Library and Information Studies@University of Malta
Division of Library & Information Studies, Centre for Communication Technology
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LIS@UOM Library and Information Studies@University of Malta Division of Library & Information Studies, Centre for Communication Technology |
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Contact
details: Martes Paris Coordinator Division of Library and Information Studies Centre for Communication Technology University of Malta Msida MSD06 Malta Tel: 00356 2340 2412 email: martes.paris@um.edu.mt |
| Bio-data: Joined the Division of Library and Information Studies at the Centre for Communications Technology in January 2002. In 2003 awarded the University of Malta Chancellor's Award. Since October 2006 appointed Coordinator for courses offered by the Division: - Bachelor of Library, Information and Archive Studies, - Diploma in Library and Information Studies and; - Diploma in Archive and Records Management. Prior to this academic post she was Head of Reader Services (1999-2000) and Reference Assistant Librarian (1994-1999) at the University of Malta Library. Currently reading for a PhD at University College London. Studied for a Masters Degree in Librarianship at the University of Sheffield (1999). First degrees in: Economics and History (1992) and History (Hons) (1993). Her research interests include: the Internet and Society, Conservation and Preservation of Electronic Records, Cultural Imperialism and Hegemony on the Internet, Reference Services & Information Retrieval, the Correlation between the Theory of knowledge and Library Studies. Member of the following professional bodies: Malta Library and Information Association (MaLIA), Chartered Instituted of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) and the American Library Association (ALA). |
| List of Academic and Professional
Publications: "Academic Libraries". In Report on the State of Maltes Libraries, edited by Robert Mizzi, Heather Brown and Catherine Vella, Malta, 2006. 'Library and Information Studies in Malta: challenges and opportunities'. In Library Review, vol. 53 No 2, 2004. 'Libraries and Information Centres: the EU perspective'. In Libraries and National Development, Proceedings of a Conference organised by the Ghaqda Biblljotekarji (Library Association, Malta) on its 30th anniversary, 11th December 1999 / editor, Laurence V. Zerafa. Msida : Malta Library and Information Association, 2001, p. 55-71. The challenge of Cultural Imperialism for the Mediterranean: a case study of France, Malta and Egypt. Unpublished MA Dissertation, Sheffield, 1999. Library Guide / published by the University of Malta Library, 1996, rev ed. 2001. Design and maintenance of Library and Information Studies web site [http://home.um.edu.mt/lis] Design of Malta Library and Information Association, MaLIA web site at [http://www.malia-malta.org] up to 2006. (Text: Martes Paris and MaLIA publications). |
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