CURRICULUM VITAE (MARCH 2013) SOFIA ZAPOUNIDOU PERSONAL INFORMATION SOFIA

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Sofia Zapounidou

11 Heronias Str. 56429 Polihni, Thessaloniki, Greece

2 310 995480

[email protected] [email protected]

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/sofia-zapounidou/27/356/937

szapoun (Skype)

Sex Female| Date of birth 04/12/1977 | Nationality Greek

WORK EXPERIENCE

04/2008 – Today

Internet Librarian

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh) Library, Central Library, Library Web site and eResources Management Team.

• Web site management (http://www.lib.auth.gr)

• Electronic resources management

• Creation of library training and information literacy material

Business or sector: Academic Library

09/2009 – 07/2012

Adjunct Lecturer

Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki, Department of Library and Information Systems

• Thesauri and Controlled Vocabulary Construction (according to ISO 5964:1985, ISO 25964-1: 2011)

• Course’s exercises through two open source software: TheW32, ThManager

• Update and maintenance of the electronic course in Blackboard (lecture notes, presentations, online tests, bibliography selection)

• More than 300 academic hours (teaching experience)

Business or sector: Academic Institution

03/2004 – 04/2008

Internet Librarian

University of Thessaly Library and Information Centre, Central Library, Library Web site Team.

• Web site management (http://www.lib.uth.gr)

• Creation of library training material, mostly about use of specific electronic resources

Business or sector: Academic Library

15/10/2001 – 30/11/2003

Archivist - Librarian

Municipality of Kalamaria, Historical Archives of Greek Refugees

• Arrangement and description of archival collections appraised during 1999-2002.

• Creation of finding aids (Accession Record, Guides).

• Update of the existing database, “Document Management System (DMS)”.

• Thesaurus Construction.

• Creation of a Book Registry.

Business or sector: Local Archives, Municipal Archives

10/12/2000 – 10/04/2001

Archivist - Librarian

Municipality of Kalamaria, Historical Archives of Greek Refugees

• Arrangement and description of archival collections appraised during 1994-1998.

• Creation of finding aids (Accession Record, Guides).

• Update of the existing database, “Document Management System (DMS)”.

• Organization of an instructional seminar to the Archives' Staff : "Basic archival principles: Theory and Practice".

Business or sector: Local Archives, Municipal Archives

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

02/2002 – 02/2004

Master in Information Systems, Grade: 9,25

MSc

University of Macedonia, Interdepartmental Programme of Postgraduate Studies (I.P.P.S.) in Information Systems

10/1997 – 09/2001

Diploma in Archival and Library Studies, Grade: 8,22

BSc

Ionian University, Department of Archival and Library Sciences

PERSONAL SKILLS

Mother tongue(s)

Greek

Other language(s)*

UNDERSTANDING

SPEAKING

WRITING

Listening

Reading

Spoken interaction

Spoken production

English

C2 Proficient user

C2 Proficient user

C1 Proficient user

C1 Proficient user

C1 Proficient user

Certificate of Proficiency in English - CPE

Italian

B2 Independent user

B2 Independent user

A2 Basic user

A2 Basic user

A2 Basic user

Certificazione di Conoscenza della Lingua Italiana – Livello 4

* Common European Framework of Reference for Languages

Job-related skills

Teaching experience (April 2007 - present) Seminar Lecturer at the Institute of Training / National Centre for Public Administration and Local Government. Topics: Library Information Systems, Electronic Government, Preparation of public documents according to Greek National Law.

Computer skills

• HTML, XHTML, CSS, MySQL, Java

• Joomla Content Management System - CMS, Macromedia Dreamweaver 8, Oracle 10g, JCreator, JBuilder 6, Macromedia Authorware MX, Adobe Photoshop CS2, TopStyle 3 (για CSS) MS-Office (2003, 2007).

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Publications

Koseoglou, Eleftheria, Sofia Zapounidou, Evangelos Karkanis, Theodoros Thedoropoulos, Claudine Xenidou-Dervou (2012). “Promoting open access: cooperation among Aristotle University Library and Quality Assurance Unit”. 21st Panhellenic Conference of Academic Libraries: The face of libraries is continually changing: synergy and development strategies with inspiration and vision. (Univ. of Piraeus, 18-19 October 2012). Available at: http://leo.hua.gr/palc2012/sites/default/files/pictures/pres/koseoglou.doc [In Greek].

