Kim Holmberg

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Updated 4.6.2010

 

KIM JOHAN HOLMBERG

 

Ph.D.

 

Member of the research project Library 2.0 - a participatory context, funded by the Academy of Finland.

Member of AVO project (Avoimet Verkostot Oppimiseen - Open Networks of Learning), funded by ESF.


Department of Information Studies
School of Business and Economics 
Åbo Akademi University

Phone: +358 2 215 4862 (work), +358 45 675 4444 (mobile)
Skype: kim.holmberg
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Education

Ph.D, Department of Information studies, Åbo Akademi University, 18.12.2009. Doctoral thesis: Webometric Hyperlink Analysis - Mapping Cooperation and Geopolitical Connections between Local Government Administration on the Web.

Master of Social Sciences, Department of Information studies, Åbo Akademi University, 28.5.2004 Major in Information studies, minor in both Computer science and Information systems. Master’s thesis: Information seeking behavior of researchers in the National health Institute of Finland and the role of the information service.

Post-graduate courses, seminars and workshops

  • NORSLIS Ph.D. Conference 2008: Themes of LIS - research, 24.-25.11.2008, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Learning and research in Second Life, pre-conference workshop at AoIR9.0 conference, 15.10.2008, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Python programming workshop, 10.7.2008 Wolverhampton, UK.
  • NORSLIS Ph.D. course: Informetrics. 15.-19.6.2008 Umeå, Sweden.
  • Learning and research in Second Life, pre-conference workshop at AoIR8.0 conference, 17.10.2007, Vancouver, Canada.
  • European Summer School in Information Retrieval, Glasgow, Scotland, 2007.
  • Doctoral forum at the 11th International conference of the International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics , 24.6.2007 Madrid, Spain.
  • Public administration in Finland, Turku, Finland, 2007 (10 credits)
  • NORSLIS Ph.D. course: Research design I - Theory and development, 20.-25.5.2007 Borås, Sweden.
  • University pedagogy, Turku, Finland, 2006-2007 (12 credits)
  • Webometrics link analysis doctoral forum, 15.6.2006, Wolverhampton, UK.
  • NORSLIS Ph.D. conference, 21.-22.10.2004 Uppsala, Sweden.
  • The 9th Nordic Workshop on Bibliometrics, Informetrics and Research Policy. 7.-8.10.2004 Department of Information Studies, Åbo Akademi, Åbo, Finland.
  • NORSLIS Road show seminar in bibliometric methods, 6.-7.10.2004, Department of Information Studies, Åbo Akademi, Åbo, Finland.

Books

  1. Holmberg, K. (2009). Webometric Network Analysis - mapping cooperation and geopolitical connections between local government administration on the Web. Dissertation. Åbo: Åbo Akademi UP, 2009. (Available online: Permalink to the publication: http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-951-765-511-8).
  2. Holmberg, K., Huvila, I., Kronqvist-Berg, M., Nivakoski, O. & Widén-Wulff, G. (2009). Bibliotek 2.0: Deltagarkultur i förändring. BTJ Finland, 2009.
  3. Holmberg, K., Huvila, I., Kronqvist-Berg, M., Nivakoski, O. & Widén-Wulff, G. (2009). Kirjasto 2.0: Muuttuvan osallistumisen kulttuuri. BTJ Finland, 2009.

Refereed journal articles

  1. Huvila, I., Holmberg, K., Ek, S. & Widén-Wulff, G. (2010). Social capital in Second Life. Online Information Review, vol. 34, no. 2, pp. 295-316 (full text).
  2. Holmberg, K. (2010, to appear). Co-inlinking to a municipal Web space: A webometric and content analysis. Scientometrics, vol. 83, pp. 851-862.
  3. Holmberg, K., Huvila, I., Kronqvist-Berg, M. & Widén-Wulff, G. (2009). What is Library 2.0?. Journal of Documentation, vol. 65, no. 4, pp. 668-681.
  4. Holmberg, K. & Thelwall, M. (2009). Local government web sites in Finland: A geographic and webometric analysis, Scientometrics, vol. 79, no. 1.
  5. Holmberg, K. & Huvila, I. (2008). Learning together apart: Distance education in a virtual world. First Monday, vol. 13, no. 10, 6 October 2008. (Full text)

Book chapters

  1. Huvila, I. & Holmberg, K. (2008). Kirjastot virtuaalimaailmassa (English title: Libraries in a virtual world). In: Holma, A. & Punelpuro, N. (Eds.). Mahdollisuuksien ikkunoita, Turun ammattikorkeakoulun oppimateriaaleja 40, pp. 236-257.

