Poblenou y La Mina [Barcelona], participacion creativa con la metodologia de las CPBoxes

En el último año, en la reunión del Public Art Observatory en Lisboa (septiembre 2002) y en el marco del congreso User (marzo 2003), presentamos uno de nuestros proyectos iniciado en el 2001 y centrado en la búsqueda de metodologías de participación ciudadana para el desarrollo de propuestas de arte público o diseño de espacio público: las denominadas CPBoxes (cajas de acotaciones y tendencias). Ahora, después de la realización de distintas dinámicas de participación ciudadana, tanto en el barrio de La Mina como en el de Poblenou, ambas zonas urbanas de Barcelona caracterizadas por los profundos cambios urbanos y sociales a los que se hayan sometidas, hemos percibido que la metodología propuesta ha resultado ser, no sólo herramienta perfecta para averiguar la percepción y significado que los ciudadanos otorgan a su espacio, sino excelente instrumento de dinamización cultural y educativa para realizar con grupos escolares de educación secundaria con el objetivo de descubrir y conocer conceptos relacionados con la ciudad y el espacio urbano.

Poblenou y La Mina [Barcelona], participacion creativa con la metodologia de las CPBoxes

En el último año, en la reunión del Public Art Observatory en Lisboa (septiembre 2002) y en el marco del congreso User (marzo 2003), presentamos uno de nuestros proyectos iniciado en el 2001 y centrado en la búsqueda de metodologías de participación ciudadana para el desarrollo de propuestas de arte público o diseño de espacio público: las denominadas CPBoxes (cajas de acotaciones y tendencias). Ahora, después de la realización de distintas dinámicas de participación ciudadana, tanto en el barrio de La Mina como en el de Poblenou, ambas zonas urbanas de Barcelona caracterizadas por los profundos cambios urbanos y sociales a los que se hayan sometidas, hemos percibido que la metodología propuesta ha resultado ser, no sólo herramienta perfecta para averiguar la percepción y significado que los ciudadanos otorgan a su espacio, sino excelente instrumento de dinamización cultural y educativa para realizar con grupos escolares de educación secundaria con el objetivo de descubrir y conocer conceptos relacionados con la ciudad y el espacio urbano.

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.

Cartografia detallada de sòls en àrees de regadiu de Catalunya

La superfície regada a Catalunya és d'unes 260.00 ha. aproximadament, la qual constitueix el 26 % de l'àrea conreada i el 8 % de l'àrea total; tot i així, en l'àrea regada es produeix, aproximadament, el 68 % del producte final agrari. El pes econòmic de l'àrea regada, la facilitat més gran per introduir noves tecnologies amb una rendibilitat superior i la necessitat que tenen les mateixes tecnologies de disposar d'una informació de base van fer aconsellable iniciar les tasques de cartografia de sòls del Departament d'Agricultura, Ramaderia i Pesca (DARP) en les àrees indicades. La naturalesa del problema plantejat, consistent bàsicament en l'aplicació de tecnologia agrícola (programació de regs, utilització de l'aigua de reg sota condicions de salinitat-sodicitat, plans de fertilització, reg de sòls guixencs, i selecció de sòls segons l'aptitud per als cultius, etc.), i també la grandària de les explotacions i parcel·les, obliguen a disposar d'una acurada informació quantitativa i a plantejar una cartografia de sòls detallada. En aquest treball s'exposen els estudis realitzats fins ara sobre cartografia de sòls i les aplicacions que s'han efectuat o que es preveu que s'efectuaran en un termini curt. Es comenta la problemàtica sorgida en el transcurs de la realització d'aquests treballs cartogràfics, es revisen les aplicacions dutes a terme i les dificultats que s'han trobat en la transmissió i la transferència de la informació generada al sector agrari en general i als tècnics de l'Administració.

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.

How to redesign a virtual library website: a case study

This abstract presents how we redesigned, with user-centred design methods, the way we organize and present the content on the UOC Virtual Library website. The content is now offered in a way that is more intuitive, usable and easy to understand, based on criteria of customization, transparency and proximity.The techniques used to achieve these objectives included benchmarking, interviews and focus groups during the user requirement capture phase and user tests to assess the process and results.

Art públic, regeneració urbana i participació. El projecte Cartografies de La Mina

[eng] The evolution of public art throughout the twentieth century has resulted since the 60"s in a kind of practical intervention in the urban domain with a strong social and participatory intention. This paper presents several of these projects in relation to the kind of participattory levels, and detecting different trends. The paper Specially focuses on the project"Cartografies de La Mina", developed in Sant Adrià de Besòs (Barcelona) between 2002 and 2005 by the POLIS Research Centre at the University of Barcelona.

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.

DogsON : Aplicació mòbil Android per descobrir les àrees canines més properes i conèixer els gossos que hi ha en temps real

Aquest projecte final de postgrau tracta sobre el desenvolupament de DogsON, una aplicació mòbil per ajudar a les persones que tenen gossos a evitar que el seu gos estigui sol durant les seves hores d'esplai en les àrees canines i parcs habilitats.

Emmy Noether: her heritage

Emmy Noether is my role model for the following reasons. She is one of the most important mathematician and physicists of the 20 century; She fought to be a scientist in times where women were not allowed to be one; She was a leader that gathered around her a large school of students and collaborators. In the lecture these reasons will be substantiated with historical facts. In addition, a general assessment of the significance of her ideas and works, from her times until today, will be advanced.

Enriching e-learning metadata through digital library usage analysis

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LibraryThing as a library service. Assessment report

This report was requested by the Innovation and Marketing department of the ETHBibliotek, for the purpose of assessing the social cataloguing tool LibraryThing and its potential uses in an academic library.

Total synthesis of lamellarin D and analogs library

Larnellarins are a group of marine natural products isolated from the prosobranch mollusc Lamellaria sp., the ascidian Didemnum sp., and the sponge Dendrilla Cactos. Several of them exhibit interesting biological activities. Natural as well as synthetic lamellarins should be excellent candidates for the development of new drugs due to their unique skeletal structure and their important biological activities especially as antitumor agents. Lamelarin O has been recently characterized as a topoisomerase 1-targeted anti tumor agent. A variety of synthetic approaches have been developed for this family of alkaloids. Herein we describe a new route to the synthesis of Lamellarin D, from a methyl 2-pyrrolecarboxylate. Transformation of the starting material into the scaffold, a substituted 5,6-dihydropyrrolo (2,l ­a)isoquinoline (5,6-DHPl), was afforded by N-alkylation followed by intramolecular Heck cyclization. From this scaffold the synthetic strategy is based on two sequential regioselective bromination!Suzuki cross-coupling reactions which permitted the introduction of differently substituted aryl groups on positions 1 and 2 followed by oxidation, deprotection, and lactonization.

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Jornada Life2: British Library, 23 junio 2008

El pasado 23 de junio se celebró en Londres una jornada dedicada a los resultados del proyecto LIFE (Life Cycle Information for E-Literature) , centrado en los costes de la preservación digital. Este proyecto, financiado por JISC y llevado a cabo conjuntamente por la British Library (BL) y la University College London (UCL) se ha realizado en 2 fases: en la primera (2005-2006), se elaboró una metodología basada en ciclos vitales (life cycles) para calcular el coste de la preservación de recursos digitales durante 5, 10 y 100 años. Para ello, se identificaron seis procedimientos (o «etapas») considerados básicos para la gestión de material digital y luego se asignaron a cada uno los principales factores de coste. El modelo resultante se aplicó a varias colecciones de la BL y la UCL. ...