Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tanja Merčun Kariž

Peer-reviewed journal papers (selected)

Švab, K., & Merčun, T. (2021). Uporabniška izkušnja v COBISS+ = COBISS+ user experience. Organizacija znanja, 26(1-2), 2126003. https://doi.org/10.3359/oz2126003

Salaba, A., & Merčun, T. (2020). Visualizations of bibliographic information: A user experience study. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 52(1), 271-287. https://doi.org/10.1177/0961000618804014

Salaba, A., Merčun, T., & Aalberg, T. (2018). Complexity of work families and entity-based visualization displays. Cataloging & Classification Quarterly, 56(7), 628-652. https://doi.org/10.1080/01639374.2018.1529008

Merčun, T., Žumer, M., & Aalberg, T. (2017). Presenting bibliographic families using information visualization: evaluation of FRBR?based prototype and hierarchical visualizations. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 68(2), 392-411. https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.23659

Merčun, T., Žumer, M., & Aalberg, T. (2016). Presenting bibliographic families: Designing an FRBR-based prototype using information visualization. Journal of Documentation, 72(3), 490-526. http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/JD-01-2015-0001

Pisanski, J., Merčun, T., & Žumer, M. (2015). FRBR: The Way Forward. Przegląd Biblioteczny, 83(1), 62-72.

Merčun, T., Švab, K., Harej, V., & Žumer, M. (2013). Creating better library information systems: The Road to FRBR-Land. Information Research: An International Electronic Journal, 18(3). http://InformationR.net/ir/18-3/colis/paperC07.html 

Merčun, T., & Žumer, M. (2008). Vizualizacija informacij v sistemih za poizvedovanje. Knjižnica, 52(2/3), 95-114. 

Merčun, T., & Žumer, M. (2008). New generation of catalogues for the new generation of users: a comparison of six library catalogues. Program, 42(3), 243-261.

 

Published conference papers and posters 

Kuhar, M., & Merčun, T. (2020). Starting a search: Exploring the differences in two digital libraries. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 57(1), e341. https://doi.org/10.1002/pra2.341

Aalberg, T., Merčun, T., & Žumer, M. (2017). Interactive displays for the next generation of entity-centric bibliographic models. In Digital Libraries: data, information, and knowledge for digital lives, 19th International Conference on Asian Digital Libraries, ICADL 2017 (pp. 199-211). Springer.

Salaba, A., & Merčun, T. (2017). User interactions with bibliographic information visualizations. In Research and advanced technology for digital libraries, 21st International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries, TPDL 2017 (pp. 579-584). Springer.

Merčun, T., & Žumer, M. (2017). Exploring the influences on pragmatic and hedonic aspects of user experience. Information Research, 22(1), CoLIS paper 1621. http://InformationR.net/ir/22-1/colis/colis1621.html

Merčun, T., Salaba, A., & Žumer, M. (2016). User testing of prototype systems in two different environments: Preliminary results. In Digital libraries: knowledge, information, and data in an open access society, 18th  International Conference on Asian Digital Libraries (pp. 104-109). Springer.

Aalberg, T., Merčun, T., & Žumer, M. (2016). BIBSURF—Discover bibliographic entities by searching for units of interest, ranking and filtering. In 2016 IEEE/ACM Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL) (pp. 207-208). IEEE.

Merčun, T., & Žumer, M. (2014). Dimensions of User Experience and Reaction Cards. In ICADL 2014: The Emergence of Digital Libraries–Research and Practices, LNCS 8839 (pp. 365-370). Springer.

Švab, K., Merčun, T., & Žumer, M. (2014). Researching bibliographic data with users: examples of 5 qualitative studies. In LIDA 2014 Proceedings: Libraries in the digital age, Assesing libraries and library users and use, Zadar, Croatia.

Merčun, T., & Žumer, M. (2013). User perception of 4 hierarchical layouts. In ASIS&T 2013: Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 50(1), 1-3. [poster]

Merčun, T., & Žumer, M. (2013). Every User His Visualization? User Performance and Preferences of Different Hierarchical Layouts. In ICADL 2013: Digital Libraries: Social Media and Community Networks,LNCS 8279 (pp. 184-185). Springer.  [poster]

Merčun, T., Žumer, M., & Aalberg, T. (2012). Presenting and Exploring the Complexity of Bibliographic Relationships. In ICADL 2012: The Outreach of Digital Libraries: A Globalized Resource Network, LNCS 7643 (pp. 63-66). Springer.

Merčun, T., Žumer, M., & Aalberg, T. (2012). FrbrVis: An information visualization approach to presenting FRBR work families. In TPDL 2012: Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries, LNCS 7489 (pp. 504-507). Springer. [demo]

Aalberg, T., Merčun, T., & Žumer, M. (2011). Coding FRBR-structured bibliographic information in MARC. In ICADL 2011: Digital Libraries: For Cultural Heritage, Knowledge Dissemination, and Future Creation, LNCS 7008 (pp. 128-137). Springer.

Žumer, M., Pisanski, J., Vilar, P., Harej, V., Merčun, T., & Švab, K. (2011). Breaking barriers between old practices and new demands : the price of hesitation. In IFLA 2011: Libraries beyond libraries: integration, innovation and information for all (11 p.). https://www.ifla.org/past-wlic/2011/80-zumer-en.pdf

Merčun, T., & Žumer, M. (2011). Making Web 2.0 work for users and libraries. In Gupta, D. & Savard, R.(eds), Marketing libraries in a Web 2.0 world, IFLA publications, 145 (pp. 13-22). Berlin; New York: De Gruyter: Saur.

Compulsory Courses

• Basics of Information System Design

• Basics of Information System Design

• Bibliometrics

• Information Seeking Strategies

• Information Seeking Strategies

• Introduction to Scholarly Communication

• Introduction to Scholarly Communication

• Management of information sources

• Organization of Information Resources

• Research methods

• Research methods

• Research methods

Elective Courses

• Bibliometrics

• International Trends in Library and Information Science

• Libraries and Social Media

• Management of information sources

• Research methods

• Selected topics in information science