All Outputs (62)

An exploration into the relationship between information needs satisfaction and creativity of visual artists in Greece. (2025)
Journal Article
KOLYVAS, S., MARTZOUKOU, K. and KOSTAGIOLAS, P. [2025]. An exploration into the relationship between information needs satisfaction and creativity of visual artists in Greece. Journal of documentation [online], (accepted). To be made available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-04-2025-0087

There is a current research gap based on exploring the information behaviour of visual artists (professional, semi-professional, and amateur) and, particularly, the impact of their information needs satisfaction on their creativity. This research aim... Read More about An exploration into the relationship between information needs satisfaction and creativity of visual artists in Greece..

Supporting digital resilience: embedding "Maddie is Online" in SCPHN school nurse education. (2025)
Journal Article
MARTZOUKOU, K., ALLAN, E. and HAYWARD, M. 2025. Supporting digital resilience: embedding "Maddie is Online" in SCPHN school nurse education. Journal of family and child health [online], 2(4), pages 196-197. Available from: https://doi.org/10.12968/jfch.2025.2.4.200

In an increasingly digital world, children and young people (CYP) navigate both opportunities and risks online. While digital platforms provide valuable spaces for learning, communication and socialisation, they also expose CYP to potential harms, in... Read More about Supporting digital resilience: embedding "Maddie is Online" in SCPHN school nurse education..

Digital divides in nursing students: an exploration of the relationship between self-perceived digital competencies and digital barriers. (2025)
Journal Article
MARTZOUKOU, K., LUDERS, E.S., WORK, F., KOSTAGIOLAS, P.A. and JOHNSON, N. 2025. Digital divides in nursing students: an exploration of the relationship between self-perceived digital competencies and digital barriers. Journal of documentation [online], 81(2), pages 330-350. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-09-2024-0209

In the context of Higher Education nursing education, digital competencies are increasingly recognised as a necessary skillset, within a continuously evolving healthcare professional landscape. This study sought to explore nursing students’ digital c... Read More about Digital divides in nursing students: an exploration of the relationship between self-perceived digital competencies and digital barriers..

Maddie is online: co-creating with young people for safer and resilient online connectivity. [Blog post] (2024)
Digital Artefact
MARTZOUKOU, K. 2024. Maddie is online: co-creating with young people for safer and resilient online connectivity. [Blog post]. Posted on the Queen's Nursing Institute Scotland website [online], 20 June 2024. Available from: https://www.qnis.org.uk/blog/maddie-is-online-co-creating-with-young-people-for-safer-and-resilient-online-connectivity/

According to the World Health Organization (2024) "Children's lives are increasingly blended between the digital and physical worlds, intertwining virtual and real experiences in their daily routines. Ensuring online safety for children is becoming a... Read More about Maddie is online: co-creating with young people for safer and resilient online connectivity. [Blog post].

Localizing human rights in a globalizing world: the challenge for Africa. (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MARTZOUKOU, K.D., OKOGBULE, N.S. and RODRIGUEZ-BLANCO, V. 2024. Localizing human rights in a globalizing world: the challenge for Africa. Presented at the 5th Cross-cultural conversation of the Interdisciplinary Forum for the Study of Jurisprudence and Value Inquiry in the Non-Western World (JVI), 8 May 2024, Aberdeen, UK.

This seminar was the fifth meeting or cross-cultural conversation (CCC) organised by the Interdisciplinary Forum for the Study of Jurisprudence and Value Inquiry in the Non-Western World (JVI), convened by Olufemi Ilesanmi. This particular event, mod... Read More about Localizing human rights in a globalizing world: the challenge for Africa..

Exploring the impact of socio-cultural adaptation and information literacy skills challenges on the academic self-efficacy of Nigerian students in Higher Education institutions in Scotland. (2024)
Thesis
OLAWOYE, H. 2024. Exploring the impact of socio-cultural adaptation and information literacy skills challenges on the academic self-efficacy of Nigerian students in Higher Education institutions in Scotland. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis. Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.48526/rgu-wt-2795732

This research aims to investigate the socio-cultural adaptation and the information literacy (IL) skills challenges of higher education (HE) Nigerian students in Scotland, and how these may impact their academic self-efficacy. The study explores mech... Read More about Exploring the impact of socio-cultural adaptation and information literacy skills challenges on the academic self-efficacy of Nigerian students in Higher Education institutions in Scotland..

