Research & Presentations

My research interests include website design, usability, the impact of interface design on library instruction, reusable learning objects for digital libraries, library learning space design, and library leadership. Below is a list of articles that I have co-authored and recent presentations.

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"Focusing on Instruction" North Carolina Library Association in Hickory, NC. October 2011.

Together is Better: collaborative creation of an online tutorial" Lightning Talk @ TRLN Annual Meeting in Chapel Hill. July 2011.

"Designing for the Web". TRLN Annual meeting in Chapel Hill. July 2009, Co-presented with Emily King.

"Personalizing the UNC Library". LAUNC-CH Annual Conference in Chapel Hill, NC. March 2009. Co-presented with Jacqueline Solis.

"Beyond Volume Count: Exploring Evolving Tools for Evaluating Library Quality Presentation". American Association of Law Libraries Annual Conference in Portland, OR. July 2008. Co-presented with Kumar Percy Jayasuriya; Barbara Bintliff; Frances M Brillantine

"Digital Reference in a Next Generation Union Catalog". LIDA 2008: Libraries in the Digital Age in Dubrovnik, Croatia. June 2008. Co-presented with Pam Sessoms, Jacqueline Solis, and Lisa Norberg.

"Search TRLN Project". TRLN Annual meeting in Chapel Hill. July 2007, (Co-presented with Derek Rodriquez and Emily Lynema.

"Mastering the Subtle Art of Library Instruction" Poster. ACRL Conference in Baltimore, April 2007. Co-presented with Lisa Norberg.

"Creating Instant Connections: Supporting Students' Information Needs Through an Instant Messenger Reference Service". UNC TLT Conference in Raleigh. March 2007. Co-presented with Suchi Mohanty.

Mohanty, S., Norberg L,. Vassiliadis, K. (2007). Sophisticated simplicity in e-learning : online instruction at UNC-Chapel Hill. In A. Daugherty and M. F. Russo (Eds.), Information literacy programs in the digital age. Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries.

Markgren S., Dickinson, T., Leonard, A., Vassiliadis K., (2007). "The Five Year Itch: Are Libraries losing their Most Valuable Resources?". Library Administration & Management 21 (2): 70-76.

Norberg, L.R., Vassiliadis, K., Ferguson, J., and Smith, N. (2005). "Sustainable Design for Multiple Audiences: The Usability Study and Iterative Redesign of the Documenting the American South Digital Library." OCLC Systems & Services, 21(4): 285-299.

Vassiliadis, K. and Stimatz [Norberg] L.R. (2002). "The Instruction Librarian's Role in Creating a Usable Web Site." Reference Services Review, 30(4): 338-342.