Koraljka Golub

Professor

Department of Cultural Sciences Faculty of Arts and Humanities

koraljka.golub@lnu.se

+46 470-70 89 09

Koraljka Golub is the head of the iInstitute, Linnaeus University's iSchool and co-leader of Linnaeus University's Digital Humanities Initiative. She is also coordinating Huminfra’s work on Swedish DARIAH.

Her teaching and research focus lies in the field of digital libraries and information retrieval, with particular focus on topics related to information retrieval and knowledge organisation.

Koraljka takes part in teaching and coordinated courses in the Digital Humanities Master.

Research

Koraljka has been researching topics related to knowledge organization, integrating existing knowledge organization systems with social tagging and/or automated subject indexing, and evaluating resulting end-user information retrieval.

Her recently completed projects are:

Erasmus+ project Digital Methods Platform for Arts and Humanities (DiMPAH), project leader
The Knowledge Foundation's Avans project Development of a new master programme in Digital Humanities at Linnaeus University, project leader
Riksbankens jubileumsfond (RJ) project Queerlit database

Her current research projects are:

Huminfra, Swedish national infrastructure supporting digital and experimental research in the Humanities, Swedish DARIAH coordinator and member of the management group
Swedish National Doctoral School in Digital Humanities: Data, Culture and Society – Critical Perspectives (DASH), Linnaeus University’s representative
Innovative Cultural Entrepreneurship in Collaborative Co-creative Research – InKuiS, project part leader
Artificial Intelligence as a risk and opportunity for the authenticity of archives, project leader
Open access to research data, sub-project in the Open Science project at Linnaeus University, project leader

Commissions

Koraljka is the Chair of the European / African Region of iSchools. She is also Linnaeus University's representative in EOSC as well as a member of the International Society for Knowledge Organization’s Scientific and Technical Advisory Council (ISKO STAC) within which she has initiated the working group on Subject Access Metadata.

My research groups

My ongoing research projects

My completed research projects

Publications

Article in journal (Refereed)

