BOBCATSSS 2009

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BOBCATSSS 2009 symposium @ Porto, Portugal, 28—30 January 2009

List of full papers, workshops, posters

Symposium's full papers, workshops and posters are listed here.

Full papers

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Title Contact author
Practicum in Library and Information Science in Spanish Faculties: The Demands of the European Higher Education Area Maria Rosario Osuna Alarcón
Why does the library collect immigrants' memories? Synnřve Ulvik
Perceptions on the use of electronic journals at Catalan universities: results of a qualitative survey Candela Ollé
Return on investment in libraries: A meta study of library valuation Svanhild Aabř
Information Literacy and Digital Reference Work: How can the Norwegian Ask the Library Service (Biblioteksvar.no) become an educational tool for school children?  Tor Sveum
Digitizing old manuscripts in Morocco: A history research issue Abdelhamid Boujdad Mkadem
What Libraries and Information Professionals Can Learn from Project and Knowledge Management Edwin-Michael Cortez
Educating LIS Professionals in Kuwaiti Higher Education Hanadi Buarki
Media wisdom? Media literacy and the changing position of libraries Jelke Nijboer
A Personal Information Advisor. A new librarian's role in the network society Malgorzata Kisilowska
The value of collaborative work: who, how and why Ana Novo
The fall and rise of the physical library Henrik Jochumsen
Readers 2.0. What kind of library do they need? Marta Wontorowska
Towards improvement of information literacy in the digital era through useful and meaningful educational programs If you can’t find it on Google, it does not exist? Barbara Devilee
The need for information literacy skills among users of European Union information Ana Lúcia Terra
Evidence Based Library and Information Practice: Introduction to key concepts and principles Cornelia Vonhof
How to efficiently use information on a digital environment? Teresa Silveira
Information literacy in Portugal: A perspective from European Higher Education Area Viviana Fernández-Marcial
“Premises for lifelong learning” Creating a business plan for literacy events in junior high schools Sarah Vogel
An investigation of the ‘creative consultation’ process and methods to capture and transfer good practice in public libraries Hui-Yun Sung
Information retrieval in MEDLINE®: Searching for literature about critical care Olivia Pestana
Practice and academy, or working as learning: internship course at the Universitat de Barcelona LIS Faculty  Jesús Gascón
VirtuReal Professional : Personality, Err and Not-knowing as the Added Value Jakub Štogr
Public library development project “Trešais teva dels” Suhanenkova Silva
The Rise, Fall and Rise of the British Public Library Building Anne Goulding
"The Information Professional facing the impact of Search Technology" Transform everyone into an Information Professional? Hannah Verhoeff
Quality Management and Innovation in Information Services - The case study of the Documentation Services of the University of Minho Susana Guedes
Predictions for the future world of work: challenges for information professionals Linda Ashcroft
Challenges for the Implementation of Resource Description and Access (RDA) - Case Study Germany Ingo Caesar
High Touch Library Services: Reaching Faculty and Students Across Campus Through Instruction Liaisonships James Thull
The empty Library or where are the books Laura Skouvig
Development of training courses in information literacy with regard to the librarian 2.0 – Learning and understanding theories, methods and marketing strategies  Corinna Sepke
Diversity Management as a Key Challenge to the library in the multicultural society Jessica Euler
Information ethics as reflected in LIS curricula: Comparative analysis of Croatian and Slovenian learning programs Franjo Pehar
Folksonomy: The Manner of Data-processing and Organization Ilva Paidere
Supporting Information Literacy Learning: Implementation of the National Recommendation a Science Library Anne Kakkonen
Online Information Literacy Audits Bob Glass
The Librarian 2.0 and The visual Information Professional Laurits Rasmussen
Information Literacy and International Students: cultural barriers and language preferences Joseph Lenkart
Culture and Copyright, Coexisting? - Preserving Culture in a Digital World Jonathan McMichael

Workshops

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Abstracts of the workshops are available on a separate page.

Title Contact author
How to stimulate and guide young information users and professionals? Paul Nieuwenhuysen
WHOIS Librarian 2.0, creating a characteristic of librarian of the future  Aneta Ostrowska
Virtual Superstars: teaching new media literacies Anne Nieuwpoort
Looking at the future Roel Hoving
Community Informatics and the New Information Professional Claudia Serbanuta
Is there life after Second Life? Roel Hoving
Assessing Social Networks: Benefits and Limits of a Popular Concept Najko Jahn
Counting the traffic - with students as observers Tord Hřivik
“Fab four: cool new libraries”: Opportunities and threats for the physical libraries of the future Jon Kjćr Amundsen

Posters

Abstracts of the posters are available on a separate page.

