SSUS – Programme (March 8, 2012)

Wednesday April 11

9.00-09.15  Opening

Rector/Vice Rector, Dean of the Department of Information Sciences

09.15-10.00

Keynote:  Professor Emerita Carol C. Kuhlthau, PhD, Center for International Scholarship in School Libraries, School of Communication and Information, Rutgers University, USA

Building on the Classics: Current Trends in Users Studies

10.00-10.30    Coffee break

10.30-11.15

Professor Emeritus Paul Sturges, PhD, Department of Information Science, Loughborough University, Liecestershire, UK

The Brain and e-Information: Lessons from Popular Neuroscience

I.    USERS INFORMATION BEHAVIOR

11.30-13.00
Associate Professor Sanda Erdelez, PhD, School of Information Sciences and Learning Technologies, College of Education, University of Missouri, USA

Theories and models of users’ information behavior

 

Assistant Professor Polona Vilar, PhD, Department of Library and Information Science and Book Studies, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Information behaviour of scholars

13.00-15.00    Lunch break

15.00-15.45

Associate Professor Vera Ćubela Adorić, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Zadar, Croatia

Selected Issues in Psychology of User Behavior

 

16.00-17.30

Group work session: Associate Professor Sanda Erdelez, PhD, School of Information Sciences and Learning Technologies, College of Education, University of Missouri, USA

Research applications of theories and models of users’ information behavior

 

17.30-19.00
Group work session: Assistant Professor Polona Vilar, PhD, Department of Library and Information Science and Book Studies, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Information behaviour of scholars: methodological issues and examples  

 

Thursday
April 12  

9.30-12.00 (coffee break: 10.30-11.00)

Professor Emerita Carol C. Kuhlthau, PhD, Center for International Scholarship in School Libraries, School of Communication and Information, Rutgers University, USA

Building a Research Agenda: Problems, Models, Theories

 

Professor Emerita Virginia A. Walter, PhD, Department of Information Studies, Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, University of California, USA

Outcome Evaluation in Public Libraries: contexts and methods

 

12:00-13:00    Organised City Tour

13.00-14.30    Lunch break

 

14.30-16.00    PhD Seminar I.

16.00-17.30
Group work session: Professor Emerita Carol C. Kuhlthau, PhD, Center for International Scholarship in School Libraries, School of Communication and Information, Rutgers University, USA

Operationalizing Research Results for Application in Service and Systems

 

17.30-19.00
Group work session: Professor Emerita Virginia A. Walter, PhD, Department of Information Studies, Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, University of California, USA

Outcome Evaluation: developing an outcomes logic model for a specific program

Friday
April 13
II.    LITERACY AND READING IN THE DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT

9.00-12.30 (coffee break: 10.30-11.00)

Associate Professor, Ross Todd, PhD, Center for International Scholarship in School Libraries, School of Communication and Information, Rutgers University, USA

Uncovering Information Literacy:  mythology, myopia and movement

 

Assistant Professor Livija Knaflič, PhD, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Psycological aspects of literacy

 

Maria Carme Torras Calvo, PhD, University of Bergen Library, Bergen University College, Norway

Embedding Information Literacy Education: Connecting Theory and Practice

 

Assistant Professor Sonja Špiranec, PhD, Department of Information and Communication Sciences, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Information Literacy In Web 2.0  Environments: Dimensions of Research

 

12.30-14.30    Lunch break

14.30-16.00

Professor Srećko, Jelušić, PhD, Department of Information Sciences, University of Zadar, Croatia
Explaining to students the importance of reading: is it possible in digital age?

 

Associate Professor, Vita Mozuraite, PhD, Department of Library and Information Science, Faculty of Communication,Vilnius University, Lithuania

Change of Reading Paradigms In a Digital Age

 

16.00-17.30
Group work session: Associate Professor, Ross Todd, PhD, Center for International Scholarship in School Libraries, School of Communication and Information, Rutgers University, USA

Emerging Conceptions of Information Literacy

 

17.30-19.00
Group work session VI.: Assistant Professor Livija Knaflič, PhD, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Basic concepts of literacy and reading in digital environment

 

Saturday
April 14

III.    LEARNING AND EDUCATION IN THE DIGITAL AGE

9.30-13.00 (coffee break: 11.00-11.30)

Professor Milan Matijević, PhD, The Faculty of Teacher Education, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Learning in e-environment: new curriculum paradigms

 

Assistant Professor Branko Bognar, PhD, Department of Pedagogy,  Faculty of Philosophy, University Josip Juraj Strossmayer, Osijek, Croatia

Theoretical fundations of e-learning

 

Ivanka Kuić, Split University Library, Croatia

 Postmodern theoretical approaches to the reader and their validity in the digital environment

 

13.00-14.30    Lunch break

14.30-16.00
Group work session: Professor Milan Matijević, PhD, The Faculty of Teacher Education, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Blended learning: new curriculum paradigms in practice

16.00-17.30
Parallel group work sessions:

Assistant Professor Branko Bognar, PhD, Department of Pedagogy,  Faculty of Philosophy, University Josip Juraj Strossmayer, Osijek, Croatia

E-learning – from theory to practice

 

17.30-19.00    PhD Seminar II.

19.00    Closing of the Summer School

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