Golub, K., Ihrmark, D. (2025). Representation of Swedish LGBTQ+ Fiction in Commercial Information Services. Journal of Documentation. 81 (7). 85-100.
Status: Published
Gnoli, C., Golub, K., Haynes, D., Salaba, A., Shiri, A., et al. (2024). Library Catalog’s Search Interface : Making the Most of Subject Metadata. Knowledge organization. 51 (3). 169-186.
Status: Published
Golub, K., Suominen, O., Mohammed, A.T., Aagaard, H., Osterman, O. (2024). Automated Dewey Decimal Classification of Swedish library metadata using Annif software. Journal of Documentation. 80 (5). 1057-1079.
Status: Published
Golub, K., Pestana, O. (2023). Subject-based knowledge organisation : An OER for supporting (digital) humanities research. Education for Information. 39 (2). 203-216.
Status: Published
Golub, K., Bergenmar, J., Humlesjö, S. (2023). Searching for Swedish LGBTQI fiction : the librarians’ perspective. Journal of Documentation. 79 (7). 261-279.
Status: Published
Golub, K., Tan, X., Liu, Y., Tyrkko, J. (2023). Online subject searching of humanities PhD students at a Swedish university. Journal of Documentation. 79 (7). 308-329.
Status: Published
Golub, K., Bergenmar, J., Humlesjö, S. (2022). Searching for Swedish LGBTQI fiction : challenges and solutions. Journal of Documentation. 78 (7). 464-484.
Status: Published
Cobb, P.J., Golub, K. (2022). Digital humanities degrees and supplemental credentials in Information Schools (iSchools). Education for Information. 38 (1). 67-92.
Status: Published
Walsh, J.A., Cobb, P.J., De Fremery, W., Golub, K., Keah, H., et al. (2022). Digital humanities in the iSchool. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology. 73 (25). 188-203.
Status: Published
Golub, K., Ziolkowski, P.M., Zlodi, G. (2022). Organizing subject access to cultural heritage in Swedish online museums. Journal of Documentation. 78 (7). 211-247.
Status: Published
Golub, K., Lund, A. (2021). Why Open Government Data? : The Case of a Swedish Municipality. Journal of Data and Information Science. 6 (1). 120-138.
Status: Published
Golub, K. (2021). Automated Subject Indexing : An Overview. Cataloging & Classification Quarterly. 59 (8). 702-719.
Status: Published
Hansson, J., Golub, K., Tyrkkö, J., Ahlström, I. (2021). Publication Practices in the Humanities : An in-depth Study of a Swedish Arts and Humanities Faculty 2010-2018. Nordic Journal of Library and Information Studies. 2 (2). 41-64.
Status: Published
Golub, K., Tyrkkö, J., Hansson, J., Ahlström, I. (2020). Subject indexing in humanities : A comparison between a local university repository and an international bibliographic service. Journal of Documentation. 76 (6). 1193-1214.
Status: Published
Golub, K., Göransson, E., Foka, A., Huvila, I. (2020). Digital humanities in Sweden and its infrastructure : Status quo and the sine qua non. Digital Scholarship in the Humanities. 35 (3). 547-556.
Status: Published
Golub, K., Hagelbäck, J., Ardö, A. (2020). Automatic Classification of Swedish Metadata Using Dewey Decimal Classification : A Comparison of Approaches. Journal of Data and Information Science. 5 (1). 18-38.
Status: Published
Johansson, S., Golub, K. (2019). LibraryThing for Libraries : How Tag Moderation and Size Limitations Affect Tag Clouds. Knowledge organization. 46 (4). 245-259.
Status: Published
Golub, K. (2018). Subject Access in Swedish Discovery Services. Knowledge organization. 45 (4). 297-309.
Status: Published
Faletar Tanackovic, S., Golub, K., Huvila, I. (2017). The meaning of interoperability and its implications for archival institutions : Challenges and opportunities in Croatia, Finland and Sweden. Information research. 22 (1).
Status: Published
Golub, K., Hansson, J., Seldén, L. (2017). Cult of the "I" : Organizational symbolism and curricula in three Scandinavian iSchools with comparisons to three American. Journal of Documentation. 73 (1). 48-74.
Status: Published
Golub, K., Hansson, J. (2017). (Big) Data in Library and Information Science : A Brief Overview of Some Important Problem Areas. Journal of universal computer science (Online). 23 (11). 1098-1108.
Status: Published
Golub, K., Dagobert, S., Buchanan, G., Tudhope, D., Lykke, M., et al. (2016). A framework for evaluating automatic indexing or classification in the context of retrieval. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology. 67 (1). 3-16.
Status: Published
Lassi, M., Johnsson, M., Golub, K. (2016). Research data services : An exploration of requirements at two Swedish universities. IFLA Journal. 42 (4). 266-277.
Status: Published
Golub, K. (2016). Potential and Challenges of Subject Access in Libraries Today on the Example of Swedish Libraries. The international information & library review. 48 (3). 204-210.
Status: Published
Golub, K., Lykke, M., Tudhope, D. (2014). Enhancing social tagging with automated keywords from the Dewey Decimal Classification. Journal of Documentation. 70 (5). 801-828.
Status: Published
Golub, K., Tudhope, D., Zeng, M.L., Zumer, M. (2014). Terminology registries for knowledge organization systems : Functionality, use, and attributes. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology. 65 (9). 1901-1916.
Status: Published
Golub, K., Novak, B. (2013). Engleski kao glavni strani jezik naspram hrvatskoga kao materinjeg. Zbornik radova Međimurskog veleučilišta u Čakovcu. 4 (1). 29-35.
Status: Published
Golub, K. (2011). Automated subject classification of textual documents in the context of Web-based hierarchical browsing. Knowledge organization. 38 (3). 230-244.
Status: Published
Matthews, B., Jones, C., Puzon, B., Moon, J., Tudhope, D., et al. (2010). An evaluation of enhancing social tagging with a knowledge organization system. ASLIB Proceedings. 62 (4/5). 447-465.
Status: Published
Golub, K., Lykke, M. (2009). Automated classification of Web pages in hierarchical browsing. Journal of Documentation. 6 (65). 901-925.
Status: Published
Golub, K., Hamon, T., Ardö, A. (2007). Automated classification of textual documents based on a controlled vocabulary in engineering. Knowledge organization. 34 (4). 247-263.
Status: Published
Golub, K. (2006). Automated subject classification of textual web documents. Journal of Documentation. 62 (3). 350-371.
Status: Published
Golub, K. (2006). Automated subject classification of textual Web pages, based on a controlled vocabulary : challenges and recommendations. New Review of Hypermedia and Multimedia. 12 (1). 11-27.
Status: Published
Koch, T., Golub, K., Ardö, A. (2006). Users browsing behaviour in a DDC-based Web service : a log analysis. Cataloging & Classification Quarterly. 42 (3-4). 163-186.
Status: Published
Barbarić, A., Golub, K. (2002). Istraživanje upravljanja WebPAC-om u fakultetskim knjižnicama Sveucilišta u Zagrebu : A survey of WebPAC management in libraries of the University of Zagreb. Vjesnik Bibliotekara Hrvatske. 45 (4/3). 93-104.
Status: Published
Badurina, B., Dragija, M., Golub, K. (2000). Akcija "Internet u knjižnice" i "Knjižnice na Internet" : Action “Internet into libraries” and “Libraries on the Internet”. Vjesnik Bibliotekara Hrvatske. 43 (4). 185-196.
Status: Published

