Electronic journals, scholarly communication and libraries

The recent surge in scientific electronic journals began when libraries began having access to the WWW in the mid-1990s. The shift from paper to digital has affected the traditional alignment and role of the primary "stakeholders" -mainly authors, publishers, universities and libraries. The author offers a brief review of the history of the scholarly journal followed by the evolution of e-journals in during the past two decades. The article then focuses on the implications that these have had on traditional library processes and services such as selection, acquisitions, cataloguing, storage, preservation and user services. In the conclusion the author speculates on the long term effect of Web-based publishing on the format of the traditional scholarly journal as it has existed for over 300 years.

La aplicación de los estudios de satisfacción de usuarios en la biblioteca universitaria: el caso de las universidades catalanas

El objetivo del texto es dar a conocer la aplicación de los estudios de satisfacción de usuarios en las bibliotecas universitarias catalanas. Se pretende establecer, además, qué factores influyen en su realización, especialmente todos aquellos ligados al ámbito de la gestión de los centros. Se describe el proceso de la investigación y la metodología del trabajo de campo utilizada (una encuesta autocumplimentativa enviada a los directores de las bibliotecas). Finalmente, se analizan los resultados de la encuesta y se presentan las conclusiones generales.

Bitácoras y sindicación de contenidos: dos herramientas para difundir información

The article describes blogs and content syndication as tools for disseminating information in libraries and other information centres, as well as in educational and research environments. The authors begin by defining each of these tools, followed by a review of their history and a discussion of how they have been used. Finally, possible applications are suggested for library environments and research spaces, while offering considerations about what activities the library community might carry out in order to convert these tools into an effective means of communication

Sistemas de gestión de contenidos en la gestión del conocimiento

Since the second half of the 1990s, knowledge management has taken shape and has been firmly consolidated as a new discipline within the realm of organisations. The principal objective of this work is to determine whether content management systems (CMS) can become the most appropriate technological standard for consolidating this field. The article describes and analyses the major functions (publishing and exploitation) of these new systems. It then examines the field of knowledge management ¿what are the different types of knowledge that we can find within an organisational context¿ and then identifies and analyses the operations critical to managing it appropriately. The article concludes by evaluating the extent to which technological solutions provided by CMS can assist in properly implementing these critical operations.

Cincuenta ideas para sorprender desde la biblioteca pública

The offer of new products and services is the main way to enhance the image of public libraries in public opinion and to attract the media attention that they deserve. Presented here for professional consideration and comment are fifty surprising, simple and realistic ideas that can be carried out by public libraries, with the aim of reaching unknown user groups and of maintaining the fidelity of current users.

Webs siempre accesibles: las bibliotecas nacionales y los depósitos digitales nacionales

Information and communication technologies enabled cultural and scientific patrimony -and information in general- to be presented in digital format, as well as in traditional analogical formats. The response was immediate and since the decade of the 1990s different projects have been designed to guarantee permanent access to the digital production -retrieval, storage, handling, preservation and dissemination. This article presents an international overview of existing models of national digital repositories, a name given to these projects that are normally generated by national libraries with a common objective: ensuring that web pages are always accessible.

Informe sobre la I International Conference on Multidisciplinary Information Sciences and Technologies - InSciT2006 (Mérida, 25, 26, 27 y 28 de octubre de 2006)

Podeu consultar la versió en català a http://hdl.handle.net/2445/8954

Informe sobre el I Congresso Ibero-americano de Gestão do Conhecimento e Inteligência Competitiva (Curitiba, el Brasil, 29, 30 i 31 de agosto de 2006)

Podeu consultar la versió en català a http://hdl.handle.net/2445/8956

Informe de la 1ª Jornada de Software Libre para Unidades y Servicios de Información (Santiago de Compostela, 10 de mayo de 2007)

Podeu consultar la versió en català a http://hdl.handle.net/2445/8958

Recursos de información y tiempo libre para niños enfermos

A compilation of digital resources for information and play activities for hospitalized children and their families. For each resource, we present an outline of the organization that promotes it and its objectives.

Los fondos y las colecciones de archivo en las bibliotecas: modelos para su control y acceso

First, we examine the context of creation of special collection units in libraries, and the reasons why libraries compile archive materials and collections. Second, we focus on the techniques used in library environments to describe archive materials and collections and to guarantee their accessibility. We examine the models used in the United States and the United Kingdom to describe and access these materials, and the cooperative projects launched in these two countries in the past few years. Finally, we offer a preliminary analysis of how these types of materials are currently dealt with in Catalan libraries, and issue some recommendations to improve their archiving and access.

El uso de la norma de calidad ISO 9001 en las bibliotecas de instituciones de educación superior

[eng] ISO standard 9001 is one of a set of management tools that libraries have adopted in recent years. This article focuses on libraries in higher education institutions that have received ISO certification of their quality management systems (ISO standard 9001:2000). We examine their reasons for seeking certification and the advantages and difficulties they have encountered in applying this ISO standard. Finally, we consider the future prospects of ISO standard 9001 in university libraries.

El derecho a la información del paciente: una aproximación legal y deontológica

[eng] Aim: The paper examines the current situation of recognition of patients' right to information in international standards and in the national laws of Belgium, France, Italy, Spain (and Catalonia), Switzerland and the United Kingdom.Methodology: International standards, laws and codes of ethics of physicians and librarians that are currently in force were identified and analyzed with regard to patients' right to information and the ownership of this right. The related subjects of access to clinical history, advance directives and informed consent were not taken into account.Results: All the standards, laws and codes analyzed deal with guaranteeing access to information. The codes of ethics of both physicians and librarians establish the duty to inform.Conclusions: Librarians must collaborate with physicians in the process of informing patients.

El nom fa la cosa? Les biblioteques per a pacients: una aproximació terminològica

En el marc d'un projecte més ampli d'estudi sobre les biblioteques per a pacients a Catalunya i Espanya, s'han detectat importants vacil·lacions terminològiques en les fonts bibliogràfiques consultades a l'hora de designar les biblioteques per a pacients. L'objectiu és reflexionar sobre el que implica aquesta diversitat de designacions possibles i detectar si els termes emprats descriuen el servei que s'ofereix a partir de la consulta de les següents fonts: obres de consulta generals, obres de consulta especialitzades (terminologia, diccionaris i enciclopèdies, llistes d¿encapçalaments de matèria i tesaurus) i obres teòriques especialitzades en serveis bibliotecaris a pacients hospitalizats (monografies, articles, comunicacions, memòries i textos legals i normatius). Com que el problema va més enllà del català i el castellà, també s¿ha revisat bibliografia en anglès, francès i italià.

El conflicto ético

Es importante que tengamos en cuenta que las Declaraciones de Derechos, las Constituciones, la nueva Carta de Derechos Fundamentales de la Unión Europea, el Convenio de Derechos Humanos en Biomedicina, las nuevas Leyes de autonomía del paciente... todas hacen hincapié en los derechos de los pacientes, en los derechos de los incapacesde hecho y de los efectivamente incapacitados. Las normas vigentes concuerdan en que todos los pacientes -también los psiquiátricos¿- poseen, en principio, los mismos derechos, y que las limitaciones a su ejercicio tienen que ser siempre justificadas e interpretadas de manera restrictiva.