Les biblioteques universitàries i el suport a la recerca

The European Higher Education Area and the European Research Area are currently two key objectives for university learning, teaching and research in all European universities. University libraries must meet the challenges by offering the best library services to the academic community. In drafting the second strategic plan, Rebiun (Network of University Libraries) gathered comments and suggestions from professionals in Spanish university libraries. This article presents the reflections and suggestions contributed by the author regarding the support services that university libraries could offer for university research.

Aportacions per a una bibliografia de l'exili republicà català, valencià i balear als Estats Units d'Amèrica

This article attempts to gather together the work published in the United States and Puerto Rico by Spanish Civil War exiles of Catalan, Valencia and Balearic origin. Included are books, serials, sheet music, sound recordings and domestic movie videos, which have appeared in US territory from 1936 through 2004. The objective of the bibliography is to provide both an overview and a starting point for recovering the intellectual effort carried out by these exiles because this first inventory must still be completed with the addition of journal articles, contributions to monographs, and conference proceedings. There have also been exiles for whom books, music or videos have not been found, but for whom a certain level of intellectual activity is known or suspected. Such potential work would include articles and other contributions to journals in the US or cultural and membership activities of Catalan communities in that country. Without being able to offer definitive conclusions, it appears that exile in North America was a solitary experience, and never as a cohesive group or with the ties of mutual interests as was the case in Mexico or even in France. There were neither readers nor publishers to facilitate publication and to serve for creating group cohesiveness.

Els programes de fonts i serveis d'informació a les escoles nord-americanes de biblioteconomia i documentació

S'estableix una relació entre els cursos bàsics de treball de referència, impartits en les escoles de Biblioteconomia i Documentació nord-americanes, i les assignatures Serveis d'informació i Serveis i fonts d'informació presents en els plans d'estudis de la Diplomatura en Biblioteconomia i Documentació de la Universitat de Barcelona durant la dècada dels noranta. Es presenta una revisió de la literatura recent sobre la naturalesa i les tendències del curs bàsic esmentat, i s'analitzen els programes corresponents a aquesta assignatura que s'imparteixen a les millors escoles dels Estats Units d'Amèrica

Revistes electròniques, comunicació científica i biblioteques

El recent auge de les revistes científiques electròniques va tenir els seus inicis quan les biblioteques van començar a tenir accés a la World Wide Web (WWW) a mitjan dels noranta. El canvi del paper al suport digital ha afectat l'alineament i el paper tradicionals dels principals implicats, bàsicament autors, editors, universitats i biblioteques. L'autora ofereix una breu anàlisi de la història de la revista científica, seguida de l'evolució de les revistes electròniques durant les dues darreres dècades. L'article se centra aleshores en les implicacions que aquestes han tingut en els processos i serveis tradicionals de la biblioteca, com ara selecció, adquisicions, catalogació, emmagatzematge, preservació i serveis a l'usuari. A la conclusió, l'autora especula sobre l'efecte que l'edició en el web pot tenir a llarg termini sobre el format que la revista científica ha presentat des de fa més de 300 anys.

Bitàcoles i sindicació de continguts: dues eines per difondre informació

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

Webs sempre accessibles: les biblioteques nacionals i els dipòsits digitals nacionals

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.

Bibliografia espanyola en biblioteconomia i documentació (1990-1995)

Bibliografia, amb intenció exhaustiva, de monografies i publicacions en sèrie sobre biblioteconomia i documentació publicades a Espanya entre 1990 i 1995. En total s'inclouen més de 1.600 entrades, sense comentar i ordenades sistemàticament per matèries.

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

Podeu consultar la versió en castellà a http://hdl.handle.net/2445/8955

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 d'agost de 2006)

Podeu consultar la versió en castellà a http://hdl.handle.net/2445/8957

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

La mobilitat internacional d'estudiants de la Facultat de Biblioteconomia i Documentació de la Universitat de Barcelona en el marc del programa Erasmus: perspectiva i valoració

We review the participation of the Faculty of Library Sciences and Documentation of the University of Barcelona in the Erasmus program since 1993. In general, student participation has been low. We present the results of a study conducted in May 2007 among the students of the Faculty, designed a) to assess their experience of the Erasmus program and their evaluation of it and b) to promote student participation. Though the vast majority of students have heard of the Erasmus program, their awareness of specific aspects of the program is relatively low

Recursos d'informació i lleure per a infants malalts

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.

Els fons i les col·leccions d'arxiu a les biblioteques: models per al seu control i accés

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.