Article in journal (Other academic)

Murillo, A.P., Simi, M., Golub, K. (2020). The series on "Emerging interdisciplinary curricula in information science" Introduction. Education for Information. 36 (2). 107-108.
Status: Published
Golub, K., Schmiede, R., Tudhope, D. (2019). Recent applications of Knowledge Organization Systems : introduction to a special issue. International Journal on Digital Libraries. 20 (3). 205-207.
Status: Published
Golub, K. (2016). Some Thoughts on Preserving Functions of Library Catalogs in Networked Environments. Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. 43 (1). 23-25.
Status: Published
Golub, K., Lazić, N. (2002). Pristupačnost mrežnih stranica hrvatskih narodnih knjižnica : Accessibility of Croatian public library Web sites. Edupoint. 2 (8).
Status: Published

Article in journal (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))

Tanackovic, S.F., Golub, K., Levine, E. (2006). Libraries in the digital age 2006. Information today. 23 (7). 28-29.
Status: Published
Levine, E., Golub, K. (2004). Libraries in the digital age 2004. Information today. 7 (21). 24-25.
Status: Published

Article, review/survey (Refereed)

Golub, K. (2019). Automatic Subject Indexing of Text. Knowledge organization. Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft. 46 (2). 104-121.
Status: Published
Golub, K., Knok, Ž. (2013). Mogućnosti primjene XML-a na sustave za predmetno označavanje. Zbornik radova Međimurskog veleučilišta u Čakovcu. 4 (1). 21-27.
Status: Published
Golub, K., Knok, Ž. (2013). Standard metapodataka za znanstvene podatke CERIF u implementaciji XML-a. Zbornik radova Međimurskog veleučilišta u Čakovcu. 4 (2). 49-54.
Status: Published

Article, review/survey (Other academic)

Golub, K. (2018). The Making of an iSchool. Information today. 35 (4).
Status: Published

Chapter in book (Refereed)

