BOBCATSSS 2009

Session 8

Revaluing Libraries

Anne Goulding
The Rise, Fall and Rise of the British Public Library Building

Jack Andersen, Laura Skouvig
The empty Library - or where are the books?

Svanhild Aabø
Return on investment in libraries:
A meta study of library valuation

Session 9

Digital Phenomena

Jonathan McMichael
Culture and Copyright, Coexisting: Preserving Culture in a Digital World

Ilva Paidere, Gunta Dogžina et al.
Folksonomy: The Manner of Data-processing and Organization

Jakub Štogr
VirtuReal Professional: Personality, Err and Not-knowing as the Added Value

Session 10

Retrieving Information

Barbara Devilee
Towards improvement of information literacy in the digital era through useful and meaningful educational programmes – If you can’t find it on Google, it does not exist?

Olívia Pestana
Information retrieval in MEDLINE®: Searching for literature about critical care

Hannah Verhoeff, Anke Vellenga
"The Information Professional facing the impact of Search Technology" Transform everyone into an Information Professional?

Session 12

Electronic future

Candela Ollé, Àngel Borrego
Perceptions on the use of electronic journals at Catalan universities: Results of a qualitative survey

Teresa Silveira
How to efficiently use information on a digital environment?

Ingo Caesar, Dierk Eichel
Challenges for the Implementation of Resource Description and Access (RDA) - Case Study Germany

Bob Glass, Jill Griffiths
Online Information Literacy Audits

Session 13

From local to global

Abdelhamid Boujdad Mkadem, Paul Niewenhuysen
Digitizing old manuscripts in Morocco: A historical research issue

Nikica Gardijan, Ivana Moric Filipovic et al.
Information ethics as reflected in LIS programs: Comparative analysis between Croatia and Slovenia

Hanadi Buarki, Mark Hepworth et al.
Educating LIS Professionals in Kuwaiti higher education

Susana Raquel Carvalho Guedes
Quality Management and Innovation in Information Services - The case study of the Documentation Services of the University of Minho

Session 11

Information Education

Anne-Stine Husevåg, Tor Sveum
Information Literacy and Digital Reference Work: How can the Norwegian Ask the Library Service (Biblioteksvar.no) become an educational tool for school children?

Jelke Nijboer, Patricia Roos-van Tricht et al.
Media wisdom? Media literacy and the changing position of libraries