Department of Library, Archival & Information StudiesEL | EN
Short cv
Aspa Togia studied History and Archaeology at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. She holds a Master’s degree in Library Science from the University of Sheffield, UK and a PhD in History of Science from the Medical School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. She has worked for many years as a librarian in the Library of the Faculty of Agriculture of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Since 2007 she is faculty member at the Department of Library, Archival and Information Studies of the International Hellenic University.
Teaching
Aspa has been teaching, coordinating and developed a number of bachelor’s and master’s courses within the Department, including Information resources for research, Information policy, Information literacy, Subject analysis and indexing, Advanced cataloguing, Organisation and management of digital collections, and Information seeking. In addition to teaching, she has supervised students at both the Bachelor’s and Master’s level.
Selected Publications
Togia, A., Koseoglou, E., Zapounidou, S., & Tsigilis, N. (2018). “Open access infrastructure in Greece: current status, challenges and perspectives”. ElPub2018: Connecting knowledge to commons: From projects to sustainable infrastructure, June 2018, Toronto, Canada. HAL Id : hal-01816716v3.
Togia, A., Koseoglou, E., & Zapounidou, S. (2017). “Alternative metrics for the evaluation of scholarly activity: An analysis of articles authored by Greek researchers”. In: Leslie, C., & Loizides, F. (Eds). Expanding perspectives on Open Science: Communities, cultures and diversities in concepts and practices: Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Electronic Publishing (ElPub2017). Amsterdam: IOS Press: 138-152. DOI 10.3233/978-1-61499-769-6-138.
Togia, A., & Malliari, A. (2017). “Research methods in Library and Information Science”. In: Oflazoğlu, S. (Ed). Qualitative versus Quantitative Research. Rijeka, Croatia: InTech.
Bougatzeli, E., Togia, A., & Papadimitriou, E. (2015). Developing an information literacy course for teacher education students in Greece. The International Journal of Literacies 21(2): 17-26.
Togia, A., & Korobili, S. (2014). Attitudes towards open access: a meta-synthesis of the empirical literature. Information Services and Use 34(3/4): 221-231.
Togia, A., & Korobili, S. (2014). Information seeking behavior of LIS students: the case of Greece. BOBCATSSS 2014, Barcelona, Spain: 245-252. http://proceedings.bobcatsss2014.hb.se/article/view/368/477
Togia, A., Korobili, S., Malliari, A., & Nitsos I. (2015). Teachers’ views of information literacy practices in secondary education: a qualitative study in the Greek educational setting. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science 47(3): 226-241. DOI: 10.1177/0961000614532485
Togia, A., Korobili, S., Malliari, A., & Nitsos, I. (2014). The development of an online information literacy tutorial for Greek high-school students. The International Journal of Literacies 20(2): 63-78. http://ijlll.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.254/prod.59
Togia, A. (2013). The status of Cognitive Psychology journals: an impact factor approach. Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian 32 (2): 86-102.
Togia, Α., Korobili, S., & Malliari, A. (2012). Motivation to learn and learning strategies: IT courses in a library and information science department. Library Review 61 (1): 41-56. DOI: 10.1108/00242531211207415
Togia, A. et al. (2011). Psychometric properties of the Computer and Web Attitude Scale (CWAS): an application to Greek library students. In Katsirikou, A. & Skiadas, C. (eds). New trends in qualitative and quantitative methods in libraries: proceedings of the International Conference on QQML2010. Singapore: World Scientific Publishing : 261-270.
Korobili, S., Togia, A., & Malliari, A. (2010). Computer anxiety and attitudes among undergraduate students in Greece. Computers in Human Behavior, 26: 399-405. DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2009.11.011
Togia, A. (2005). Measurement of burnout and the influence of background characteristics in Greek academic librarians. Library Management, 26: 130-138. DOI: 10.1108/01435120510580870
Togia A., Koustelios, A., & Tsigilis, N. (2004). Job satisfaction among Greek academic librarians. Library & Information Science Research, 26: 373-383. DOI: 10.1016/j.lisr.2004.01.004.
Tsigilis, N., Koustelios, A., & Togia, A. (2004). Multivariate relationship between job satisfaction and burnout and their discriminant validity. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 19: 666-675. DOI: 10.1108/02683940410559365
Research Interests
Information seeking and use
Information needs
Information literacy
Scholarly communication
Research methods in LIS
Resource description and access