Religious Information Poverty in Australian State Schools

This paper introduces the concept of religious information poverty in Australian state schools from an information science perspective. Information scientists have been theorising about the global information society for some time, along with its increased provision of vital information for the good of the world. Australian state schools see themselves as preparing children for effective participation in the information society, yet Australian children are currently suffering a religious illiteracy that undermines this goal. Some reasons and theories are offered to explain the existence of religious information poverty in state schools, and suggestions for professional stakeholders are offered for its alleviation.

Principis deontològics dels professionals de la informació i la documentació: el codi de l'European Council of Information Associations (ECIA)

Qualsevol professió té, o hauria de tenir, un codi de regles ètiques que els seus membres normalment respecten i que fan servir com a guia en el cas que hagin de prendre decisions moralment difícils. Durant la reunió celebrada el novembre de 1998 a Lisboa, les associacions membres de l'ECIA van acordar adoptar un codi ètic que fos vàlid per als professionals de tots els països de la Unió Europea. Aquest codi no pot ser més que un enunciat de principis generals i deixa en mans de cada associació la facultat de desenvolupar-lo per tal que respongui a necessitats especials o nacionals. Un primer projecte fou presentat i discutit a la reunió de l'ECIA de març de 1999. La present revisió incorpora les modificacions proposades aleshores, elements provinents de codis d'altres organitzacions que foren presentats en la reunió a la consideració de l'autor, així com alguns aclariments.

Information Access Patterns of Faculty in Arts and Sciences Colleges in Chidambaram

The term “user study” focuses on information use patterns, information needs, and information-seeking behaviour. Information- seeking behaviour and information access patterns are areas of active interest among librarians and information scientists. This article reports on a study of the information requirements, usefulness of library resources and services, and problems encountered by faculty members of two arts and science colleges, Government Arts & Science College and Sri Raghavendra Arts & Science College, Chidambaram.

Inserció laboral dels titulats en Biblioteconomia i Documentació per la Universitat de Barcelona

[eng] The article presents the results of a study regarding job placement of University of Barcelona LIS alumni -of the 3-year (diplomatura) degree measured over the past 5 graduating classes and of the Bachelor degree (llicenciatura) between 2000-June 2003. Twelve years after the first study on this topic, this study demonstrates that the labour market continues to expand and steadily absorb the LIS graduates.

L'ètica en la formació d'arxivers i bibliotecaris: una necessitat compartida

S'analitza la importància de l'ètica en l'àmbit professional de l'arxivística i la biblioteconomia. Es proposa la presència d'aquest component deontològic en els programes formatius i s'enceta una reflexió sobre la necessitat de consensuar un codi ètic compartit per aquests dos col·lectius professionals.

Elaboració del Codi deontològic del Col·legi Oficial de Bibliotecaris-Documentalistes de Catalunya

S'expliquen les línies directrius i el procediment de redacció del Codi deontològic del Col·legi Oficial de Bibliotecaris-documentalistes de Catalunya. La comissió redactora va optar per un model de codi educacional i que cobrís les qüestions més representatives i incorporés els valors intrínsecs de la nostra professió. Es precisa l'abast dels termes ètica i deontologia, es comenten les declaracions genèriques de la Unesco i la IFLA sobre drets relacionats amb la professió, i codis deontològics ja existents, com el de l'ALA. S'esmenta la utilitat d'un codi deontològic i els tipus possibles de codi. A continuació, s'explica el procés d'elaboració del codi, la tria del model educacional, que enumera i interpreta principis generals, la tria d'altres codis que servissin com a referència, i dels valors ètics i professionals que s'hi havien de considerar.

Directorio de expertos en el tratamiento de la información (EXIT). Análisis de uso

Descripción y características del Directorio EXIT (Expertos en el tratamiento de la información), puesto en marcha oficialmente en junio de 2005. A los dos años (julio de 2007) se ha evaluado y analizado su funcionamiento, implantación, visibilidad y aceptación por parte de la comunidad profesional de bibliotecarios, documentalistas, archiveros y especialistas en información a la que sirve, y en especial su uso. Técnicamente, EXIT está considerado un directorio estado-del-arte a nivel mundial, siendo además un genuino producto de la web 2.0 ya que son los propios interesados los que rellenan y mantienen al día sus fichas, bajo la supervisión de sus creadores-gestores y de un Comité Evaluador internacional.

Estruturação do conhecimento e relações semânticas: uma ontologia para o domínio da naonociência e nanotecnologia

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Critical training of mass media documentalists

This study takes the old myth of objectivity in media discourse to one of the most important but unrecognized actors in the process of its construction: the mass media information scientist or documentalist. Accepting the subjective presence of the documentalist in his/her productions, this article opts for the recognition and explicit statement of this role, recommending two actions. First, we suggest that public higher education institutions combine the technical training of mass media documentalists with training in critical thinking skills. Our study analysed the subjects covered in course syllabi to detect the deficiencies to be addressed in meeting this objective. Second, we propose alternative lines of training that can contribute to cross-training of mass media documentalists in those degree programs to ensure that they acquire the needed skills in critical analysis.

