Ana Lúcia Terra is Assistant Professor at University of Coimbra, Department of Philosophy, Communication and Information, since November 2020. From 2002 to October 2020, she was Adjunct Professor at Polytechnic Institute of Porto. She holds a PhD in Information Science (2009) from University of Coimbra (Portugal). She holds a degree in History, a master degree in Modern History and has a Postgraduate Course in Libraries and Archives from the same university. She has received in 2009 the Raul Proença Prize, sponsored by the Directorate-General for Books and Libraries, distinguishes works in the area of Library Science, Archives and Information Science.Her main research interests include information behaviour, information management and knowledge organization.