View from the BRIDGE: information and digital literacy for primary schools. (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
PAVEY, S., GOLDSTEIN, S. and MARTZOUKOU, K. 2024. View from the BRIDGE: information and digital literacy for primary schools. Presented at the 2024 Librarians' information literacy annual conference (LILAC 2024), 25-27 March 2024, Leeds, UK. Hosted on Slideshare [online]. Available from: https://tinyurl.com/LILAC-2024-pavey

This presentation gives an overview of the "BRIDGE" project, a transnational project covering Finland, Greece, Italy, Spain, Turkey and the UK. The project aims to promote information and digital literacy as a way of underpinning equality, diversity... Read More about View from the BRIDGE: information and digital literacy for primary schools..

Maddie is online: the ethics of online safety and security: an innovative co-creation cartoon story-telling project with schools. (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MARTZOUKOU, K. 2024. Maddie is online: the ethics of online safety and security: an innovative co-creation cartoon story-telling project with schools. Presented at the 2024 Librarians' information literacy annual conference (LILAC 2024), 25-27 March 2024, Leeds, UK. Hosted on Slideshare [online]. Available from: https://tinyurl.com/LILAC-2024-martzoukou

This presentation gives an overview of "Maddie is Online", an innovative educational project that uses creative storytelling to produce learning and teaching material for those involved in the education, support and safeguarding of children (aged 9-1... Read More about Maddie is online: the ethics of online safety and security: an innovative co-creation cartoon story-telling project with schools..

Creative and innovative online learning and teaching in LIS education: building student confidence via co-creation and partnership. (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MARTZOUKOU, K. 2024. Creative and innovative online learning and teaching in LIS education: building student confidence via co-creation and partnership. Presented at the 2024 Association of British Theological and Philosophical Libraries spring conference (2024 ABTAPL Spring Conference): springboard to the future: AI, CPD... and me!, 21-23 March 2024, Edinburgh, UK.

This presentation looks at different projects and initiatives that have been organized in collaboration with academic staff at Robert Gordon University (RGU), as well as the RGU Library and other external organisations - including the Chartered Insti... Read More about Creative and innovative online learning and teaching in LIS education: building student confidence via co-creation and partnership..

The impact of information needs satisfaction on the creativity of visual art teachers. (2024)
Journal Article
KOLYVAS, S., KOSTAGIOLAS, P.A. and MARTZOUKOU, K. 2024. The impact of information needs satisfaction on the creativity of visual art teachers. Journal of documentation [online], 80(4), pages 898-921. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-11-2023-0233

The aim of this study is to investigate how the information needs satisfaction of visual art teachers affects their creativity. Visual art teachers' information seeking behaviour and specifically the association of information needs satisfaction with... Read More about The impact of information needs satisfaction on the creativity of visual art teachers..

Empowering nursing students' digital literacy skills: the digital literacy project. (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MARTZOUKOU, K., LUDERS, E.S., JOHNSON, N. and WORK, F. 2023. Empowering nursing students' digital literacy skills: the digital literacy project. Presented at the 6th International research symposium of the National Institute of Library and Information Sciences, University of Colombo (NILIS 2023): research excellence in library and information science, 15 November 2023, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

The "Digital Literacy project" is an ongoing research project at Robert Gordon University, the aim of which is to drive and support the development of digital literacy skills among students in different discipline areas (e.g. nursing, law, library sc... Read More about Empowering nursing students' digital literacy skills: the digital literacy project..

Maddie is online: a creative learning path to digital literacy for young people. (2023)
Journal Article
MARTZOUKOU, K., PANAYIOTAKIS, I., HERBERT, N., GREY, E. and MACDONALD, N. 2023. Maddie is online: a creative learning path to digital literacy for young people. Computers in the schools [online], Latest Articles. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/07380569.2023.2276736

This paper explores young people's development of digital literacy and resilience and discusses how teachers and librarians can play an important role in supporting young people to become digital citizens: informed, active, ethical, safe and responsi... Read More about Maddie is online: a creative learning path to digital literacy for young people..

Maddie is online. (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MARTZOUKOU, K. 2023. Maddie is online. Presented at the 2023 Aberdeen Business School women entrepreneurship week (ABS WEW 2023), 30 October - 3 November 2023, Aberdeen, UK.

This poster presents Dr. Konstantina Martzoukou's perspective on incorporating entrepreneurship into her teaching and research practice. It uses the "Maddie is Online" project as an example of how Dr. Martzoukou has achieved this.