Kamal, A.M., Golub, K. (2025). Subject matters : Metadata standards and subject access for library and museum catalogues. The Hermeneutics of Bibliographic Data and Cultural Metadata. Oslo, National Library of Norway. 204-239.
Oh, S., Golub, K., Morishima, A., Zhou, L. (2025). The iSchool Movement and its Role in LIS Education. Reference Module in Social Sciences. Academic Press. 584-598.
Wartena, C., Golub, K. (2021). Evaluierung von Verschlagwortung im Kontext des Information Retrievals. Qualität in der Inhaltserschließung. Walter de Gruyter. 325-348.
Golub, K., Kamal, A.M., Vekselius, J. (2021). Knowledge Organisation for Digital Humanities : An Introduction. Information and Knowledge Organisation in Digital Humanities : Global Perspectives. Routledge. 1-22.
Golub, K. (2020). Automatic Identification of Topics : Applications and Challenges. Doing Digital Humanities : Concepts, Approaches, Cases. Växjö, Linnaeus University Press. 5-26.
Faletar Tanackovic, S., Golub, K., Huvila, I. (2020). The meaning of interoperability and its implications for archival institutions : Challenges and opportunities in Croatia, Finland and Sweden. Mirna Willer : Festschrift. University of Zadar. 463-482.
Golub, K., Milrad, M. (2020). Designing a Master programme in digital humanities : The case study of Linnaeus University, Sweden. Empowering the Visibility of Croatian Cultural Heritage through the Digital Humanities. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 364-392.
Golub, K. (2017). Automatic subject indexing of text. ISKO : Encyclopedia of Knowledge Organization. International Society for Knowledge Organization.
Golub, K., Muller, H., Tonkin, E. (2014). Technologies for metadata extraction. Handbook of Metadata, Semantics and Ontologies. World Scientific. 487-522.

Chapter in book (Other academic)

Cupar, D., Golub, K. (2016). Zastupljenost tema iz područja organizacijeinformacija u studijskim programima u polju informacijskih znanosti - knjižničarstva u Hrvatskoj : stanje i perspektiva. Ogledi o informacijskim znanostima. University of Zadar. 155-174.

Conference paper (Refereed)

