Provision of supplementary materials in Library and Information Science scholarly journals

Purpose This study seeks to analyse the policies of library and information science (LIS) journals regarding the publication of supplementary materials, the number of journals and articles that include this feature, the kind of supplementary materials published with regard to their function in the article, the formats employed and the access provided to readers. Design/methodology/approach The study analysed the instructions for authors of LIS journals indexed in the ISI Journal Citation Reports, as well as the supplementary materials attached to the articles published in their 2011 online volumes. Findings Large publishers are more likely to have a policy regarding the publication of supplementary materials, and policies are usually homogeneous across all the journals of a given publisher. Most policies state the acceptance of supplementary materials, and even journals without a policy also publish supplementary materials. The majority of supplementary materials provided in LIS articles are extended methodological explanations and additional results in the form of textual information in PDF or Word files. Some toll-access journals provide open access to any reader to these files. Originality/value This study provides new insights into the characteristics of supplementary materials in LIS journals. The results may be used by journal publishers to establish a policy on the publication of supplementary materials and, more broadly, to develop data sharing initiatives in academic settings.

Customization, transparency and proximity: a user- centered content strategy applied to the design of a virtual library website

We present a case study of the redesign of the organizational presentation and content of the Virtual Library website at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (Open University of Catalonia, UOC), based on a user-centered design strategy. The aim of the redesign was to provide users with more intuitive, usable and understandable content (textual content, resources and services) by implementing criteria of customization, transparency and proximity. The study also presents a selection of best practices for applying these criteria to the design of other library websites.

Customization, transparency and proximity: a user- centered content strategy applied to the design of a virtual library website

We present a case study of the redesign of the organizational presentation and content of the Virtual Library website at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (Open University of Catalonia, UOC), based on a user-centered design strategy. The aim of the redesign was to provide users with more intuitive, usable and understandable content (textual content, resources and services) by implementing criteria of customization, transparency and proximity. The study also presents a selection of best practices for applying these criteria to the design of other library websites.

La educación para la salud como objeto de estudio histórico : proyecto de investigación

Objetivo: El objetivo es presentar el proyecto de investigación cuyo propósito es conocer la evolución de la Educación para la salud (EpS) desde la antigüedad hasta la época contemporánea, con el fin de identificar y comprender la génesis y construcción de la disciplina. Método: Se trata de un estudio cualitativo histórico enmarcado en el paradigma interpretativo etnohistórico y hermenéutico. Los pilares básicos en que se enmarca conceptualmente, son la Educación, la Persona, grupo o comunidad y la Salud. El espacio social, es aquel en que los grupos sociales vivían y el estructural-temporal, las épocas históricas: prehistoria, antigüedad (culturas antiguas y clásicas), edad media, renacimiento y contemporánea hasta pasada la Guerra Civil española (1940). El sujeto de estudio es la EpS a partir de los elementos que la conforman: el concepto de salud, las creencias, los conocimientos sanitarios, las intervenciones y los recursos educativos para la salud de les personas y los grupos sociales en cada una de las épocas históricas a estudio. Las fuentes utilizadas son las indirectas, materiales-arqueológicas y culturales: verbales (escritas) y no verbales (semiológicas/audiovisuales) y las no seriadas. La recogida de información a través de técnicas de investigación histórica cualitativa: la observación y análisis documental bibliográfico, iconográfico de archivos, prensa, publicaciones oficiales, textos bibliográficos y técnicas textuales-filosóficas: análisis de contenido y crítica histórica. El análisis de la información será cronológico y mediante una clasificación por temáticas y periodos históricos.

Tres enfoques en análisis del discurso: acción, sistema e información

En aquest article es presenta una visió global del camp de l'anàlisi del discurs que pretén ser més que exhaustiva clari ficadora. Aquest objectiu es persegueix a partir de la proposta de considerar que la major part dels treballs en anàlisi del discurs es poden classi ficar en una de les tres perspectives següents: el discurs com a acció, com a sistema i com a informació. L'autor de l'article revisa els conceptes bàsics en cada una d'aquestes perspectives i integra les propostes que s'han fet des de diferents 'escoles' d'anàlisi del discurs en l'esquema que proposa.

