Dr. Athena Salaba

School of Library and Information Science, Kent State University

 

Curriculum Vita

 

Honors and Awards

ALISE/Bohdan S. Wynar Research Paper Award, 2009

Beta Phi Mu, International Library and Information Studies Honor Society
Vilas Fellowship, University of Wisconsin Madison, 2002
Superior Scholarship, Kent State University, 1996
Golden Key Honorary Society University Scholarship, Kent State University, 1993-94


TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Kent State University. School of Library and Information Science, Kent, OH

January 2004-Present: Assistant Professor
Courses taught:

Courses developed:

 

UW Madison. School of Library and Information Studies, Madison, WI

Fall 1998-Fall 2003:
Lecturer. Course: LIS 651 Cataloging and Classification.

Teaching Assistant. Course: LIS 651 Cataloging & Classification.

 

UW Madison. School of Library and Information Studies, Continuing Education, Madison, WI

Fall 1999:
ETN Instructor (Distance Education). Course: Basic Cataloging

 

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Central Library, Thessaloniki, Greece

May June 1998:
Visiting Instructor (Invited). Workshop: Authority Control

 

Technological and Educational Institute, Thessaloniki, Greece

September 1990-June 1992:
Library Science Instructor. Course: Library of Congress Classification System

 


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Graduate School, UW Madison, Madison, Wisconsin

(September 2001 – November 2003), K 12 at UW Madison Web Portal, Project Manager

 

School of Library and Information Studies Laboratory Library, UW Madison, Madison, Wisconsin

(July 1997 August 2001), Technical Services Coordinator (Project Assistant)

 

General Library System, UW-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin

(March 1998 August 1999), Research assistant

 

ERIC Clearing House on Elementary & Early Childhood Education, Champaign, Illinois

(April 1997 February 1998), Freelance Indexer

 

Winnebago Software Company, Caledonia, Minnesota

(April June 1997), MARC Consultant

 

Kent State University Libraries and Media Services, Kent, Ohio

(September 1994-December 1996), Graduate Student Assistant (January 1993-August 1994), Student Employee - Authority work

 

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Central Library, Thessaloniki, Greece

(October 1986-November 1992), Cataloger (January-September 1990), participated in the exchange program between Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and Kent State University, Kent, Ohio. Gained experience in all KSU Library departments, especially in the departments of Technical Services and Special Collections & Archives. Attended classes and workshops at the School of Library and Information Science, KSU.

 

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Central Library, Thessaloniki, Greece

(September 1984-September 1985), Library Assistant

 


PUBLICATIONS

 

Reviewed and Refereed Journals

Zhang, Yin, and Athena Salaba. (2009). What is Next for FRBR? A Delphi Study. The Library Quarterly, vol. 39(2): 233-255. [Received the prestigious 2009 ALISE/Bohdan S. Wynar Research Paper Award]

 

Zhang, Yin, Jason Holmes, David Robins, & Athena Salaba. (2009). Understanding Internet Searching Performance in a Heterogeneous Portal for K-12 Students: Search Success, Search Time, Strategy, and Effort. Journal of Web Librarianship, vol. 3(1): 15-33. 

 

Salaba, Athena. (2009). End-User Understanding of Indexing Language Information. Cataloging & Classification Quarterly, vol. 47(1): 23-51.

 

Jason Holmes, David Robins, Yin Zhang, & Athena Salaba. (2008). An Exploratory Study of School-age Children’s Use of a Heterogeneous Resource Site.  The Journal of Web Librarianship, vol. 2, Issue 2/3: 263-285. -- Special double issue on Library web sites and usability studies.

 

Raptis, Paschalis, & Athena Salaba. (1994). "Bilingual Authority Files at the Central Library of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece." International Information and Library Review, 26: 67‑76.

 

Refereed Proceedings

Zumer, Maja, Athena Salaba, & Marcia Zeng. (2007). Functional Requirements for Subject Authority Records (FRSAR): A Conceptual Model of Aboutness. Asian Digital Libraries: Looking Back 10 Years and Forging New Frontiers. Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Asian Digital Libraries (ICADL 2007), 10-13 December 2007, Hanoi, Vietnam. Publication appears in Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS)

 

Salaba, Athena, Marcia L. Zeng, & Maja Zumer. (2006) “Functional Requirements for Subject Authority Records.” In Knowledge Organization for a Global Learning Society: Proceedings of the Ninth International ISKO Conference, 4-7 July 2006, Vienna, Austria. Edited by Gerhard Budin, Christian Swerz, Konstantin Mitgutsch. Würzburg: Ergon Verlag.

