Servicio de referencia virtual por chat en bibliotecas universitarias

En este trabajo nos proponemos realizar un estudio sobre los servicios de referencia virtual por chat. Abordamos los distintos conceptos y su evolución a través del tiempo; analizamos los diferentes servicios ofrecidos por bibliotecas universitarias del mundo, y por último, planteamos una serie de recomendaciones para la implementación de un servicio de referencia virtual por chat en bibliotecas universitarias argentinas

Servicio de referencia virtual por chat en bibliotecas universitarias

En este trabajo nos proponemos realizar un estudio sobre los servicios de referencia virtual por chat. Abordamos los distintos conceptos y su evolución a través del tiempo; analizamos los diferentes servicios ofrecidos por bibliotecas universitarias del mundo, y por último, planteamos una serie de recomendaciones para la implementación de un servicio de referencia virtual por chat en bibliotecas universitarias argentinas

Servicio de referencia virtual por chat en bibliotecas universitarias

En este trabajo nos proponemos realizar un estudio sobre los servicios de referencia virtual por chat. Abordamos los distintos conceptos y su evolución a través del tiempo; analizamos los diferentes servicios ofrecidos por bibliotecas universitarias del mundo, y por último, planteamos una serie de recomendaciones para la implementación de un servicio de referencia virtual por chat en bibliotecas universitarias argentinas

Serviço de Referência Virtual: implantação do serviço de chat

Introduction: With the invention of the Internet and the Collaborative Web, libraries had to rethink the way to offer their services. Thus, the U.S. libraries began a search for technological innovations in an effort to bring the library to the user through features that patrons commonly use. The Virtual Reference Service (VRS) through chat and reference services via videoconferencing are features that derived from this search. Objective: This article aims to outline the implementation process of Virtual Reference Services (SRV) libraries in American universities, particularly those for chat, as well as presenting the successful Brazilian experience. This paper also discusses factors to be considered for implementing virtual reference service via chat for libraries wishing to offer the service. Methodology: The research methodology is based on a theoretical search on international and national literature on the subject. The methodology also includes participant observation. Results: In Brazil the implementation of SRV in some university libraries has occurred and according to these institutions, the SRV is a service that benefits the community and puts the library in line with the demands of information technology and communication. Conclusions: It is concluded that online SRV is appropriate to the reality of university libraries in Brazil, since the institutions that offer the service have positive results from their assessments and believe they are adding value to their library.

Servicios de referencia virtual

El presente trabajo aborda la temática de los servicios de referencia virtual, planteando la disparidad de denominaciones que recibe este servicio, sus características principales y su clasificación, brindando algunos ejemplos. A continuación, se explica el funcionamiento del servicio de referencia virtual por chat, contando una experiencia local

Servicios de referencia virtual

El presente trabajo aborda la temática de los servicios de referencia virtual, planteando la disparidad de denominaciones que recibe este servicio, sus características principales y su clasificación, brindando algunos ejemplos. A continuación, se explica el funcionamiento del servicio de referencia virtual por chat, contando una experiencia local

Bibliotecas universitarias y Tics : Un futuro cargado de tecnologías

Importantes cambios se registraron en la relación cotidiana del personal bibliotecario con sus usuarios-as a partir del uso frecuente de tics en los procesos de las bibliotecas universitarias en la última década. Seleccionamos dos ejes para esta presentación: las transformaciones actuales y las proyecciones en la composición del fondo documental (del soporte papel a la existencia digital) y las vinculadas con los procesos de comunicación. Respecto de los fondos bibliográficos se registra un incremento en la disponibilidad del material digital, con tendencias a aumentar, sin que esto implique una perspectiva de desaparición del soporte papel. Luego, respecto de los procesos de comunicación se destaca una mayor visualización de las actividades bibliotecarias y un incremento en la virtualización de los usuarios, junto a su contracara: la marcada reducción de consultas presenciales en salas de lectura. Entre los recursos se cuenta con procesos asincrónicos y sincrónicos, que incluyen los instituidos mensajes por correo electrónico, y, más recientemente, servicios de referencia por chat, blogs, páginas institucionales, redes sociales y mensajes vía telefonía celular (de modo informal). Estos datos provienen de una investigación exploratoria que analiza la incorporación de Tics en bibliotecas dirigidas por profesionales egresados de carreras universitarias, mediante encuestas autoadministradas y entrevistas en profundidad