Encyclopedia articles

  1. Widén-Wulff, G., Huvila, I. & Holmberg, K. (2008). A New Participatory Context in Library 2.0 (chapter IV). In: Pagani, M. (editor) Encyclopedia of Multimedia Technology and Networking, Second Edition, Information Science Reference. ISBN: 978-1-60566-014-1.

Refereed conference papers

  1. Holmberg, K. (2009). Linking to a bilingual Web space. Fifth International Conference on Webometrics, Informetrics and Scientometrics (WIS) & Tenth COLLNET Meeting. 2009. Dalian, China.
  2. Holmberg, K. (2009). Co-inlinking to a municipal Web space: A webometric and content analysis. Proceedings of the 12th ISSI conference. 2009. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
  3. Huvila, I. & Holmberg, K. (2008). Social Capital in the virtual world of Second Life, Internet Research 9.0: Rethinking Community, Rethinking Place. 16.-18.10.2008, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  4. Holmberg, K. & Thelwall, M. (2007). Local government web sites in Finland: A geographic and webometric analysis. Proceedings of the 11th ISSI conference. 2007. Madrid, Spain.

Keynote talks

  1. Pathways to virtual libraries of tomorrow. Building bridges over tomorrow - Focus on teen users! - International conference, 5.-6.2.2009, Hanasaari, Espoo, Finland.

