution: Department of Electrical and Information Technology, Faculty of Engineering, Lund University, Sweden
    Dissertation title: Automated subject classification of textual documents in the context of Web-based hierarchical browsing
    Advisors: Anders Ardö, Traugott Koch
  • 2005:  ‘Licentiate’ in the interdisciplinary field of Information Science and Computer Science (Swedish Intermediate degree between Master's and Doctoral degrees)
    Institution: Department of Electrical and Information Technology, Faculty of Engineering, Lund University, Sweden
    Dissertation title: Automated subject classification of textual Web pages, for browsing
    Advisors: Anders Ardö, Traugott Koch
  • 2003: ‘Magisterij’ in Library and Information Science (Croatian Intermediate degree between Master's and Doctoral degrees)
    Institution: Department of Information Sciences, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Zagreb, Croatia
    Dissertation title: Subject retrieval in Web-based library catalogs
    Advisor: Jadranka Lasić-Lazić
  • 2000: Joint Master’s degree in the English Language with Literature and in Library and Information Science
    Institution: Department of English and Department of Information Sciences, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Zagreb, Croatia

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Work experience

  • 2014-present: Associate Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, School of Cultural Sciences, Linnaeus University, Sweden
  • 2014-present: Adjunct, School of Information Studies, Charles Sturt University, Australia
  • 2014: Consultant for the United Nations project agINFRA
  • 2013–2014: Distance-mode course moderator, School of Information Studies, Charles Sturt University, Australia
  • 2012–2014:  Lecturer, University of Applied Sciences in Čakovec, Croatia
  • 2013–2007: Research officer, UKOLN, University of Bath, United Kingdom
  • 2009: Lecturer, Departments of Information Sciences, Faculties of Philosophy, Universities of Zadar and Osijek, Croatia
  • 2007–2003: Research and teaching assistant, Department of Electrical and Information Technology, Faculty of Engineering, Lund University, Sweden
  • 2007–2005: Lecturer, Department of Cultural Sciences, Lund University, Sweden
  • 2005: Project advisor, Royal School of Library and Information Science, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • 2003–2001: Research and teaching assistant, Department of Information Sciences, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Zagreb, Croatia
  • 2001–1999: Catalogue librarian, National and University Library, Zagreb, Croatia

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Teaching

COURSE RESPONSIBLE

  • 2015-present: Knowledge organization II - the digital library; Research methodology; Current research issues; all at the Department of Library and Information Science, School of Cultural Sciences, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Linnaeus University 2012–2014: English for management of sport and tourism; English for sustainable development, Međimurje University of Applied Sciences in Čakovec, Croatia
  • 2009: Subject indexing, Department of Information Sciences, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Osijek, Croatia; Information retrieval, Department of Information Sciences, Faculty of Philosophy,  University of Zadar, Croatia 
  • 2007: Subject gateways, Department of Cultural Sciences, Lund University, Sweden

LECTURER ON SELECTED TOPICS
  • 2014-present: Information retrieval topics; Quantitative research topics; Text and discourse analysis; Writing a thesis; XML in libraries, Department of Library and Information Science, School of Cultural Sciences, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Linnaeus University
  • 2007: Quantitative statistics, Department of Cultural Sciences, Lund University, Sweden;  How the Web works: (X)HTML, XML, XSL, Department of Electrical and Information Technology, Faculty of Engineering, Lund University, Sweden
  • 2007–2006: The Semantic Web; Digital libraries; Metadata; Indexing and thesauri; Relevance, Department of Cultural Sciences, Lund University, Sweden
  • 2007–2005: Classification and classification systems, same as previous,  Department of Cultural Sciences, Lund University, Sweden   
  • 2003–2002: Reading in multimedia environment, Department of Information Sciences, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Zagreb, Croatia