 

Non-refereed Journals

Salaba, Athena, & Yin Zhang. (2007). “Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR): From a conceptual model to application and system development.” Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, August/September. Available at http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/Aug-07/Bulletin_AugSep07.pdf

 

Zhang, Yin, & Athena Salaba. (2007). “Critical Issues and Challenges Facing FRBR Research and Practice.” Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, August/September. Available at http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/Aug-07/Bulletin_AugSep07.pdf

 

Book chapters (Invited)

Salaba, Athena. (2005) “Συστήματα Οργάνωσης Γνώσης : Σύγχρονα Ζητήματα και Τάσεις.” IN Από την Βιβλιοθηκονομία στην Επιστήμη της Πληροφόρησης, Μελέτες προς τιμήν του Γ.Μ. Κακούρη. Επιλέλεια Χρ. Παπατσικουράκης, Α. Σίτας.  Αθήνα: Τυπωθήτω. (English translation: “Knowledge Organization Systems – KOS: Current Issues and Trends” IN From Librarianship to Information Science: Studies in Honor of G.M. Kakouris).

 

Salaba, Athena. (1993) "A Greek Librarian in America: Personal Reflections on an Eight‑month Practicum at Kent State University Libraries." In Academic Libraries in Greece: The Present Situation and Future Prospects. New York: The Haworth Press. 205‑213.

 

Technical Reports and Monographs

Zhang, Y., & Salaba, A. (2007). Identifying major issues and challenges of FRBR research and practice: A Delphi study report.

 

Soete, George, & Athena Salaba. (1999) Measuring Journal Cost‑Effectiveness: Ten Years After Barschall. Available at http://www.library.wisc.edu/projects/glsdo/cost.html

 

Eppelheimer, L., C.M. Metcalfe, & A. Salaba (1997). MARC: Making it Manageable. Caledonia, Minn: Winnebago Software Co.

 

Selness, S., L. Eppelheimer, L. Horihan, & A. Salaba. (1997). MARC Coding & Tagging: Quick Reference Guide. Caledonia, Minn: Winnebago Software Co.

 

Unpublished Translation

Furrie, Betty. (1992) "Για να κατανοήσουμε το MARC (Machine Readable Cataloging)." Μετάφραση από τα αγγλικά, Αθηνά Σαλαμπά. Θεσσαλονίκη. [Translation of Furrie, Betty. Understanding MARC (Machine Readable Cataloging). 2nd ed. McHenry, IL: Follett Software Co., 1989.]

 

Manuscripts

Salaba, Athena. (2005) Term selection process in subject searching: End-user interactions with information retrieval systems and indexing languages. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Wisconsin – Madison.

 


Presentations

 

Reviewed

Zhang, Y., & Salaba, A. (2009). Developing a FRBR-Based System to Effectively Support User Tasks. 2009 ALA Midwinter Conference, ALA ALCTS FRBR Interest Group, January 23-28, Denver, CO.

 

Zhang, Y., & Salaba, A. (2009). FRBRizing Legacy Data: Issues and Challenges. 2009 ALA Midwinter Conference, ALA ALCTS CCS Cataloging Norms Interest Group, January 23-28, Denver, CO.

 

Zhang, Yin, and Athena Salaba. (2008). Critical Issues and Challenges of FRBR Research and Practice: A Delphi Study (Poster presentation). World Library and Information Congress: 74th IFLA General Conference and Council, Quebec, Canada, 10-14, 2008.

 

Salaba, Athena (panelist), Maja Zumer, Marcia Zeng. (2008). Functional Requirements for Subject Authority Records (FRSAR): A Conceptual Model of Aboutness.  Panel: Conceptual Models of Aboutness. 10th International Conference of the International Society for Knowledge Organization (ISKO), Montreal, Canada, August 5-8, 2008.