Invited presentations and talks

  1. From Library 2.0 to Library 3D - Opportunities and challenges for future librarians, Gaming and Web 2.0 - New challenges for librarians -seminar, 20.5.2010, Lisbon, Portugal.
  2. Tulevaisuuden oppimisympäristöt (English title: Learning environments of the future). Kielitaituri hankkeen seminaari, 16.4.2010, Raisio, Finland.
  3. Sociala medier och virtuella världar: möjligheter och hotbilder (English title: Social media and virtual worlds: possibilities and threats). Svenska Kulturfondens Organisationskonferens, 12.3.2010, Tampere, Finland.
  4. Bibliotek i Second Life - vad biblioteken gör i virtuella världar? Finlands svenska biblioteksförenings konferens, 10.-11.9.2009, Turku, Finland.
  5. Bibliotek 2.0 - synlighet i online sociala nätverk (English title: Library 2.0 - visibility in online social networking sites). Finlands svenska biblioteksförenings konferens, 10.-11.9.2009, Turku, Finland.
  6. Työtä vai huvia? Kirjallisuuden maailma Second Lifessa (English title: Work or entertainment? The world of literature in Second Life). Dekkaripäivät, 5.-6.6.2009, Kouvola, Finland.
  7. Second Life ammatillisessa koulutuksessa (English title: Second Life in professional training). Huippuosaaminen ja innovaatiot- seminar organized by Skills Finland ry., 5.-7.5.2009, m/s Silja Symphony, Finland-Sweden-Finland
  8. Miten Second Lifessa voi oppia? (English title: How can you learn in Second Life?). Presentation at the theme seminar: "Second Life and other 3D virtual worlds changing the learning environments" at ITK 2009 conference, 23.4.2009, Hämeenlinna, Finland
  9. Kirjastot sosiaalisissa verkostoissa ja virtuaalisissa maailmoissa (English title: Libraries in social networking sites and virtual worlds), 5.3.2009, Hämeenlinna, Finland.
  10. Oppiminen eri maailmoissa - Mitä Second Lifessa voi oppia? (English title: Learning in different worlds - What can you learn in Second Life?). Opetushallituksen Valtakunnalliset virtuaaliopetuksen päivät 2008 - virittäjien ja virtuoosien kohtauspaikka, 25.-26.11.2008, Helsinki, Finland. Together with Isto Huvila.
  11. Ajankohtaista kirjastoalan tutkimuksessa (English title: Current research in Library and Information Science), 20.11.2008, Helsinki, Finland.
  12. Kirjastot sosiaalisissa verkostoissa ja virtuaalisissa maailmoissa (English title: Libraries in social networking sites and virtual worlds), 19.11.2008, Porvoo, Finland.
  13. Virtuaalimaailmojen lisäarvo koulutuksessa (English title: Added value of virtual worlds in training and education). Digital Competence and Learning -conference, 4.-5.11.2008, Hämeenlinna, Finland. Together with Isto Huvila.
  14. Sosiaalinen median yritysten näkökulmasta (English title: Social media from a business point of view). Presentation at Yrityken verkkotietoiskut -seminar, 30.10.2008 Turku, Finland.
  15. Experiences of education in virtual worlds. Designing for learning in Virtual Worlds seminar, 13.10.2008, Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark.
  16. Virtuaalipilkkimistä vai aktiivista osallistumista? Second Life opetuskäytössä. (English title: Virtual napping or active participating? Education in Second Life). Pedagogisia verkkoja kokemassa -jubileeseminar, 9.-10.10.2008, Turku, Finland. Together with Isto Huvila.
  17. Avattaren kiitoa, mielen liitoa - Second Life oppimisympäristönä (English title: Flight of the avatar, flight of the mind - Second Life as a learning environment). Presentation at Mobiili oppiminen ja simulaatiot ammatillisessa opetuksessa -seminar and workshop, 30.9.2008, Hämeenlinna, Finland.
  18. Avatarit kirjastonhoitajina - kirjastot Second Lifessa (English title: Avatars as librarians - libraries in Second Life). Presentation at Opiskelijakirjaston 150-vuotisjuhlaseminaari, 12.5.2008, Helsinki, Finland.
  19. Kirjasto 2.0:sta Kirjasto 3D:hen - näkökulmia tulevaisuuden virtuaalisiin kirjastoihin (English title: From Library 2.0 to Library 3D - perspectives of virtual libraries of the future). Presentation at Kirjasto ON spring seminar organized by BTJ Finland Oy, 23.4.2008, Helsinki, Finland.
  20. Polkuja Internetin tulevaisuuteen - Second Life opetuskäytössä (English title: Paths to the future of Internet - using Second Life in education). Presentation at the theme seminar: "Mediadiary, Second life and Facebook" at ITK 2008 conference, 18.4.2008 Hämeenlinna, Finland.
  21. Sähköisen kaupankäynnin opetusta virtuaalimaailma Second Lifessa (English title: Teaching e-commerce in the virtual world of Second Life). Presentation at Palmenia Centre for Continuing Education, 14.4.2008, Lahti, Finland.
  22. Library 2.0. Seminar organised by the State Provincial Office of Western Finland and Turku City Library / Regional Library, 11.12.2007, Turku, Finland.
  23. Library 2.0. Seminar organized by CIP Worklab, 23.11.2007, Turku, Finland.
  24. Avatarit opiskelijoina: kokemuksia virtuaalimaailma Second Lifen käytöstä opetuksessa. (English title: Avatars as students: experiences from using the virtual world Second Life in education). Oppimisyhteisöt ajassa -seminar, 21.-22.11.2007, Kuopio, Finland.
  25. e-Learning virtuaalimaailma Second Lifessa - kokemuksia ja mahdollisuuksia. (English title: e-Learning in virtual world Second Life - experiences and possibilities). Digital competence and learning - DCL conference, 30.-31.10.2007 Hämeenlinna, Finland. Together with Isto Huvila.
  26. Web 2.0 pk-yritysten näkökulmasta - sosiaalisen median mahdollisuuksia. (English title: Web 2.0 and small business - possibilities of social media). "Verkkotieto/Verkkotiedonlähde" -seminar, 30.10.2007 Turku, Finland.
  27. Oppimisen kolmas ulottuvuus - Second Lifen mahdollisuudet virtuaaliopetuksessa. (English title: The third dimension of learning - the possibilities offered by Second Life in virtual education). Pedagogisia verkkoja kokemassa -seminar, 11.-12.10.2007, Turku, Finland. Together with Isto Huvila.
  28. Erfarenheter från Second Life - yhdessä oppiminen erillään. (English title: Experiences from Second Life - learning together apart). National Seminar of Open University Education, 4.-5.10.2007, Turku, Finland. Together with Isto Huvila, Nancy Pettersson and Maria Sundström.
  29. Information seeking behavior of the researchers at the NHI. Jubilee seminar of Bibliothecarii Medicinae Fenniae ry: “Evidence based librarianship in health libraries”, 11.11.2005, Helsinki, Finland.

