University degrees, diplomas and academic public assessments

2010 - Doctorship in Sociology, Ler uma biblioteca nas inscrições de leitores, espaço e Internet - usos e representações de biblioteca pública [Reading a library from the inscriptions of readers, space and the Internet: uses and representations of a public library], University of Porto

2004 - Masters in Information and Knowledge Society, special. in Librarianship and Information Sciences, Pasando el tiempo en la Net: apropiaciones juveniles de la Red en el espacio de una biblioteca pública [Spending time in the Internet: young people's appropriations of the Net within the space of a public library], Open University of Catalonia (UOC)

1987 - Post-Graduation in Librarianship and Information Sciences, University of Porto

1980 - Degree in History, University of Porto

Field of specialisation

Sociology of Culture, especially Public Libraries and Reading

Other fields

Open Acess and scientific publishing