Mapping the biosphere: exploring species to understand the origin, organization and sustainability of biodiversity

The time is ripe for a comprehensive mission to explore and document Earth's species. This calls for a campaign to educate and inspire the next generation of professional and citizen species explorers, investments in cyber-infrastructure and collections to meet the unique needs of the producers and consumers of taxonomic information, and the formation and coordination of a multi-institutional, international, transdisciplinary community of researchers, scholars and engineers with the shared objective of creating a comprehensive inventory of species and detailed map of the biosphere. We conclude that an ambitious goal to describe 10 million species in less than 50 years is attainable based on the strength of 250 years of progress, worldwide collections, existing experts, technological innovation and collaborative teamwork. Existing digitization projects are overcoming obstacles of the past, facilitating collaboration and mobilizing literature, data, images and specimens through cyber technologies. Charting the biosphere is enormously complex, yet necessary expertise can be found through partnerships with engineers, information scientists, sociologists, ecologists, climate scientists, conservation biologists, industrial project managers and taxon specialists, from agrostologists to zoophytologists. Benefits to society of the proposed mission would be profound, immediate and enduring, from detection of early responses of flora and fauna to climate change to opening access to evolutionary designs for solutions to countless practical problems. The impacts on the biodiversity, environmental and evolutionary sciences would be transformative, from ecosystem models calibrated in detail to comprehensive understanding of the origin and evolution of life over its 3.8 billion year history. The resultant cyber-enabled taxonomy, or cybertaxonomy, would open access to biodiversity data to developing nations, assure access to reliable data about species, and change how scientists and citizens alike access, use and think about biological diversity information.

The Standard ISO 15489-1 in German and Spanish: an Interlinguistic Comparison

The aim of this paper is to deepen in the terminology of Records Management established by ISO standards, through a concrete example such as an interlinguistic comparison between UNE ISO 15489-1 and DIN ISO 15489-1, that is, between the Spanish and German versions of the ISO 15489-1. For that, the text is divided into two major and complementary parts, which are similar to both analytical perspectives adopted: the semantic one and the pragmatic one. The first one compares the words per se, taking into account the significant or word form as well as the significance or meaning. In the second part, examples of use from both languages are discussed, concerning the three terms considered essential in the text (Record, Records Management System and Records Management). The main conclusion lies in understanding how important the language is as a discrete tool of work for all information scientists, specially concerning to the standards, where the translators must show their best linguistic strategies to go unnoticed.

Facebook como red de profesionales de bibliotecología, documentación y archivística en Iberoamérica

Resultados de un análisis cualitativo-cuantitativo del uso que los profesionales y organizaciones relacionadas con la bibliotecología, la documentación y la archivística de Iberoamérica están haciendo de Facebook, comparado con otras plataformas de redes sociales. Más que para relacionarse con amigos y familiares, es una herramienta adecuada para crear comunidad, y establecer intercambios y contactos profesionales y laborales. Se confirma la tendencia cultural y tecnológica de personas que buscan cada vez más la “convergencia”, entendida como la posibilidad de utilizar y adaptar una herramienta tecnológica para diferentes fines, es decir, utilizar Facebook tanto como medio de interacción social (amigos, familiares, compañeros de estudio, etc.), como para interacciones profesionales-laborales, compartiendo así diferentes roles.

[almost An Autobiography: A Study Of Social Scientists In Health Based On The Lattes Curriculum].

Among the various ways of adopting the biographical approach, we used the curriculum vitaes (CVs) of Brazilian researchers who work as social scientists in health as our research material. These CVs are part of the Lattes Platform of CNPq - the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development, which includes Research and Institutional Directories. We analyzed 238 CVs for this study. The CVs contain, among other things, the following information: professional qualifications, activities and projects, academic production, participation in panels for the evaluation of theses and dissertations, research centers and laboratories and a summarized autobiography. In this work there is a brief review of the importance of autobiography for the social sciences, emphasizing the CV as a form of autobiographical practice. We highlight some results, such as it being a group consisting predominantly of women, graduates in social sciences, anthropology, sociology or political science, with postgraduate degrees. The highest concentration of social scientists is located in Brazil's southern and southeastern regions. In some institutions the main activities of social scientists are as teachers and researchers with great thematic diversity in research.

The role of integrated information acquisition and management in the analysis of coastal ecosystem change

This book chapter represents a synthesis of the work which started in my PhD and which has been the conceptual basis for all of my research since 1993. The chapter presents a method for scientists and managers to use for selecting the type of remotely sensed data to use to meet their information needs associated with a mapping, monitoring or modelling application. The work draws on results from several of my ARC projects, CRC Rainforest and Coastal projects and theses of P.Scarth , K.Joyce and C.Roelfsema.

Web-application for gathering, analyzing, and processing health information about allergy data

Dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Geospatial Technologies.