DISTANCE TEACHING AND LAB ASSISTANT

  • 2015: Automated subject indexing and classification, Department of Library and Information Science, University of Zadar, Croatia
  • 2014-present: Information retrieval topics; Quantitative research topics; Text and discourse analysis; Writing a thesis; XML in libraries, Department of Library and Information Science, School of Cultural Sciences, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Linnaeus University
  • 2013: Describing and analysing information resources, School of Information Studies, Charles Sturt University, Australia (distance-mode course moderator)
  • 2007–2006: Web intelligence, Department of Electrical and Information Technology, Faculty of Engineering, Lund University, Sweden; Information searching, Department of Cultural Sciences, Lund University, Sweden
  • 2003–2001: Knowledge organization systems, Department of Information Sciences, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Zagreb, Croatia; Teaching methods for information education, Department of Information Sciences, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Zagreb, Croatia

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Projects

  • 2016-2017: Digital Humanities Initiative (Role: Co-leader)
  • 2017: Linnaeus University as a Unique iSchool (Role: Principal co-investigator)
  • 2017: Creative attractive information landscapes for cultural events (Role: Principal co-investigator)
  • 2010–2009: EASTER (Evaluating Automated Subject Tools for Enhancing Retrieval), UKOLN (Role: Principal investigator; Co-applicants: University of Glamorgan, City University, Dagober Soergel as consultant, and non-funding supporting partners; Amount: 280,000 GBP)
  • 2008–2007: EnTag (Enhanced Tagging for Discovery), UKOLN (Role: Principal investigator; Co-applicants: University of Glamorgan, Intute, Science and Technology Facilities Council and non-funding supporting partners; Amount: 110,000 GBP)
  • 2008–2007: TRSS (Terminology Registry Scoping Study), UKOLN (Role: Principal investigator; Co-applicants: University of Glamorgan and non-funding supporting partners; Amount: 45,000 GBP)
  • 2008–2007: TILE (Towards Implementation of Library 2.0 and the E-framework), Sero Consulting Ltd. (Role: Project advisor)
  • 2007–2003: European Delos Network of Excellence on Digital Libraries, Knowledge Extraction and Semantic Interoperability Cluster (Role: Research team member)
  • 2006–2004: Alvis, Superpeer Semantic Search Engine, a European STREP project (Role: Research team member)
  • 2005–2003: Intelligent Components of a Distributed Digital Library, Department of Electrical and Information Technology, Faculty of Engineering, Lund University, Sweden (Role: Research team member)
  • 2005: The Humanities Subject Gateway, Royal School of Library and Information Science, Copenhagen, Denmark (Role: Project advisor)
  • 2003–2002: Information and Knowledge Organization in the Electronic Environment, a Croatian government-funded project, Department of Information Sciences, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Zagreb, Croatia (Role: Research team member)
  • 2002–2001: Curriculum Development in the Field of Information and Knowledge Organization, a TEMPUS project, Department of Information Sciences, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Zagreb, Croatia (Role: Research team member)

Awards

FUNDING AWARDS
  • 2017: SEK 400,000 Facutly of Arts and Humanities, Linnaeus University, Digital Humanities Initiative
  • 2016: SEK 200,000 Linnaeus University project grant, Creative attractive information landscapes for cultural events
  • 2016: SEK 200,000 Linnaeus University project grant, Linnaeus University as a Unique iSchool
  • 2016: SEK 200,000 Linnaeus University project grant, Digital Humanities
  • 2009: GBP 280,000 JISC Project Grant, Evaluating Automated Subject Tools for Enhancing Retrieval (EASTER)
  • 2003: Four-year Ph.D. scholarship, Department of Electrical and Information Technology, Faculty of Engineering, Lund University, Sweden
  • 2000: Professional exchange scholarship, Napier University Libraries, Edinburgh, Scotland

PERFORMANCE AWARDS
  • 2015: Exceptional research award, three-month sabbatical, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Linnaeus University
  • 2009: Pay Award for Exceptional Performance, University of Bath; JCLD best paper nomination, Golub, K. et al. EnTag: Enhancing social tagging for discovery. Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL), P. 163-172.
  • 2008: Pay Award for Exceptional Performance, University of Bath; American Society for Information Science and Technology – Student Chapter of the Year Award (repeated in 2012); details: founder, earlier chair, vice-chair, and advisor of the European Student Chapter of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
  • 004:  Best poster award, Koch, T., Ardö, A., Golub, K. Log analysis of user behaviour in the Renardus Web service. Libraries in the Digital Age, Dubrovnik and Mljet, Croatia, May 25–29, 2004.
  • 2002: European Information Science Student of the Year, American Society for Information Science and Technology – European Chapter; Best poster award, Faletar, S., Golub, K., Sudarević, A. Guidelines for school library Web sites: a comparison. Libraries in the Digital Age, Dubrovnik and Mljet, Croatia, May 21–26, 2002.
  • 1998: Best Croatian Library Science Student Award "Ljerka Markić-Čučuković"