Organized seminars and workshops

  1. Library 2.0 symposium, Organized by Library 2.0 research group at Åbo Akademi, 15.-16.4.2010, Turku, Finland.
  2. Second Life -workshop, University of Lapland, 30.10.2009, Rovaniemi, Finland.
  3. Second Life -workshop, Satakunnan ammattikorkeakoulu, 29.10, 2009, Pori, Finland.
  4. Learning and Research in Second Life -workshop, organized together with Isto Huvila and Terry Beaubois at Internet Research 10.0 conference, 7.10.2009, Milwaukee, USA.
  5. Learning in Second Life -workshop, organized together with Isto Huvila at ITK conference, 22.4.2009, Hämeenlinna, Finland.
  6. Social media in education -workshop, 7.3.2009, Karjaa, Finland.
  7. Library 2.0 -workshop, at Pietarsaaren kaupunginkirjasto, 20.2.2009, Pietarsaari, Finland.
  8. Avatars as librarians - Libraries in Second Life -workshop, at Superkirtsin koulutuspäivä, 2.12.2008, Leppävaara, Finland.
  9. Library 2.0 -workshop, organized together with Isto Huvila, 21.11.2008, Turku, Finland.
  10. Avatars as librarians - Libraries in Second Life -workshop, at Superkirtsin koulutuspäivä, 11.11.2008, Leppävaara, Finland.
  11. Teaching and Learning in Second Life -workshop, organized together with Isto Huvila at PedaForum 2008, 21.-22.5.2008, Turku, Finland.
  12. Training and education in the Second Life virtual world -workshop, organized together with Isto Huvila at ITK 2008 conference, 16.4.2008 Hämeenlinna, Finland.
  13. Second Life - a new dimension in higher education? -workshop, at Emerging pieces in the education puzzle -conference, 8.-9.4.2008, Skellefteå, Sweden.
  14. Library 2.0 – a participatory future? -international symposium, organized by Library 2.0 – a new participatory context -research project at the Department of Information Studies, Åbo Akademi, 3.-4.4.2008, Turku, Finland.
  15. Library 2.0 -workshop, organized together with Isto Huvila and the Library 2.0 – a new participatory context –research project, 3.4.2008, Turku, Finland.
  16. A workshop about using Second Life in education, organized together with Isto Huvila at CIP Worklab, 13.12.2007, Turku, Finland.
  17. A workshop about using Second Life in education, at SMOOT, 21.-22.11.2007, Kuopio, Finland.
  18. Library 2.0 -workshop, at CIP Worklab, 9.11.2007, Turku, Finland.

Other conference papers, posters and workshops

  1. Holmberg, K. (2010). Virtual Information Spaces. Poster presentation at Research workshop: Making Sense of Virtual Worlds and User Driven Innovation, 7.-9.6.2010, Magleaas, Denmark.
  2. Holmberg, K. & Hellqvist, B. (2009). The Nordic Landscape of LIS research: A Co-word Analysis of Research in Three Nordic Countries. Proceedings of the 12th ISSI conference. 2009. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
  3. Holmberg, K. (2008). Facebook me! – Online social networking as part of libraries’ web presence? Creating Knowledge V -conference. 20.-22.8.2008, Turku, Finland.
  4. Huvila, I. & Holmberg, K. (2008). New dimension of training and education - the Second Life virtual world. Presentation at ITK 2008 conference, 17.4.2008 Hämeenlinna, Finland.
  5. Holmberg, K. (2008). Libraries in Second Life. Presentation at Library 2.0 – a participatory future? -international symposium, 3.-4.4.2008, Turku, Finland.
  6. Holmberg, K & Huvila, I. (2007). The Second Life of library and information science education: learning together apart. Proceedings of the 2007 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. Milwaukee, WI, USA.
  7. Holmberg, K. (2006). Hyperlink networks and linking behavior in Finland. 11th Nordic Workshop on Bibliometrics and Research Policy, 28.-29.9.2006, Oslo, Norway.
  8. Holmberg, K. (2006). Web links as an information source: use of links in municipal websites in the region of Finland Proper and their usefulness for mapping cooperation and networks. NORSLIS Road show: Studying the web and its use, 30.-31.3.2006 Tallinn, Estonia.

