Salaba, Athena, & Lois Mai Chan. (August 2023). Cataloging and Classification: An Introduction. 5th ed. Rowman & Littlefield. (publisher's page)
Chan, L.M., & Athena Salaba. (2016). Cataloging and Classification: An Introduction. 4th ed. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press.
Žumer, Maja, Maria Lei Zeng, & Athena Salaba. (2012). FRSAD: Conceptual Modeling of Aboutness. Libraries Unlimited.
Functional Requirements for Subject Authority Data, A Conceptual Model (FRSAD). (2011). IFLA Working Group on Functional Requirements for Subject Authority Records (FRSAR). Eds. Zeng, M., Žumer, M. and Salaba, A. Berlin/München: De Gruyter Saur.
Zhang, Yin, & Athena Salaba. (2009). Implementing FRBR in Libraries: Key Issues and Future Directions. New York: Neal-Schuman.
Book Chapters
Salaba, Athena, & Yin Zhang. (2012). Searching for Music: End-User Perspectives On System Features. In Indexing and Retrieval of Non-Text Information. Edited by Diane Rasmussen Neal. Munich: De Gruyter Saur. (Peer reviewed)
Zhang, Yin & Athena Salaba. (2012). A User Study of Moving Images Retrieval Systems and Implications on System Design for Library Catalogues. In Indexing and Retrieval of Non-Text Information. Edited by Diane Rasmussen Neal. Munich: De Gruyter Saur. (Peer reviewed)
Salaba, Athena. (2005). Συστήματα Οργάνωσης Γνώσης : Σύγχρονα Ζητήματα και Τάσεις. IN Από την Βιβλιοθηκονομία στην Επιστήμη της Πληροφόρησης, Μελέτες προς τιμήν του Γ.Μ. Κακούρη. Επιλέλεια Χρ. Παπατσικουράκης, Α. Σίτας. Αθήνα: Τυπωθήτω. (English translation: “Knowledge Organization Systems – KOS: Current Issues and Trends” IN From Librarianship to Information Science: Studies in Honor of G.M. Kakouris). (Invited)
Salaba, Athena. (1993). A Greek Librarian in America: Personal Reflections on an Eight‑month Practicum at Kent State University Libraries. In Academic Libraries in Greece: The Present Situation and Future Prospects. Dean H. Keller, editor. New York: The Haworth Press. 205‑213. (Invited)
Peer-Reviewed Articles
Salaba, Athena, Tanja Merčun, and Trond Aalberg. (2018). Complexity of Work Families and Entity-based Visualization. Cataloging & Classification Quarterly, vol. 56 no. 8 (2018). DOI 10.1080/01639374.2018.1529008
Salaba, Athena, and Tanja Merčun. (2018). Visualizations of Bibliographic Information: A User Experience Study. Journal of Librarianship & Information Science. DOI: 10.1177/0961000618804014
Zeng, Marcia Lei, Maja Žumer, and Athena Salaba. (2017). Functional Requirements for Subject Authority Data (FRSAD) -- A Conceptual Model. Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences. 4th edition. Taylor & Francis. DOI: 10.1081/E-ELIS4-120049494
Zeng, Marcia Lei, Maja Žumer, and Athena Salaba. (2014). Functional Requirements for Subject Authority Data (FRSAD) -- A Conceptual Model. Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences. 3rd edition. Taylor & Francis. DOI: 10.1081/E-ELIS3-120049494
Zhang, Yin, and Athena Salaba. (2012). What Do Users Tell Us About FRBR Catalogs? Cataloging & Classification Quarterly, vol. 50(5-7): 705-723. [Also published as electronic version on July 18, 2012]
Zhang, Yin, and Athena Salaba. (2009). What is Next for FRBR? A Delphi Study. The Library Quarterly, vol. 79(2): 233-255. [Received the prestigious 2009 ALISE/Bohdan S. Wynar Research Paper Award].
Salaba, Athena. (2009). End-User Understanding of Indexing Language Information. Cataloging & Classification Quarterly, vol. 47(1): 23-51.
Zhang, Yin, Jason Holmes, David Robins, & Athena Salaba. (2009). Understanding Internet Searching Performance in a Heterogeneous Portal for K-12 Students: Search Success, Search Time, Strategy, and Effort. Journal of Web Librarianship, vol. 3(1): 15-33.
Holmes, Jason, David Robins, Yin Zhang, & Athena Salaba. (2008). An Exploratory Study of School-age Children’s Use of a Heterogeneous Resource Site. The Journal of Web Librarianship, vol. 2, Issue 2/3: 263-285. -- Special double issue on Library web sites and usability studies.
Raptis, Paschalis, & Athena Salaba. (1994). Bilingual Authority Files at the Central Library of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. International Information and Library Review, 26: 67‑76.
Peer-Reviews Conference Proceedings
Salaba, Athena and Maja Žumer. (2020/2021). Reshaping the Identity of Bibliographic Information in the Digital Age. Libraries and Information Institutions in the Digital Age (LIDA), Dubrovnik, Croatia, 19-22 April 2021 (initially scheduled for 19-22 May 2020).
Salaba, Athena. (2020). “Knowledge Organization Requirements in LIS Graduate Programs.” In Proceedings of theSixteenthInternational ISKO Conference, Aalborg, Denmark, 6-8 July 2020. Würzburg: Ergon Verlag.