Bibliotecas universitarias y Tics : Un futuro cargado de tecnologías

Importantes cambios se registraron en la relación cotidiana del personal bibliotecario con sus usuarios-as a partir del uso frecuente de tics en los procesos de las bibliotecas universitarias en la última década. Seleccionamos dos ejes para esta presentación: las transformaciones actuales y las proyecciones en la composición del fondo documental (del soporte papel a la existencia digital) y las vinculadas con los procesos de comunicación. Respecto de los fondos bibliográficos se registra un incremento en la disponibilidad del material digital, con tendencias a aumentar, sin que esto implique una perspectiva de desaparición del soporte papel. Luego, respecto de los procesos de comunicación se destaca una mayor visualización de las actividades bibliotecarias y un incremento en la virtualización de los usuarios, junto a su contracara: la marcada reducción de consultas presenciales en salas de lectura. Entre los recursos se cuenta con procesos asincrónicos y sincrónicos, que incluyen los instituidos mensajes por correo electrónico, y, más recientemente, servicios de referencia por chat, blogs, páginas institucionales, redes sociales y mensajes vía telefonía celular (de modo informal). Estos datos provienen de una investigación exploratoria que analiza la incorporación de Tics en bibliotecas dirigidas por profesionales egresados de carreras universitarias, mediante encuestas autoadministradas y entrevistas en profundidad

Bibliotecas universitarias y Tics : Un futuro cargado de tecnologías

Importantes cambios se registraron en la relación cotidiana del personal bibliotecario con sus usuarios-as a partir del uso frecuente de tics en los procesos de las bibliotecas universitarias en la última década. Seleccionamos dos ejes para esta presentación: las transformaciones actuales y las proyecciones en la composición del fondo documental (del soporte papel a la existencia digital) y las vinculadas con los procesos de comunicación. Respecto de los fondos bibliográficos se registra un incremento en la disponibilidad del material digital, con tendencias a aumentar, sin que esto implique una perspectiva de desaparición del soporte papel. Luego, respecto de los procesos de comunicación se destaca una mayor visualización de las actividades bibliotecarias y un incremento en la virtualización de los usuarios, junto a su contracara: la marcada reducción de consultas presenciales en salas de lectura. Entre los recursos se cuenta con procesos asincrónicos y sincrónicos, que incluyen los instituidos mensajes por correo electrónico, y, más recientemente, servicios de referencia por chat, blogs, páginas institucionales, redes sociales y mensajes vía telefonía celular (de modo informal). Estos datos provienen de una investigación exploratoria que analiza la incorporación de Tics en bibliotecas dirigidas por profesionales egresados de carreras universitarias, mediante encuestas autoadministradas y entrevistas en profundidad

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El lenguaje de los SMS y del chat en las aulas.

La introducción de nuevos sistemas de comunicación tales como los SMS y los chats están revolucionando el lenguaje con fenómenos como la simplificación de fonemas, la desaparición de las tildes, el uso de onomatopeyas, etcétera. Todos estos fenómenos están afectando a la expresión escrita de los estudiantes, que usan el lenguaje como muestra de rebeldía, sin aceptar las reglas ortográficas establecidas. Se proponen maneras de aprovechar estas nuevas formas de expresión, este nuevo código para trabajar con él en clase. No se trata tanto de un nuevo código como de la recreación, la abreviación del existente, al que inevitablemente toma como punto de referencia. Se impone la rapidez y la urgencia en este nuevo tipo de comunicación, de ahí la tendencia a tan acusada simplificación lingüística. Este tipo de lenguaje puede mostrar ignorancia o desprecio por la norma, pero también muestra imaginación, ingenio y capacidad de adaptación al medio.