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Scholarly memberships and leaderships

MEMBERSHIP IN STANDARDS AND WORKING GROUPS
  • 2009–present: DCMI/NKOS Task Group
  • 2008–present: Dublin Core Metadata Initiative Registry Community 
  • 1999:  Working Group for studying use of the Croatian National and University Library, led by Tefko Saracevic
CONFERENCE COMMITTEES
  • 2017: Digital Humanities Track Chair, BESC 4th International Conference on Behavioral, Economic, and Socio-Cultural Computing, Krakow, 16-18 October, 2017
  • 2017: Programme Committee Co-Chair, Workshop on Higher Education Programs in Digital Humanities, Digital Humanities in the Nordic Countries, Gothenburg, 14–16 March 2017
  • 2016: Programme Committee Co-Chair, International Digital Humanities Symposium, Växjö, 7-8 November 2016
  • 2016: Programme Committee Chair, Networked Knowledge Organization Systems Workshop, Dublin Core and Metadata Applications
  • 2016: Programme Committee Member, CoLIS 9
  • 2014: Programme Committee Co-Chair, Networked Knowledge Organization Systems Workshop, European Conference on Digital Libraries
  • 2013: Programme Committee Member, International UDC Seminar
  • 2011: Programme Committee Member, Fifth Metadata and Semantics Research Conference;    Programme Committee Member, Information Science and Social Media; Programme Committee Member, International UDC Seminar
  • 2009: Programme Committee Member, International Conference for Digital Libraries and the Semantic Web; Programme Committee Chair, Networked Knowledge Organization Systems Workshop, European Conference on Digital Libraries; Programme Committee Member, International UDC Seminar; Programme Committee Member, Third International Conference on Metadata and Semantic Research
  • 2008: Programme Committee Member, Networked Knowledge Organization Systems Workshop, European Conference on Digital Libraries; Programme Committee Member, European Conference on Digital Libraries
  • 2007: Programme Committee Member, Networked Knowledge Organization Systems Workshop, European Conference on Digital Libraries
  • 2003–2000: Organising Committee Member, LIDA: Libraries in the Digital Age
EDITORIAL AND JURY BOARDS
  • Jury Member for ASIS&T Doctoral Dissertation Award 2017
  • 2017–present: Editorial Advisory Board Member, Online Information Review (OIR)  
  • 2009–present: Editorial Review Board Member, International Journal of Digital Library Systems 
  • 2004–present: Advisory Board Member, Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
  • 2003–2001: Editor, Croatian Library Association Web site 
SUBMISSIONS REVIEWER
  • Digital Humanities in the Nordic Countries, Gothenburg, 14–16 March 2017
  • 2016: Information Research
  • 2016: Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology
  • 2016: Libellarium
  • 2015: The International Information & Library Review
  • 2011-present: Journal of Information Science
  • 2010: World Wide Web Journal
  • 2009: ASIS&T Annual Meeting
  • all conferences and journals where on the programme committee/editorial board
PROFESSIONAL GROUPS
  • 2008–present: Member, International Society for Knowledge Organization; Advisor, European Student Chapter of the American Society for Information Science and Technology 
  • 2007: Committee Member, International Relations Committee of ASIS&T
  • 2007–2006: Vice-Chair, European Student Chapter of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
  • 2006–2005: Chair, European Student Chapter of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
  • 2005: Co-Founder, European Student Chapter of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
  • 2004–1999: Member, Croatian Library Association
  • 2003–2001: Member, Committee for Library Services for Users with Special Needs, Croatian Library Association
  • 2003–1999: Member, Committee for Library Automation, Croatian Library Association    
  • 2002–present: Member, American Society for Information Science and Technology
  • 1999: Co-Founder, Committee for Library Services for Users with Special Needs, Croatian Library Association

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