Salaba, Athena and Joseph T. Tennis. (2018). “Solid Foundations and Some Secondary Assumptions in the Design of Bibliographic Metadata: Toward a Typology of Complementary Uses of Metadata.” In Proceedings of theFifteenthInternational ISKO Conference, Porto, Portugal, July 9-11, 2018. Würzburg: Ergon Verlag.
Hajibayova, Lala and Athena Salaba. (2018). “Critical questions for big data approach in knowledge representation and organization.” In Proceedings of theFifteenthInternational ISKO Conference, Porto, Portugal, July 9-11, 2018. Würzburg: Ergon Verlag.
Salaba, Athena and Tanja Merčun. (2017). User Interactions with Bibliographic Information Visualizations. In J. Kamps et al. (Eds.). Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries: 21st International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries, TPDL 2017, Thessaloniki, Greece, September 18-21, 2017, Proceedings. Publication appears in Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) 10450, pp. 1–6, 2017. Cham: Springer International Publishing AG Chapter DOI: 0.1007/978-3-319-67008-9_49
Merčun, Tanja, Athena Salaba, and Maja Žumer. (2016). User Testing of Prototype Systems in Two Different Environments: Preliminary Results. In A. Morishima et al. (Eds.). Digital Libraries: Knowledge, Information, and Data in an Open Access Society, 18th International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries, ICADL 2016, Tsukuba, Japan, December 7-9, 2016 Proceedings. Cham: Springer International Publishing AG. Publication appears in Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 10075. Chapter DOI:10.1007/978-3-319-49304-6_14
Salaba, Athena, and Marcia Zeng. (2014). Extending the “Explore” User Task Beyond Subject Authority Data into the Linked Data Sphere. In Proceedings of theThirteenthInternational ISKO Conference, Krakow, Poland, May 19-22, 2014. Würzburg: Ergon Verlag.
Žumer, Maja, Athena Salaba, and Yin Zhang. (2012). User Verification of the FRBR Conceptual Model and Testing of FRBR Prototypes. In ICADL, The 14th International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries, November 12-15, 2012, Taipei, Taiwan. Cham: Springer.
Žumer, Maja, Marcia Lei Zeng, and Athena Salaba. (2010). FRBR: A Generalized Approach to Dublin Core Application Profiles. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications 2010, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 20-22 October.
Salaba, Athena. (2010). Use and Users of Subject Authority Data. In Paradigms and Conceptual Systems in KO: Proceedings of the Eleventh International ISKO Conference, February 23-26, 2010, Rome, Italy. Würzburg: Ergon Verlag.
Zeng, M., M. Panzer, A. Salaba. (2010). Expressing Classification Schemes with OWL2 Web Ontology Language. In Paradigms and Conceptual Systems in KO: Proceedings of the Eleventh International ISKO Conference, February 23-26, 2010, Rome, Italy. Würzburg: Ergon Verlag.
Žumer, Maja, Athena Salaba, & Marcia Zeng. (2007). Functional Requirements for Subject Authority Records (FRSAR): A Conceptual Model of Aboutness. Asian Digital Libraries: Looking Back 10 Years and Forging New Frontiers. Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Asian Digital Libraries (ICADL 2007), 10-13 December 2007, Hanoi, Vietnam. Cham: Springer. Publication appears in Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS)
Salaba, Athena, Marcia L. Zeng, & Maja Žumer. (2006). Functional Requirements for Subject Authority Records. In Knowledge Organization for a Global Learning Society: Proceedings of the Ninth International ISKO Conference, 4-7 July 2006, Vienna, Austria. Edited by Gerhard Budin, Christian Swerz, Konstantin Mitgutsch. Würzburg: Ergon Verlag.
Non-Refereed Journal Articles
Salaba, Athena, & Yin Zhang. (2007). Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR): From a conceptual model to application and system development. Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, August/September. Available at http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/Aug-07/Bulletin_AugSep07.pdf
Zhang, Yin, & Athena Salaba. (2007). Critical Issues and Challenges Facing FRBR Research and Practice. Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, August/September. Available at http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/Aug-07/Bulletin_AugSep07.pdf
Research Reports
Zhang, Y., & Salaba, A. (2010). National Leadership Grants NLG Library-Research and Demonstration - Final Report on “Research and Development of FRBR-Based Systems to Effectively Support User Tasks and Facilitate Information Seeking.” December 29, 2010.
Functional Requirements for Subject Authority Data – a report of the IFLA Functional Requirements for Subject Authority Records Working Group. Editors: Marcia Lei Zeng, Maja Žumer, Athena Salaba. (Served as the Working Group co-chair and secretary, 2005 – 2010). Approved: June 2010.
Zhang, Y., Salaba, A., & Ceci, V. (2008). Akron-Summit County Public Library OPAC user study report. A report submitted to the Akron-Summit County Public Library, 2008.
Zhang, Y., Salaba, A., & Ceci, V. (2008). Stow-Munroe Falls Public Library OPAC user study report. A report submitted to the Stow-Munroe Falls Public Library, 2008.
Zhang, Y., & Salaba, A. (2007). Identifying major issues and challenges of FRBR research and practice: A Delphi study report. November, 2007.
Holmes, J., Robins, D., Zhang, Y., Salaba, A., & Byerly, G. (2006). Report on the usability and effectiveness of SirsiDynix SchoolRooms for K-12 students. A project report submitted to SirsiDynix, May 2006.
Soete, George, & Athena Salaba. (1999) Measuring Journal Cost‑Effectiveness: Ten Years After Barschall.