Assoc. Prof. GÜSSÜN GÜNEŞ

 Güssün Güneş was born in the Reşadiye district of Tokat Province, Türkiye. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Library Science from the Department of Documentation and Information at Istanbul University in 1996. She completed her Master’s degree at the same institution in 1999 and earned her PhD in Information and Records Management from Marmara University in 2009.

Having served as a Library Manager and Lecturer at Koç University, Güneş has been working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Institutional Archives at Marmara University since 2012. She also served as Head of the Department of Libraries and Documentation at Marmara University between 2012 and 2022.

Güneş has taught a wide range of undergraduate and graduate courses at Bezmialem Vakıf University, Istanbul Medipol University, Koç University, and Istanbul Medeniyet University. Her teaching areas include medical documentation, medical librarianship, organization of knowledge, communication models and techniques, and research methods in health sciences.

Her research interests include academic and medical librarianship, health literacy, bibliotherapy, digital libraries, technical and information services in librarianship, electronic resource management, metadata systems, classification and cataloguing, Semantic Web technologies, cultural history, health informatics, preservation and conservation in libraries, permanent paper, occupational health, dust and pollution in library environments, next-generation library buildings, museum management, museum informatics, and artificial intelligence applications in libraries and cultural heritage institutions.

Güssün Güneş has authored and co-authored numerous peer-reviewed journal articles, books, book chapters, conference papers, and posters. She continues her academic work at the intersection of information and records management, health sciences, digital cultural heritage, and emerging technologies.

She is currently teaching at Marmara University and Istanbul University.