Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Berlin School of Library and Information Science

Prof. Dr. Elke Greifeneder

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Name
Prof. Dr. Elke Greifeneder
Email
greifeneder (at) ibi.hu-berlin.de

Institution
Faculty of Arts and Humanities →
Department of Library and Information Science
Visiting address
Institutsgebäude, Dorotheenstraße 26 , Room 3
Phone number
+49 (+49 )30 2093-70956
Consultation hours

Please make an appointment by email.

Mailing address
Unter den Linden 6, 10099 Berlin

 

Teaching and
Research Areas

Human Information Behavior:

Information Seeking & Information Discovery, Information Sharing & Information Avoidance, Health Information Behavior


Standardisation of Online Methods:

remote hybrid card sorting, asynchronous remote usability testing, online interactive interviews, digital app diaries


User Experience:

Usability testing, Empathy maps, Persona, Customer journey mapping

 

Activities in the

Research System

Selected Committees & Associations:

since 2023: Board of Trustees member, Kompetenzzentrum „RuhrBots – Citizen-oriented and user-friendly social robots in the city administrations of the Ruhr metropolis"

since 2022: Deputy Chair, Steering Committee member ISIC

since 2022: Board of Trustees member, Leibniz Institute for Educational Media

2016-2022: Member, Jury for the library innovation prize in Berlin and Brandenburg

since 2016: Founding member, JF:TEC: Young Forum for Technical Sciences

2015-2017: Deputy Chair, International Relations Committee, ASIS&T

2011-2013: Deputy Chair, IFLA section Library Services to People with Special Needs

 

Selected Conference Organization & Editorial Boards:

since 2016: User Experience Bar Camp Europe (UxCamp), Berlin

2024Panels and Workshops Chair, ISIC 2024

2022General Chair & Program Chair, ISIC conference 2022, Berlin

2019: Co-Chair of Industry and Best Practices Track, iConference

2014Program Chair, iConference

2012-2017Co‐Editor, Library Hi Tech, Emerald Group Publishing

 

 

 

Selected Scientific Publications:

List of Information Behavior Publications at the Institute

 

 

Bibliothek plus X. Studieren und Forschen am IBI - Institut für Bibliotheks- und Informationswissenschaft der Humboldt-Universität Berlin.
Greifeneder, E., Wimmer, U. & Gauch, S. (2026)
BuB 04-05/2026: 78-83.
doi: https://doi.org/10.24403/jp.1550305

 

Interviewleitfaden / Interview protocol Kosmos Kinderbibliothek.
Greifeneder, E., Benini, E., Gugeler, L., Jäke, M., & Wimmer, U. (2026).
Zenodo.
doi: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20266979

 

Codebuch und Codestruktur Kosmos Kinderbibliothek.
Kayan, A., Magri, V., Dymke, H., Wimmer, U., & Greifeneder, E. (2026).
Zenodo.
doi: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20268098

 

Einverständniserklärung / Informed Consent Study Kosmos Kinderbibliothek.
Wimmer, U., Gugeler, L., Temba, M., & Greifeneder, E. (2026).
Zenodo.
doi: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20266771

 

Usability-Evaluierung des Qalamos-Portals: Ergebnisbericht.
Schlebbe, K., Greifeneder, E., & Krause, A. (2026). Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
doi: https://doi.org/10.18452/37307

 

20 Jahre Erhalt des Instituts für Bibliothekswissenschaft in Deutschland
Greifeneder, E. (2025)
Bibliotheksdienst, 59:138-146.
doi: https://dx.doi.org/https:/doi.org/10.1515/bd-2025-0022

 

Barrierefreiheit in Bibliotheken mittels Befragung erfassen
Greifeneder E., Bressel P., Hellmich H., Tirtohusodo S. (2025)
pp. 57-68, De Gruyter. (ISBN: 9783111205632)
doi: https://dx.doi.org/https:/doi.org/10.1515/9783111206943-009