Golub, K., Kamal, A., Ping Huang, M. (2024). DARIAH Platforms for open educational resources : an overview and future goals. .
Ihrmark, D., Golub, K., Tan, X. (2024). Subject Indexing of LGBTQ+ Fiction in Sweden and China. Knowledge Organization for Resilience in Times of Crisis: Challenges and Opportunities : Proceedings of the Eighteenth International ISKO Conference, 2024, Wuhan, China. 379-384.
Golub, K., Kamal, A.M. (2024). Digital Humanities Master Program at Linnaeus University. Presented at DHNB 2024: Digital Humanities in the Nordic and Baltic Countries 8th Conference, Reykjavik, Iceland, May 27-31, 2024.
Lamonica, C., Brodén, D., Cocq, C., Foka, A., Golub, K., et al. (2024). DASH Swedish National Doctoral School in Digital Humanities : Educational Strategies in DH Doctoral Training. .
La Mela, M., Broden, D., Cocq, C., Foka, A., Golub, K., et al. (2024). DASH Swedish National Doctoral School in Digital Humanities : From Local Expertise to National Research Infrastructure. .
Alfter, D., Falk, O., Ihrmark, D., Golub, K., Humelsjö, S. (2024). Automatic subject indexing of Swedish LGBTQ+ fiction. Presented at Huminfra Conference (HiC), Gothenburg, 10 jan 2024 - 11 jan 2024.
Haynes, D., Golub, K., Gnoli, C., Salaba, A., Shiri, A., et al. (2024). Improving Search Quality by Enhancing Access to Metadata. Proceedings of the 7th ISKO UK Biennial Conference 2023, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, July 24-25, 2023.
Golub, K., Ping Huang, M. (2023). Expanding DARIAH Teach with seven OERs from the DiMPAH project. .
Golub, K. (2022). The conjuction of knowledge organization and digital humanities : Keynote. Digital Humanities in Nordic and Baltic Countries 6th Conference, Uppsala 15–18 March 2022.
Ping Huang, M., Golub, K. (2022). Expanding #dariahTeach with DiMPAH OERs. DHNB 2022 – Digital Humanities in Action, DHNB 2022 – Digital Humanities in Action The 6th Digital Humanities in the Nordic and Baltic Countries Conference, Uppsala University, Sweden, 15–18 March 2022 : The fifth workshop "Higher Education Programs in Digital Humanities and Social Sciences: Challenges and Perspectives".
Golub, K., Humlesjö, S., Kriström, O. (2022). Adapting Homosaurus for LGBTQI Fiction in Sweden. 20^th European Networked Knowledge Organization Systems (NKOS) Workshop : A virtual workshop to be held as part of the JCDL 2022 Conference Thursday 23^rd June 2022.
Golub, K. (2022). Subject Access for Digital Humanities : Keynote. 17th International ISKO Conference : July 6th-8th 2022.
Bergenmar, J., Golub, K., Humelsjö, S. (2022). Queerlit Database : Making Swedish LGBTQI Literature Easily Accessible. Proceedings of the 6th Digital Humanities in the Nordic and Baltic Countries Conference (DHNB 2022) : Uppsala, Sweden, March 15-18, 2022. 433-437.
Bergenmar, J., Golub, K. (2020). Subject Indexing : The Challenge of LGBTQI Literature. DHN 2020: Digital Humanities in the Nordic Countries : Proceedings of the Digital Humanities in the Nordic Countries 5th Conference, Riga, Latvia, October 21-23, 2020. 203-210.
Golub, K., Ahlström, I., Hansson, J., Tyrkkö, J. (2019). Subject metadata for humanities journal articles : Indexing consistency between a local repository and an external bibliographic database. Presented at DCMI 2019 : Metadata Innovation. Seoul, South Korea - September 23rd-26th, 2019.
Golub, K., Hagelbäck, J., Ardö, A. (2019). Automatic subject classification of Swedish DDC : Impact of tuning and training data set. 19th European NKOS Workshop, 23rd TPDL : Oslo, 12 September 2019.
Golub, K., Hagelbäck, J., Ardö, A. (2018). Automatic classification using DDC on the Swedish Union Catalogue. Proceedings of the 18th European Networked Knowledge Organization Systems (NKOS 2018) Workshop, Porto, Portugal, September 13, 2018. 4-16.
Golub, K., Milrad, M., Ping Huang, M., Tolonen, M., Bergsland, A., et al. (2017). The Nordic Hub of DARIAH-EU : A DH Ecosystem of Cross-Disciplinary Approaches. Presented at Digital Humanities in the Nordic Countries 2nd Conference, Gothenburg, 14–16 March 2017.
Golub, K., Milrad, M., Ping Huang, M., Mikko, T., Matres, I., et al. (2017). Current efforts, perspectives and challenges related to Digital Humanities in Nordic countries. DH 2016. Digital Humanities 2016 : Extended Papers of the International Symposium on Digital Humanities (DH 2016). Växjö, Sweden, November, 7-8, 2016. 119-125.
Billore, S., Golub, K. (2017). Digital humanities : an exploration of a new programs in higher education and its meaning making by community partners. Extended Papers of the International Symposium on Digital Humanities (DH 2016) : Växjö, Sweden, November, 7-8, 2016. 119-125.
Golub, K. (2017). Digital Humanities Master at Linnaeus University. 2nd International Symposium Digital Humanities: Empowering Visibility of Croatian Cultural Heritage : November 6 – 8, 2017, University of Zadar, Croatia. 21-21.
Golub, K., Tyrkkö, J., Kerren, A., Jusufi, I., Ardö, A. (2017). Automatic subject classification for improving retrieval in a Swedish repository. ISKO UK Conference 2017: Knowledge Organization: what's the story?, 11 – 12 September 2017, London.
