Who am I?

• My name is Massoomeh Niknia, PhD in Knowledge and Information Science. (Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran).

• I am currently at the University of Cologne as a Guest Researcher.

What was my PhD thesis about?

• I did my PhD thesis in the field of conceptual models in Knowledge Organization:  

• Implementation of CIDOC CRM for the Domain of Iranian Archaeology/ Score: 20 from 20/ Database is available Online .

Where have I worked so far?

I worked as the manager of library and information center at IGMC. I was a freelancer in doing cultural digital humanities projects.

What are my research interests?

• Digital humanities/ Iranian cultural heritage/ Knowledge Organization

• CIDOC-CRM family models

• Semantic Web/ Linked Data

• Conceptual Models of the Bibliographic Universe/ Functional Requirement for Bibliographic Records (FRBR)

• Union catalogue construction and development/ Thesaurus construction and development

• Knowledge management and technology/ Information Communication Technology

• Information Seeking Behaviors/ Human Information Interaction

Language Skills:

• Persian – native language

• English – Excellent 

• German – B2

• Azeri  - B2

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