 

Usability of the OpenIRIS Scientific Resource Management System for Small-Device Laboratories. 
Greifeneder, E. & Henneberg, L. (2025)
doi: https://dx.doi.org/https:/doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14916595

 

Where Have All the Questions Gone? An Analysis of Research Question Usage in Information Science Proceedings.
Greifeneder, E. & Hellmich, H. (2025)
doi: https://dx.doi.org/https:/zenodo.org/records/14916596

 

Don’t Go for Different! Developing Specialized Information Services for Researchers from Distinct Subject Areas
Greifeneder E., Bressel P. (2024)
Cataloging & Classification Quarterly, 62:432-447.
doi: https://dx.doi.org/https:/doi.org/10.1080/01639374.2024.2372311

 

Sind deutsche Bibliotheken barrierefrei? - Ergebnisse der dbv-Umfrage zur Barrierefreiheit in Bibliotheken.
Greifeneder, E. (2024)
https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-bib-info/frontdoor/index/index/docId/18987

 

Exploring Information Behavior Patterns in Response to False and Misleading Health Information.
Bressel, P.; Dewitz, L. & Greifeneder, E. (2023)
doi: 10.1002/pra2.770 

 

Unveiling the Sources of False Health Information. Where do People Get False Health Information from?
Dewitz, L.; Bressel, P. & Greifeneder, E. (2023)
doi: 10.5281/zenodo.10009338 S. 267-293

 

How things fit together: A general model of the information behaviour field. In W. Semar (Ed.): Nachhaltige Information — Information für Nachhaltigkeit. Tagungsband des 17. Internationalen Symposiums für Informationswissenschaft (ISI 2023), Chur, Schweiz, 7.—9. November 2023
Greifeneder, E. & Schlebbe, K. (2022)
doi: 10.47989/irisic2228

 

Information Need. In R. Kuhlen, W. Semar, D. Lewandowski & C. Womser-Hacker (Hrsg.), Grundlagen der praktischen Information und Dokumentation. Handbuch zur Einführung in die Informationswissenschaft und -praxis (7., völlig neu gefasste Ausgabe). Berlin: De Gruyter Saur.
Greifeneder, E. & Schlebbe, K. (2022)
doi: 10.1515/9783110769043-047

 

Information Behaviour. In R. Kuhlen, W. Semar, D. Lewandowski & C. Womser-Hacker (Hrsg.), Grundlagen der praktischen Information und Dokumentation. Handbuch zur Einführung in die Informationswissenschaft und -praxis (7., völlig neu gefasste Ausgabe). Berlin: De Gruyter Saur.
Greifeneder, E. & Schlebbe, K. (2022)
doi:10.1515/9783110769043-043

 

Hybrid digital card sorting. New research technique or mere variant?
Greifeneder, E. & Bressel, P. (2022)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-96960-8_4

 

Curating Digital Images.
Bareither, C., Macdonald, S. Greifeneder, E., Geis, K., Ullrich, S. & Hillebrand, V. (2021)
doi: https://doi.org/10.11588/dah.2021.E1.83929

 

Adventures in Winter Wonderland. Observing user behaviour in a digital twin bookstore.
Greifeneder, E.; Gäde, M. (2020)
doi: 10.47989/irisic2028

 

Researchers’ attitudes towards the use of social networking sites.
Greifeneder, E., Pontis, S., Blandford, A., Attalla, H., Neal, D., & Schlebbe, K. (2018)
doi: 10.1108/JD-04-2017-0051

 

Data Work in Context: Value, Risks and Governance.
Foster, J., McLeod, J., Nolin, J., & Greifeneder, E. (2018)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.24105

 

Apples vs oranges or two fruits? Level of detail in literature reviews.
Greifeneder, E., & Schlebbe, K. (2017)
http://hdl.handle.net/2142/96280

 

The effects of distraction on task completion scores in a natural environment test setting.
Greifeneder, E. (2016)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.23537