Golub, K., Milrad, M., Ping Huang, M., Tolonen, M., Matres, I., et al. (2016). Digital Humanities in the Nordic Countries : Current efforts, perspectives and challenges. International Symposium on Digital Humanities, Växjö, 7-8 November 2016 : Book of Abstracts. 9-11.
Golub, K. (2016). (Semi)-automated subject indexing of Swedish resources : Evaluating (a combination of) cataloguers', end users' and automated index terms in retrieval. International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications 2016 (DC-2016) : Special session : University Metadata and Retrieval : The Death of the Library Catalog?.
Golub, K., Milrad, M. (2016). Digital Humanities as a Cross-Sector and Cross-Discipline Initiative : Prospects in the Linnaeus University Region. The 3rd International Conference on Behavioral, Economic, and Socio-Cultural Computing Duke University, Durham, NC, USA, 11-13 November, 2016 (BESC 2016). 136-137.
Golub, K., Hansson, J., Soergel, D., Tudhope, D. (2015). Managing classification in libraries : a methodological outline for evaluating automatic subject indexing and classification in Swedish library catalogues. Classification & authority control : expanding resource discovery - proceedings of the International UDC Seminar 2015, 29-30 october, Lisbon, Portugal. 163-174.
Lykke, M., Hoej, A.L., Noergaard Madsen, L., Golub, K., Tudhope, D. (2012). Tagging behaviour with support from controlled vocabulary. Facets of Knowledge Organization : Proceedings of the ISKO UK Biennial Conference, 4th-5th July, 2011, London. 41-50.
Golub, K., Moon, J., Tudhope, D., Jones, C., Matthews, B., et al. (2009). EnTag : Enhancing Social Tagging for Discovery. JCDL '09 Proceedings of the 9th ACM/IEEE-CS joint conference on Digital libraries. 163-172.
Golub, K., Ardö, A., Mladenic, D., Grobelnik, M. (2006). Comparing and combining two approaches to automated subject classification of text. Research and advanced technology for digital libraries. 467-470.
Golub, K. (2006). The role of different thesauri terms in automated subject classification of text. . 961-965.
Lund, H., Larsen, B., Voel Jensen, R.E., Ardö, A., Golub, K., et al. (2005). Capturing contexts for web filtering in the humanities. Proceedings of the ACM SIGIR 2005 Workshop on Information Retrieval in Context (IRiX). 48-50.
Golub, K., Ardö, A. (2005). Importance of HTML structural elements and metadata in automated subject classification. Research and advanced technology for digital libraries. 368-378.
Golub, K., Larsen, B. (2005). Different approaches to automated classification : is there an exchange of ideas?. Proceedings of ISSI 2005 – the 10th International Conference of the International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics, Stockholm, Sweden, July 24-28, 2005, Volume 1.. 270-274.
Koch, T., Ardö, A., Golub, K. (2004). Log analysis of user behaviour in the Renardus web service. .
Koch, T., Ardö, A., Golub, K. (2004). Browsing and searching behavior in the Renardus web service : a study based on log analysis. JCDL 2004 : proceedings of the Fourth ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries : global reach and diverse impact. 378-378.
Afrić, V., Lasić-Lazić, J., Badurina, B., Dragija Ivanović, M., Golub, K. (2002). Qualifications of information specialists : a case of library and information students at the Department of Information Science, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Zagreb, Croatia. . 232-240.
Golub, K., Ravnic, R. (2002). Resource Description Format - RDF. 5. seminar Arhivi, knjižnice, muzeji : mogućnosti suradnje u okruženju globalne informacijske infrastrukture : zbornik radova. 90-99.
Golub, K., Matovina, J. (2002). Portali arhiva, knjižnica, muzeja: radionica. 5. seminar Arhivi, knjižnice, muzeji : mogućnosti suradnje u okruženju globalne informacijske infrastrukture : zbornik radova. 244-252.
Gabriel, D., Golub, K., Lazić, N. (2001). Mogućnosti primjene digitalnih izvora informacija za slijepe i slabovidne osobe : Digital resources for blind and visually impaired. 4. seminar Arhivi, knjižnice, muzeji: Mogućnosti suradnje u okruženju globalne informacijske infrastrukture : zbornik radova. 206-208.
Badurina, B., Dragija Ivanović, M., Gabriel, D., Golub, K., Lazić, N., et al. (2001). Digital collection for blind and visually impaired people. Libraries in the digital age, The Internet: ethics and legal issues Information services - practice and research.
Banek, M., Badurina, B., Golub, K., Dragija, M., Pehar, F. (2001). Active Role of the Library in the process of Democratic Learning. Open 2001 : Knowledge, Information and Democracy in the Open society : The role of the library and information sector : Proceedings of the 9th International BOBCATSSS Symposium on Library and Information Science, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania, January 29-31, 2001. 57-63.
Badurina, B., Baricevic, Z., Dragija, M., Golub, K., Stipetic, T., et al. (2000). Digitalizacija građe : radionica. 3. Seminar Arhivi, Knjižnice, Muzeji: Mogućnosti suradnje u okruženju globalne informacijske infrastrukture. 254-257.