Poster session 1, Wednesday (abstracts)

Title Authors
Collections and Calamity – Disaster preparedeness and preservation for threatened physical libraries and archives Sarah Jackman
Developing quality online tutorials for information literacy Ivanka Stričević, Karolina Ivaniševic, Franciska Jurišic, Dora Rubinić
Examination of information searching attitudes of users in university library environment Maria Borbely, Marianna Medveczki   
Information Literacy at the school library - conception, reorganization, opening  Sandra Ruemmele, Franziska Sievert
Meeting the information needs of exchange students Yannicke Gerretsen, Jasper van den Berg, Pien Rijpstra
Multicultural Information Literacy and intercultural “buddy-system” Miriam Hölscher, Jennifer Kempf
Prefered information sources: first year university students Ângela Miranda, Grisel Capitão, Filipe Moreira, Francisco Vaz, Hugo Freitas, Joana Correira, Fernanda Martins
The use and implementation of electronic resources in the FLUP Library António Silva, Marianna Selas, Julieta Peixoto, Raquel Garça, Fernanda Martins
What management style is obtained in Lithuanian libraries? Edvaldas Balrūnas, Aistė Lileikaitė, Jurgita Rudžionienė

Poster session 2, Thursday (abstracts)

Title Authors
"Croatian public libraries: physical or virtual?”: Pilot study of Zadar and Osijek public library Marinela Šmider, Ivan Špoljarić, Romana Jadrijević, Gorica Lovrić, Ana Prtorić, Marijana Tomić, Kornelija Petr Balog
Information Literacy – a Challenge and Prospective Primary School Librarians Ivanka Stričević, Ivana Martinović, Blaženka Čuic
Institutional Repositories in Faculty Libraries at the University of Zagreb Ivana Hebrang Grgic, Ana Barbaric, Iva Dzambaski
Open Library for Higher Education Alice Ribeiro, Bruno Giesteira, Diamantino Freitas, Rita Sousa
Organising collection at Zadar University – contribution to preservation planning Josipa Bašić, Damir Hasenay, Maja Krtalić, Ana Nakić, Margareta Petrov
Personal Information Management Damian Zalewski
The Impact of Institutional of Institutional Repositories on the Life of the Information Professionals and the Scholars they Serve Mara Degnan-Rojeski
"Together can we progress”: call for strategic alliance of LIS students, educators/researchers and librarians/information professionals Beáta Kollerits, Ágnes Kovács, Péter Múricz, Mihály Pálvölgyi, Péter Murányi, Katalin Bognár Lovász, Mónika Ördög Kovás, Katalin Barki
Unused Possibilities of the Subject Headings System in the Field of Library and Information Science On the Example of the University of Zadar Library’s WebPAC Lucija Martina Vežić, Josipa Zrilić

Poster session 3, Friday (abstracts)

Title Authors
"All About Schimdt” - Developing a marketing concept, an image analysis and communication strategies for the library of the Helmut Schimdt Unicersity – University of the Federal Aremed Forces Hamburg Mareike Lappat
Analysis of the agreements for education co-operation at the Library and Information Science Faculty of the University of Barcelona, 2005-2008: New labour market opportunities in ICT? Constança Espelt, Anna Villarroya, Núria Jornet, Eli Ramirez, Enric Zapatero
Connecting young information professionals - Experiences of a student’s project of Frankfurt Book fair Jessica Euler, Daina Marten, Sebastian Wilke, Dierk Echel, Sabine Kobold, Anastasia Schadt
Implications of 2.0 World on library curricula Thomas Aleksejevas, Ugne Rutkauskiene
Librarian 2.0 and Collection Development: Is There Benefit to Adding User Generated Content to Collections? Michelle Chronister
Newsletter of Information Science Ana Luísa Marques, Filipa Ramalho
Sustainable Libraries 2.0: Wikis, Blogs, Environmentalism and Libraries Anne Mostad-Jensen, Elizabeth Nelson
What do students know about searching in the Internet? Marta Wontorowska, Paulina Łapińska, Dominik Piotrowski
"Wikis Connect the World” Natalie Sapkarov
Visual tools for subject search in databases” Information visualization Mariete Butane