BRIDGE project: information and digital literacy at primary school. (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
SALES, D., KURBANOĞLU, S., KOSTAGIOLAS, P., MARTZOUKOU, K., GOLDSTEIN, S., PAVEY, S., HIRVONEN, N., AKKOYUNLU, B., MURAT, S., ANTONIAZZI, A., MORELLI, M. and ŞENCAN, İ. 2023. BRIDGE project: information and digital literacy at primary school. Presented at the 2023 European conference on information literacy (ECIL 2023), 9-12 October 2023, Krakow, Poland.

This poster describes the BRIDGE project ("Information and Digital Literacy at School: A Bridge to Support Critical Thinking and Equality Values for Primary Education Using Children's Literature and Transmedia"), which aims to review current legislat... Read More about BRIDGE project: information and digital literacy at primary school..

Maddie is online: embedding creative audio-visual resources to the teaching of information literacy in an elementary school in Greece. (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MARTZOUKOU, K. and TRAMANTZA, E. 2023. Maddie is online: embedding creative audio-visual resources to the teaching of information literacy in an elementary school in Greece. Presented at the 2023 European conference on information literacy (ECIL 2023), 9-12 October 2023, Krakow, Poland.

There is a growing need to design creative teaching methods for early in the school curriculum to empower children with information literacy (IL) skills. This will prepare them for battling mis/disinformation, so that they can be safe, understand the... Read More about Maddie is online: embedding creative audio-visual resources to the teaching of information literacy in an elementary school in Greece..

Information and digital literacy for primary education: diagnosis of needs and challenges. (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
SALES, D., MARTZOUKOU, K., GOLDSTEIN, S., PAVEY, S., HIRVONEN, N., SARAN, M. and ŞENCAN, İ. 2023. Information and digital literacy for primary education: diagnosis of needs and challenges. Panel presented at the 2023 European conference on information literacy (ECIL 2023), 9-12 October 2023, Krakow, Poland.

The aftermath of the crisis generated by the COVID-19 pandemic - and the dangerous infodemic that has emerged in parallel - has made the importance of fostering information literacy even more evident. Information literacy is fundamental in all ages t... Read More about Information and digital literacy for primary education: diagnosis of needs and challenges..

A cross-sectional study of discipline-based self-perceived digital literacy competencies of nursing students. (2023)
Journal Article
MARTZOUKOU, K., LUDERS, E.S., MAIR, J., KOSTAGIOLAS, P., JOHNSON, N., WORK, F. and FULTON, C. 2024. A cross-sectional study of discipline-based self-perceived digital literacy competencies of nursing students. Journal of advanced nursing [online], 80(2), pages 656-672. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.15801

This study offers an empirical exploration of self-assessed digital competencies of students, most of whom studied in nursing courses, using a discipline-based self-assessment survey tool. A range of digital competencies were explored: information an... Read More about A cross-sectional study of discipline-based self-perceived digital literacy competencies of nursing students..

Enhancing students' digital skills with impact: the "Digital Literacy" project. (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MARTZOUKOU, K. 2022. Enhancing students' digital skills with impact: the "Digital Literacy" project. Presented at the 2022 RGU annual learning and teaching conference (RGU LTC 2022): enhancing for impact, 21 October 2022, Aberdeen, UK.

In line with UK strategic priorities (UK Department for Education 2019), the "Digital Literacy" project - supported by a DELTA (QAA) "Emerging Stronger Award" - aims to identify pockets of digital inequalities in students, to enhance their digital ca... Read More about Enhancing students' digital skills with impact: the "Digital Literacy" project..

Digital competencies in higher education: an agenda for students' equal participation. (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MARTZOUKOU, K. 2022. Digital competencies in higher education: an agenda for students' equal participation. Presented at the 28th Panhellenic academic libraries conference: green and sustainable academic libraries in the post-COVID era, 19-21 October 2022, Corfu, Greece.

In the modern online and interconnected environment, digital competences have emerged as an umbrella concept that is considered an important condition for learning, communication, civic participation and engagement, informed citizenship, employabilit... Read More about Digital competencies in higher education: an agenda for students' equal participation..

What is next for information world mapping? International and multidisciplinary approaches to understanding information behaviors/practices in context. (2022)
Journal Article
KITZIE, V.L., TSAI, T.-I., MARTZOUKOU, K., MABI, M.N. and GREYSON, D. 2022. What is next for information world mapping? International and multidisciplinary approaches to understanding information behaviors/practice in context. Library and information science research [online], 44(4), article 101196. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lisr.2022.101196

As the use of arts-involved and data visualization methods increases in information science, it is essential to reflect on the strengths and weaknesses of various methods. An international lineup of information researchers shares their experiences us... Read More about What is next for information world mapping? International and multidisciplinary approaches to understanding information behaviors/practices in context..