Customization, transparency and proximity: a user- centered content strategy applied to the design of a virtual library website

We present a case study of the redesign of the organizational presentation and content of the Virtual Library website at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (Open University of Catalonia, UOC), based on a user-centered design strategy. The aim of the redesign was to provide users with more intuitive, usable and understandable content (textual content, resources and services) by implementing criteria of customization, transparency and proximity. The study also presents a selection of best practices for applying these criteria to the design of other library websites.

Provision of supplementary materials in Library and Information Science scholarly journals

Purpose- This study seeks to analyse the policies of library and information science (LIS) journals regarding the publication of supplementary materials, the number of journals and articles that include this feature, the kind of supplementary materials published with regard to their function in the article, the formats employed and the access provided to readers. Design/methodology/approach- The study analysed the instructions for authors of LIS journals indexed in the ISI Journal Citation Reports, as well as the supplementary materials attached to the articles published in their 2011 online volumes. Findings- Large publishers are more likely to have a policy regarding the publication of supplementary materials, and policies are usually homogeneous across all the journals of a given publisher. Most policies state the acceptance of supplementary materials, and even journals without a policy also publish supplementary materials. The majority of supplementary materials provided in LIS articles are extended methodological explanations and additional results in the form of textual information in PDF or Word files. Some toll-access journals provide open access to any reader to these files. Originality/value- This study provides new insights into the characteristics of supplementary materials in LIS journals. The results may be used by journal publishers to establish a policy on the publication of supplementary materials and, more broadly, to develop data sharing initiatives in academic settings.

Belleza y elocuencia, o la rendición por los sentidos (Lucianus, Scyth. 11)

In Lucian Scythian (§11), all previous editors have corrected the word ¢p£xetai as it appears in the manuscripts to p£xetai. We aim to justify the restoration of the original text because, obviously, it is possible in terms of form, and, besides, it seems more appropriate to the context. The verb ¢p£gomai implies the notion of being moved from one place to another, while p£gomai expresses only the notion of simple attraction which does not involve actual movement. This notion of true surrendering through the senses seems to match the idea developed here by Lucian; loci paralleli in Lucian himself and other Attic authors help us to confirm this interpretation.

Transmedia Storytelling: Implicit Consumers, Narrative Worlds, and Branding in Contemporary Media Production

Many concepts have been developed to describe the convergence of media, languages, and formats in contemporary media systems. This article is a theoretical reflection on “transmedia storytelling” from a perspective that integrates semiotics and narratology in the context of media studies. After dealing with the conceptual chaos around transmedia storytelling, the article analyzes how these new multimodal narrative structures create different implicit consumers and construct a narrative world. The analysis includes a description of the multimedia textual structure created around the Fox television series 24. Finally, the article analyzes transmedia storytelling from the perspective of a semiotics of branding.

El martirio de Almaquio y la prohibición de los espectáculos de gladiadores

La historiografía tradicional ha sostenido, hasta el día de hoy, que los combates de gladiadores desaparecieron en el año 404 a causa del linchamiento de un monje llamado Telémaco, cuando interrumpió un duelo gladiatorio, y de la siguiente prohibición del emperador Honorio. Sin embargo, un análisis detallado del texto de Teodoreto donde se narra esta anécdota nos permite ver que se trata de la deformación de una noticia recogida en el 'Martyrologium Hieronymianum', la ejecución de un tal Almaquio a manos de gladiadores por haberse manifestado públicamente en contra del paganismo. En el siguiente trabajo estudiamos el origen y la evolución textual de ambas tradiciones, así como cuál pudo ser el germen de este episodio en gran parte legendario.

Buenas prácticas textuales e interpretabilidad de la letra pequeña

El examen de una normativa para mejorar la información al consumidor plantea observaciones pragmáticas sobre buenas prácticas textuales. La orden 385/2003 de la Generalitat de Catalunya establece el tamaño mínimo de la letra en contratos para facilitar su legibilidad. La interpretación de esta normativa permite considerar el uso pragmático de la letra pequeña. Y se recoge también el ejemplo publicitario de una empresa energética que paradójicamente utiliza, en la actualidad, como recurso de prestigio la letra pequeña en documentos contractuales. GOOD TEXTUAL PRACTICES AND INTERPRETABILITY OF THE FINE PRINT IN CONTRACTS. The review of legislation to improve consumer information raises pragmatic observations on textual practices. The order 385/2003 of the Autonomous Government of Catalonia (Spain) sets the minimum font size in contracts for readability. The interpretation of these rules allows us to consider the pragmatic use of the fine print. And the paper also includes advertising from an energy company that paradoxically used as a resource for prestige the fine print in contract documents.