 

Zhang, Yin, and Athena Salaba (presenter). (2008). User Study for Searching for Moving Images (Poster presentation).  10th International Conference of the International Society for Knowledge Organization (ISKO), Montreal, Canada, August 5-8, 2008.

 

Zhang, Yin, and Athena Salaba. (2008). User Research and Testing of FRBR-Based

Online Library Catalogs. Library Research Round Table Research Forums (Research to Understand Users: Issues and Approaches) at the 2008 ALA Annual Conference, Anaheim, CA, June 26–July 2, 2008.

 

Athena Salaba. (2008). Functional Requirement for Subject Authority Records (FRSAR) - (Invited report). 2008 ALA Annual Conference, Subject Analysis Committee Meeting, Anaheim, CA, June 26–July 2, 2008.

 

Zumer, Maja (presenter), Athena Salaba, & Marcia Zeng. (2007). Functional Requirements for Subject Authority Records (FRSAR): A Conceptual Model of Aboutness. 10th International Conference on Asian Digital Libraries (ICADL 2007), 10-13 December 2007, Hanoi, Vietnam.

 

Salaba, Athena, Michele Ewing, Butler, Beth, David Smeltzer, Vickie Ellison, Moussa Kalifa Traore, Anita Varrati, E. Sue Wamsley, & Christopher A. Was. (2007). Student Engagement: Exploring diverse perspectives within and beyond the classroom. 14th Annual Conference Celebrating College Teaching, Kent State University, November 1-2, Kent, Ohio.

 

Zhang, Yin, & Athena Salaba. (2007). User Research and Testing of FRBR Prototypes and Systems (Poster presentation). 70th American Society for Information Science and Technology Annual Meeting (ASIST’07), October 18-25, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

 

Zhang, Yin, Jason Holmes, David Robins, & Athena Salaba. (2007). A Heterogeneous Online Education Portal for K-12 Students: Perspectives of Developer, Service Provider, Researcher, and User. ED-MEDIA 2007, Vancouver, Canada, June 25-29, 2007.

 

Zhang, Yin, & Athena Salaba. (2007). Current FRBR Model Implementation Efforts and Issues in Library Catalogs (Poster presentation). 2007 ALA Annual Conference, June 23-26, Washington, D.C.

 

Salaba, Athena, Michele Ewing, David Smeltzer, E. Sue Wamsley, & Christopher A. Was. (2007). Engaging Students with Technology: A Speed Date with Student Engagement II Creating Environments and Collaborations to Enhance Student Success and Retention, KASADA 5th Annual Conference, May 14, North Canton, Ohio.

 

Butler, Beth, Michele Ewing, David Smeltzer, Chere Doiron, Vickie Ellison, Athena Salaba, Moussa Kalifa Traore, Anita Varrati, E. Sue Wamsley, & Christopher A. Was. (2007). The Seven-Minute Date with Student Engagement. Blueprints for Student Learning: 19th Annual Lilly Conference on College & University Teaching West, Pomona California, March 16-17, 2007.

 

Salaba, Athena. (2006). Functional Requirements for Subject Authority Records. Ninth International ISKO Conference, Vienna, Austria, July 4-7, 2006.

 

Salaba, Athena. (2006). Perspectives on a Global Sharing of Knowledge Organization Systems: Content of Subject Authority Records. Panel presentation.  Ninth International ISKO Conference, Vienna, Austria, July 4-7, 2006.

 

Salaba, Athena. (2006). Amazoogle: User Searching Behavior and Expectations for Library Catalogs. 2006 Ohio Library Council Technical Services Retreat, Mohican State Park, April 25-26, 2006.

 

Salaba, Athena. (2002). K‑12 at UW‑Madison: Malting Excellence Accessible. Annual National Science Foundation GK‑12 Meeting, Washington, DC, October 30‑November 1, 2002.

 

Callahan, Eileen, & Athena Salaba. (2002). K‑12 Web Portal: Access to K‑12 Related Resources Available at UW‑Madison. 44th Annual Convention of the Wisconsin Society of Science Teachers. Madison, Wisconsin, April 11‑13, 2002.

