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Polona VilarView profile

Professor

• Information Behavior
• Information Literacy
• Reading Literacy
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Polona Vilar is a Professor at the Department of Library, Information Science and Book Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, where she has worked since 1999. Her academic progression includes assistant professor (2008), associate professor (2014), and full professor (2019) positions. She teaches information behavior, information and reading literacy, and school/general library studies. Active in national and international research projects Visiting professor/researcher at City University London, University of Graz, and others Member of CoLIS and ISIC conference committees IFLA Section for Information Literacy committee until 2023 Senate member and Habilitation Commission member at Faculty of Law Her research focuses on information behavior, literacy, and library systems. Recent work examines research data management, academic reading formats, and archival literacy. She has over 140 publications including books and reports. Scientific awards include: Kalan Award (2003, 2019) from Slovenian Library Association Emerald/EFMD Publishing House Award (2008) for doctoral work ŠS FF Award (2013) for pedagogical excellence Vilar has mentored nearly 100 students and led projects like Kulturni in sistemski dejavniki bralne pismenosti (2015-2016). She actively promotes librarian continuing education and has brought international conferences (CoLIS 2019) to Slovenia.

Katarina ŠvabView profile

Assistant Professor

• Library Science
• Information Systems
• Digital Libraries
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Katarina Švab is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Library, Information Science and Book Studies within the Faculty of Arts at the University of Ljubljana. She specializes in bibliographic information systems, digital libraries, and user experience, with a focus on public and academic libraries. Her work bridges practical librarianship with academic research. Completed her studies in geography and library science Doctorate in Information Sciences (2016) Guest lecturer at Kent State University (2022) Her research explores user interaction with library systems, collection development, and health education in libraries. Recent publications analyze public library events, catalog usability, and barriers to library service utilization. She co-authored the textbook Organization of Library Collections and has contributed to international conferences on library information systems. Katarina actively collaborates on projects improving library information systems, such as FRBR implementation. She teaches courses on digital libraries, collection organization, and user services at the University of Ljubljana. Her work emphasizes user-centered approaches to library design and services.