Llegir críticament textos d'història

La història és una disciplina científica que opera en base a evidències del passat. Tot allò que s'ha produït en un altre temps (objectes, construccions, paisatges, conductes, costums) és susceptible de ser analitzat i interpretat de manera crítica per l'historiador. Qualsevol tipus de text confegit en un altre temps o a partir d'informacions d'un temps anterior, també esdevé, per definició, una evidència històrica, ja sigui una recepta de farmàcia, una novel·la, un informe tècnic o un llibre d'història. En aquest sentit, gairebé tots els textos són d'història. L'historiador no analitza el text de la mateixa manera que ho poden fer des d'altres disciplines; un text té interès en tant que subministra informació, i el mètode de treball de l'historiador és el que permet assolir-la. Els alumnes de primària i secundària s'han de formar en continguts factuals, conceptuals i en mètode. L'anàlisi d'un document amb la metodologia d l'historiador és una bona praxi per formar individus amb capacitat crítica.

Carola Milà i la felicitat de ser una dona : La teoria feminista de Maria Aurèlia Capmany en 'Feliçment, jo sóc una dona'

Aquest treball presenta una anàlisi textual de l'obra de Maria Aurèlia Capmany 'Feliçment, jo sóc una dona'. D'una banda, a través d'una breu presentació de l'autora fins al moment de la publicació de l'obra i, d'una altra, d'una síntesi del feminisme a Catalunya, l'autora del treball ens apropa a les teories feministes que Capmany aboca en la seva novel·la, fet que representa un punt d'inflació en la seva trajectòria novel·lística. L'anàlisi textual ens permet apropar-nos al concepte d'identitat femenina i a la seva construcció, així com relacionar-lo amb les teories feministes més recents.

Los géneros discursivos desde la perspectiva del ELE

Afrontar el proceso de adquisición de una lengua extranjera supone unatarea global que culmina en el dominio de la misma en múltiples variablessituacionales. En el siguiente trabajo proponemos una incipientecaracterización de la conversación telefónica como subgénero discursivo quese enmarca en el ámbito del desarrollo de las destrezas orales. Pretendemoscon ello acotar un marco específico en el que las característicasinteraccionales propias de los textos conversacionales aparecen en algunosaspectos dislocadas, así como proponer una aplicación didáctica mediante laimbricación de este género textual con el uso de ciertos recursos cinematográficos en la clase de ELE.

The FaceUOC Project : An Open Social Learning experience by the Open University of Catalonia

The possibilities and expansion of the use of Web 2.0 has opened up a world of possibilities in online learning. In spite of the integration of these tools in education major changes are required in the educational design of instructional processes.This paper presents an educational experience conducted by the Open University of Catalonia using the social network Facebook for the purpose of testing a learning model that uses a participation and collaboration methodology among users based on the use of open educational resources.- The aim of the experience is to test an Open Social Learning (OSL) model, understood to be a virtual learning environment open to the Internet community, based on the use of open resources and on a methodology focused on the participation and collaboration of users in the construction of knowledge.- The topic chosen for this experience in Facebook was 2.0 Journeys: online tools and resources. The objective of this 5 weeks course was to provide students with resources for managing the various textual, photographic, audiovisual and multimedia materials resulting from a journey.- The most important changes in the design and development of a course based on OSL are the role of the teacher, the role of the student, the type of content and the methodology:- The teacher mixes with the participants, guiding them and offering the benefit of his/her experience and knowledge.- Students learn through their participation and collaboration with a mixed group of users.- The content is open and editable under different types of license that specify the level of accessibility.- The methodology of the course was based on the creation of a learning community able to self-manage its learning process. For this a facilitator was needed and also a central activity was established for people to participate and contribute in the community.- We used an ethnographic methodology and also questionnaires to students in order to acquire results regarding the quality of this type of learning experience.- Some of the data obtained raised questions to consider for future designs of educational situations based on OSL:- Difficulties in breaking the facilitator-centred structure- Change in the time required to adapt to the system and to achieve the objectives- Lack of commitment with free courses- The trend to return to traditional ways of learning- Accreditation- This experience has taught all of us that education can happen any time and in any place but not in any way.