Negotiating social and moral order in internet relay chat

Although internet chat is a significant aspect of many internet users’ lives, the manner in which participants in quasi-synchronous chat situations orient to issues of social and moral order remains to be studied in depth. The research presented here is therefore at the forefront of a continually developing area of study. This work contributes new insights into how members construct and make accountable the social and moral orders of an adult-oriented Internet Relay Chat (IRC) channel by addressing three questions: (1) What conversational resources do participants use in addressing matters of social and moral order? (2) How are these conversational resources deployed within IRC interaction? and (3) What interactional work is locally accomplished through use of these resources? A survey of the literature reveals considerable research in the field of computer-mediated communication, exploring both asynchronous and quasi-synchronous discussion forums. The research discussed represents a range of communication interests including group and collaborative interaction, the linguistic construction of social identity, and the linguistic features of online interaction. It is suggested that the present research differs from previous studies in three ways: (1) it focuses on the interaction itself, rather than the ways in which the medium affects the interaction; (2) it offers turn-by-turn analysis of interaction in situ; and (3) it discusses membership categories only insofar as they are shown to be relevant by participants through their talk. Through consideration of the literature, the present study is firmly situated within the broader computer-mediated communication field. Ethnomethodology, conversation analysis and membership categorization analysis were adopted as appropriate methodological approaches to explore the research focus on interaction in situ, and in particular to investigate the ways in which participants negotiate and co-construct social and moral orders in the course of their interaction. IRC logs collected from one chat room were analysed using a two-pass method, based on a modification of the approaches proposed by Pomerantz and Fehr (1997) and ten Have (1999). From this detailed examination of the data corpus three interaction topics are identified by means of which participants clearly orient to issues of social and moral order: challenges to rule violations, ‘trolling’ for cybersex, and experiences regarding the 9/11 attacks. Instances of these interactional topics are subjected to fine-grained analysis, to demonstrate the ways in which participants draw upon various interactional resources in their negotiation and construction of channel social and moral orders. While these analytical topics stand alone in individual focus, together they illustrate different instances in which participants’ talk serves to negotiate social and moral orders or collaboratively construct new orders. Building on the work of Vallis (2001), Chapter 5 illustrates three ways that rule violation is initiated as a channel discussion topic: (1) through a visible violation in open channel, (2) through an official warning or sanction by a channel operator regarding the violation, and (3) through a complaint or announcement of a rule violation by a non-channel operator participant. Once the topic has been initiated, it is shown to become available as a topic for others, including the perceived violator. The fine-grained analysis of challenges to rule violations ultimately demonstrates that channel participants orient to the rules as a resource in developing categorizations of both the rule violation and violator. These categorizations are contextual in that they are locally based and understood within specific contexts and practices. Thus, it is shown that compliance with rules and an orientation to rule violations as inappropriate within the social and moral orders of the channel serves two purposes: (1) to orient the speaker as a group member, and (2) to reinforce the social and moral orders of the group. Chapter 6 explores a particular type of rule violation, solicitations for ‘cybersex’ known in IRC parlance as ‘trolling’. In responding to trolling violations participants are demonstrated to use affiliative and aggressive humour, in particular irony, sarcasm and insults. These conversational resources perform solidarity building within the group, positioning non-Troll respondents as compliant group members. This solidarity work is shown to have three outcomes: (1) consensus building, (2) collaborative construction of group membership, and (3) the continued construction and negotiation of existing social and moral orders. Chapter 7, the final data analysis chapter, offers insight into how participants, in discussing the events of 9/11 on the actual day, collaboratively constructed new social and moral orders, while orienting to issues of appropriate and reasonable emotional responses. This analysis demonstrates how participants go about ‘doing being ordinary’ (Sacks, 1992b) in formulating their ‘first thoughts’ (Jefferson, 2004). Through sharing their initial impressions of the event, participants perform support work within the interaction, in essence working to normalize both the event and their initial misinterpretation of it. Normalising as a support work mechanism is also shown in relation to participants constructing the ‘quiet’ following the event as unusual. Normalising is accomplished by reference to the indexical ‘it’ and location formulations, which participants use both to negotiate who can claim to experience the ‘unnatural quiet’ and to identify the extent of the quiet. Through their talk participants upgrade the quiet from something legitimately experienced by one person in a particular place to something that could be experienced ‘anywhere’, moving the phenomenon from local to global provenance. With its methodological design and detailed analysis and findings, this research contributes to existing knowledge in four ways. First, it shows how rules are used by participants as a resource in negotiating and constructing social and moral orders. Second, it demonstrates that irony, sarcasm and insults are three devices of humour which can be used to perform solidarity work and reinforce existing social and moral orders. Third, it demonstrates how new social and moral orders are collaboratively constructed in relation to extraordinary events, which serve to frame the event and evoke reasonable responses for participants. And last, the detailed analysis and findings further support the use of conversation analysis and membership categorization as valuable methods for approaching quasi-synchronous computer-mediated communication.