Arndt, Adam, Renke Fahl-Spiewack, Nikos Loutas, Vassilios Peristeras, Sebastian Sklarß, Sofia Zapounidou (2011). ADMS - Asset Description Metadata Schema: Draft Specification v0.6a for Community Consultation, 2011-03-17. SEMIC.eu. http://joinup.ec.europa.eu/asset/adms/asset_release/adms-06

Malliari, Afrodite, Stella Korobili, Sofia Zapounidou (2011). “Exploring the information seeking behavior of Greek graduate students: A case study set in the University of Macedonia”. The International Information & Library Review 43(2): 79-91.

Korobili, Stella, Aphrodite Malliari, Sofia Zapounidou (2011). “Factors that influence information seeking behavior: the case of Greek graduate students”. The Journal of Academic Librarianship 37 (2): 155-165.

Koseoglou, E, S. Zapounidou, X.Agorogianni, T.Petridis, S.Alexandridou (2008). “eResources Management and emerging technologies: the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Library as a case study”. Published in: Proceedings of the Digital Walkthroughs and Digital Libraries Conference (Greek-Cypriot Cooperation “e-PAUSANIAS” - GGET – Project 252-e Τ.D.Ε. 4.3.6.1e), Thessaloniki, 30 Sep -01 Oct 2008). Thessaloniki: November, 2008. The proceedings were published only in CD-ROM. [In Greek]

Koseoglou, E, S. Zapounidou, X.Agorogianni, T.Petridis, K. Xenidou-Dervou, S. Alexandridou (2008). “Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Electronic Library 1998-2008: evolution-evaluation”. Published in: Proceedings of the 17th Panhellenic Academic Libraries Conference (Univ. Of Ioannina, 14-26 September 2008). Ioannina, University of Ioannina. The proceedings were published only in CD-ROM. [In Greek]

Zapounidou, S. (2008). “Library web sites: new technologies – new services” SYNERGASIA, issue 2 (September 2008). Available at: http://www.goethe.de/ins/gr/lp/prj/syn/ozs/acv/art/tech/el3642676.htm [In Greek]

Zorba, I., S. Zapounidou & D. Patrinos (2007). “Library web site: Technical Support or Key Service”. Published in: Proceedings of the 16th Panhellenic Academic Libraries Conference (Univ.of Piraeus, 1-3 October 2007). Piraeus, University of Piraeus: 256-269. [In Greek]

Zapounidou, S. (2007) “A theoretical approach of Semantic Web technologies in the cultural information domain: a case application in library science”. Published in: Elli Anthi-Kalofolia, ed. Meta-Libraries: The Libraries after the Internet and the World Wide Web: towards a new constructive logic, operation and tools. Proceedings of the 13th Panhellenic Conference of Academic Libraries (Ionian University, Corfu, 13-15 October 2004). Corfu: Ionian University, 2007: 464-475. [In Greek]

Zapounidou, S. (2006) “Use of ontologies in knowledge mapping: a case study in an academic library ”. Published in: Knowledge Management. The World Wide Web and Information Centers. Proceedings of the 14th Panhellenic Conference of Academic Libraries (Τ.Ε.Ι. of Athens, 1-3 December 2005). Athens, Technological Educational Institute (Τ.Ε.Ι.) of Athens, 2006: 283-292. [In Greek]. This article has been republished in EEVEP (ed). Michalis Tzekakis: the visionary librarian. Athens: Xerox, 2007: 138-150.

Zapounidou, S. (2006) “Archival Description System 'Janus': an RDF application ”. Published in: Proceedings of the 2nd National Hellenic Society for Systemic Studies Conference. “Systemic approaches in business and organization networks: economic and social dimensions” (Univ. of the Aegean, Chios, 25-27 May 2006). Piraeus, HSSS & University of the Aegean, 2006. The proceedings were published only in CD-ROM. [In Greek]