The purpose of this survey is to determine the information-seeking behavior of graduate students of the Faculties of Philosophy (8 Schools) and Engineering (8 Schools) at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Discipline did not seem to affect information-seeking behavior critically. The Majority of the sample demonstrated a low to Medium level of information-seeking behavior. This survey revealed the need for improving the level of graduate students' information literacy skills.

Integration of library data into the Semantic Web environment is a key issue for libraries and is approached on the basis of interoperability between conceptual models. Several data models exist for the representation and publication of library data in the Semantic Web and therefore inter-domain and intra-domain interoperability issues emerge as a growing number of web data are generated. Achieving interoperability for different representations of the same or related entities between the library and other cultural heritage institutions shall enhance rich bibliographic data reusability and support the development of new data-driven information services. This paper aims to investigate common ground and convergences between four conceptual models, namely Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR), FRBR Object-Oriented (FRBRoo), Bibliographic Framework (BIBFRAME) and Europeana Data Model (EDM), enabling semantically-richer interoperability by studying the representation of monographs, as well as of content relationships (derivative and equivalent bibliographic relationships) and of whole-part relationships between them.

Abstract. Semantic Web technologies and Linked data form a new reference framework for libraries. The library community aims to integrate its data with the Semantic Web and as a result new library data models have been developed. In this context, significant research effort focuses on the alignment between the library models with relevant models developed by other communities in the cultural heritage domain. However there exist several issues concerning the interoperability between all these data models. This paper seeks to contribute in the interoperability of four models, namely FRBR, FRBRoo, EDM and BIBFRAME. It highlights the commonalities and the divergences between them by using a case bibliographic record and by exploring how this record is represented by each one of them.Keywords: semantic web, library data models, linked data, FRBR, FRBRoo, EDM, BIBFRAME IntroductionLibraries develop and preserve rich metadata for their holdings. Exchange of these metadata between libraries is made through specific bibliographic standards. The most well known is the MARC (MAchine Readable Cataloguing) data structure standard [1], developed in the 1960s and widely used since then by libraries worldwide. Despite its success and its many updates since its first development, MARC faces the challenges to enable provision and use of library data by third party applications, as well as to adapt its framework to the current trends of the metadata models [2]. The insufficiencies of current bibliographic data representation standards have been well studied by experts and library-related international organizations [3][4][5][6][7][8]. As a result, there is a growing interest in establishing meaningful representation and communication of bibliographic data in the environment of the web of data, which has already appeared exploiting Semantic Web technologies that enable the publication and consumption of structured data. These technologies known as Linked Data [9] provide a new reference framework for libraries aspiring to integrate their data into the Semantic Web [2], thus providing very rich datasets that may be used, exploited and extended by other libraries or communities. Some pilot efforts have already been undertaken by the library community to redefine the bibliographic universe in accordance with the new reference framework described above. These different interpretations are expressed almost simultaneously and may cause interoperability problems, making integration of library data into the Semantic Web not a simple task. Library institutions and stakeholders, library data, and library processes need to be defined explicitly according to the requirements and benefits of the new data publishing framework [2].The aim of this paper is to contribute in the interoperability of such approaches. Therefore, it tries to compare bibliographic data models developed by different initiatives in the library community with the aim of discovering the common ground between them. For this purpose four data models are explored: FRBR, FRBRoo,...

This paper describes a survey designed to determine the information seeking behavior of graduate students at the University of Macedonia (UoM). The survey is a continuation of a previous one undertaken in the Faculties of Philosophy and Engineering at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh). This paper primarily presents results from the UoM survey, but also makes comparisons with the findings from the earlier survey at AUTh. The 254 UoM students responding tend to use the simplest information search techniques with no critical variations between different disciplines. Their information seeking behavior seems to be influenced by their search experience, computer and web experience, perceived ability and frequency of use of e-sources, and not by specific personal characteristics or attendance at library instruction programs. Graduate students of both universities similar information seeking preferences, with the UoM students using more sophisticated techniques, such as Boolean search and truncation, more often than the AUTh students.

This paper describes a survey designed to determine the information seeking behavior of graduate students at the University of Macedonia (UoM). The survey is a continuation of a previous one undertaken in the Faculties of Philosophy and Engineering at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh). This paper primarily presents results from the UoM survey, but also makes comparisons with the findings from the earlier survey at AUTh. The 254 UoM students responding tend to use the simplest information search techniques with no critical variations between different disciplines. Their information seeking behavior seems to be influenced by their search experience, computer and web experience, perceived ability and frequency of use of esources, and not by specific personal characteristics or attendance at library instruction programs. Graduate students of both universities similar information seeking preferences, with the UoM students using more sophisticated techniques, such as Boolean search and truncation, more often than the AUTh students.