Other presentations

  1. Va´då sociala medier? (English title: What social media?), Korsholms vuxeninstitut, 10.5.2010, Korsholm, Finland.
  2. Framgångsrik strategi för sociala medier (English title: Successful strategies for social media), Folkhälsan, 28.4.2010, Helsinki, Finland.
  3. Sosiaalinen media elinkeinopolitiikan toteuttamisessa (English title: Social media as part of economic development policies). Presentation at a seminar organized by Turku Region Development Centre, 9.3.2010, Turku, Finland.
  4. Sociala medier och biblioteket (English title: Social media and libraries). Presentation for Åbo Akademi University Library, 30.9.2009, Turku, Finland.
  5. Sosiaalinen media ja web 2.0 (English title: Social media and web 2.0). Raja- ja merivartiokoulu, 20.5.2009, Turku, Finland
  6. Social media i undervisning, 12.5.2009, Mariehamn, Finland.
  7. Kirjasto 2.0 - sosiaalinen media kirjastoissa, 24.4.2009, Kokkola, Finland
  8. From Library 2.0 to Library 3D - Pathways to libraries of tomorrow. Presentation at a seminar at University of Western Cape, 10.9.2008, Cape Town, Republic of South Africa
  9. From Library 2.0 to Library 3D - perspectives of virtual libraries of tomorrow. Presentation at a doctoral forum at Statistical Cybermetrics Research Group, University fo Wolverhampton, 16.7.2008, Wolverhampton, UK.
  10. Educational possibilities of virtual worlds. Presentation for IT-Peda and eRappu, 30.5.2008, Turku, Finland.
  11. Courseblog or individual studentblogs? - WordPress Mu as a tool for the teacher. Presentation at VIII Miniconference on course development, 25.4.2008, Turku, Finland.
  12. The virtual world of Second Life in education - challenges and opportunities. Presentation at "An afternoon of Web-based learning" organized by University of Helsinki, Faculty of Science, 1.4.2008, Helsinki, Finland.
  13. Education in Second Life. Presentation at VII Miniconference on course development, 4.5.2007, Turku, Finland.
  14. Comparing research in the fields of communication and information studies – a content analysis. Project presentation at the summer meeting of the University network for communication sciences, 10.6.2005 Tampere, Finland.
  15. Comparing research in the fields of communication and information studies – a content analysis. Project presentation at the winter meeting of the University network for communication sciences, 3.2.2005 Helsinki.

Other publications

  1. Holmberg, K. (2009). Virtuell kommunikation och 3D-världar. Kielijelppi, 2009.
  2. Holmberg, K. (2009). Maata näkyvissä! Suomalaiset oppilaitokset virtuaalista maata valloittamassa. Näkökulma - Suomen Virtuaaliyliopiston julkaisu, syyskuu 2009.
  3. Holmberg, K. (2009). Land i sikte! Finländska organisationer erövrar mark i den virtuella världen Second Life. Synvinklar - Tidskriften för Finlands Virtuella Universitet, september 2009.
  4. Holmberg, K. (2009). EduFinland - Suomalaiset oppilaitokset Second Lifessa. SeOPPI, 2009:1.
  5. Holmberg, K. & Huvila, I. (2008). Oppimisen kolmas ulottuvuus - Second Lifen mahdollisuudet opetuskäytössä. SeOPPI, 2008:1.
  6. Holmberg, K. (2007). Åbo Akademin liiketaloustieteiden professoreiden vaikuttavuus, (an analysis using webometric methods of the impact of the professors at the Department of Business Studies and the Department of Information Technology at Åbo Akademi), 2007.
  7. Holmberg, K. (2007). Second Life - synteettisen maailman mahdollisuuksia. SeOPPI, 2007:2.
  8. Holmberg, K. (2007). Second Life, bibliotekariens andra liv. Bibban (Finlands svenska biblioteksförenings medlemstidning), 2007:2.
  9. Holmberg, K. (2005). Comparing research in the fields of communication and information studies – a content analysis. (a co-word analysis of the publications in the fields of communication and information studies in Finland)

Funding Received

  • Alfred Kordelin foundation, 2008
  • Åbo Akademi University foundation, 2005-2007
  • Waldemar von Frenckells stiftelse, 2006
  • TOP-foundation, 2006

Professional Memberships

  • American Society for Information Science & Technology
  • International Network for Social Network Analysis
  • Association of Internet Researchers
  • Suomen eOppimiskeskus ry

Teaching

- Teacher exchange to Department of Information and Communication Studies, University of Namibia, Namibia, March 2010.

- Teacher exchange to Department of Library and Information Science, University of Western Cape, Republic of South Africa, September 2008.

 

Intermediate level courses in Information studies since 2003
Social Web, The Interactive Web, Interactive media, Database construction, Link analysis (course descriptions)

Advanced level courses in Information studies since 2006
Information management in digital environments, Library 2.0 (course descriptions)

Lectures in e.g. Webometrics / Link analysis, Bibliometrics, Virtual worlds, Social media, Social Networking Sites, Web 2.0, Library 2.0, Blogs and blogging, Information seeking