 

Invited

Zhang, Y., & Salaba, A. (2009). What is next for FRBR? A Delphi Study. 2009 ALISE Annual Conference, January 20-23, Denver, CO. – Best Research Paper Award Presentation.

 

Salaba, Athena (presenter), Maja Zumer, Marcia Zeng, Lois Mai Chan. (2008). Functional Requirements for Subject Authority Records (FRSAR): A Conceptual Model of Aboutness. 2008 ALA Annual Conference, Anaheim, CA, June 26–July 2, 2008.

 

Zumer, Maja, Athena Salaba, & Marcia Zeng. (2007). FRSAR Update. World Library and Information Congress: 73rd IFLA General Conference and Council, Durban, South Africa, 19-23 August 2007.

 

Zeng, Marcia Lei, Athena Salaba, & Maja Zumer. (2007). Functional Requirement for Subject Authority Records (FRSAR) - (Invited presentation). 2007 ALA Annual Conference, Subject Analysis Committee Meeting, June 25, Washington, D.C.

 

Zeng, Marcia Lei, Athena Salaba & Maja Zumer. (2006). Functional Requirements for Subject Authority Records - Updates. World Library and Information Congress: 71st IFLA General Conference and Council, 20-24 August 2006, Seoul, Korea.

 

Zeng, Marcia Lei, & Athena Salaba (keynotes speakers). (2005). Toward an International Sharing and Use of Subject Authority Data. FRBR in 21st Century Catalogues: An Invitational Workshop, OCLC. Dublin, Ohio, May 2-4, 2005.

 

Non-reviewed

Zhang, Yin, and Athena Salaba. (2008). User Research and Testing of FRBR-Based Online Library Catalogs. Report to IMLS Grant advisors from OCLC and Library of Congress, Dublin, Ohio, January 17, 2008.

 

 


GRANTS & RESEARCH PROPOSALS

Research and Development of FRBR-Based Systems to Effectively Support User Tasks and Facilitate Information Seeking. Proposal submitted to the IMLS National Leadership Grant, Research and Demonstration program. Co-P.I. 2006 (with Dr. Yin Zhang. Amount requested: $277,863), (Funded)

 

Subject Authority Records: A study of Content and Encoding Formats. Proposal submitted to the OCLC/ALISE Library and Information Science Research Grant Program. P.I. 2006. (Total amount requested: $11,862), (Not funded)

 

Uses of Subject Authority Data and its Impact on the Functional Requirements for Subject Authority Records. Proposal submitted to Kent State University Summer Research and Creative Activity Appointments. Co-P.I. 2006. (with Dr. Marcia Zeng. Amount requested: $6,500), (Not funded)

 


PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Society of American Archivists. Encoded Archival Description Workshop, March 1-2, 2007

Kent State University. Faculty Professional Development. Teaching Scholars, 2006-2007

Society of Ohio Archivists. Just DACS: An Introduction & Understanding of DACS, Workshop, September 18, 2006

LITA Regional Institutes. XML and Libraries, Workshop, May 11, 2004

 


PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Academic Library Association of Ohio (ALAO)
American Library Association (ALA)
American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIST)
International Society for Knowledge Organization (ISKO)
Special Libraries Association (SLA)

 


COMMITTEE SERVICE

Kent Sate University. School of Library and Information Science

Member, Distributed Learning Committee
Member , Appeals Committee
SLA Student Chapter, Academic Advisor
Ad-Hoc Committees
Digital Library Specialization and Certificate Committee
Digital Archives and Preservation Search Committee

 

Kent State University

Citation and Recognition Committee (alternate)
Student Media Policy Committee (2006-2007 alternate, 2007-present)
Commencement, Convocation and Honors Day Committee (2006-present)

 

Northern Ohio Chapter of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (NORASIST)

Chair-elect (2006-2007)

Chair (2007-2008)

 

International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)

Functional Requirements for Subject Authority Data (FRSAR) Working Group. Co-chair and Secretary (2005-present)

 

UW Madison. School of Library and Information Studies

Advanced Studies Committee. Student member (2000 2002)
Curriculum Committee.
Doctoral student member (1999 2001)

 

UW Madison. Libraries

Catalog Review Group (1997 2001)
Catalog Review Group. Authorities Subcommittee (2000 2003)