Teenager loner in a chat room tangled up in guile and guilability : a review

ADAM Cass's I Love You, Bro is an engaging portrayal of just how far some young people can go in constructing fantasy worlds online. The play is, according to Cass, based on the case of two teenage boys in Britain in the early 2000s. Troubled teen Johnny lives at home with his mother and her new partner. Lurking in an online chat room one day, he strikes up a conversation with MarkyMark, a slightly older soccer-playing boy from the popular crowd in his own local town, who mistakes him for a girl. The plot unfolds from this one moment of mistaken identity. Johnny concocts an increasingly tenuous series of characters, plot twists and intrigues to try to maintain his relationship with MarkyMark and deal with the lie at the heart of his first love, eventually conspiring - as he tells us from the first moment - to cause his own murder.

The Chronic Heart-Failure Assistance by Telephone (CHAT) Study: Assessment of Telephone Support for Vulnerable Patients with Chronic Disease

Aim: To determine whether telephone support using an evidence-based protocol for chronic heart failure (CHF) management will improve patient outcomes and will reduce hospital readmission rates in patients without access to hospital-based management programs. Methods: The rationale and protocol for a cluster-design randomised controlled trial (RCT) of a semi-automated telephone intervention for the management of CHF, the Chronic Heart-failure Assistance by Telephone (CHAT) Study is described. Care is coordinated by trained cardiac nurses located in Heartline, the national call center of the National Heart Foundation of Australia in partnership with patients’ general practitioners (GPs). Conclusions: The CHAT Study model represents a potentially cost-effective and accessible model for the Australian health system in caring for CHF patients in rural and remote areas. The system of care could also be readily adapted for a range of chronic diseases and health systems. Key words: chronic disease management; chronic heart failure; integrated health care systems; nursing care, rural health services; telemedicine; telenursing

Cost efficiency v quality service : using CHAT as a tool for understanding change and transformation in work practices

This chapter provides an analysis of feedback from key stakeholders, collected as part of a research project, on the problems and tensions evident in the collective work practices of learning advisers employed in learning assistance services at an Australian metropolitan university (Peach, 2003). The term 'learning assistance' is used in the Australian higher education sector generally to refer to student support services that include assistance with academic writing and other study skills. The aim of the study was to help learning advisers and other key stakeholders develop a better understanding of the work activity with a view to using this understanding to generate improvements in service provision. Over twenty problems and associated tensions were identified through stakeholder feedback however the focus of this chapter is the analysis of tensions related to a cluster of problems referred to as cost-efficiency versus quality service. Theoretical modelling derived from the tools made available through cultural historical activity theory and expansive visibilsation (Engestrom and Miettinen, 1999) and excerpts from data are used to illustrate how different understandings of the purpose of learning assistance services impacts on the work practices of learning advisers and creates problems and tensions in relation to the type of service available (including use of technology),level of service available, and learning adviser workload.