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It cannot be denied that the call for papers (CFP), used in a systematic way by the 'predatory' journals, are important for journals of excellence and second-class ones that turn to these announcements for their regular, themed and commemoratives editions. In this article we show the results of a survey carried out in 2016 to 199 editors of Colombian scientific journals of areas such as Natural Science, Engineering and Technology, Medical Sciences, Agricultural Sciences, Humanities, and Multidisciplinary Sciences. The 75% (143) of the studied journals have a biannual regularity. 37.7% (53) of the editors usually use the CFP announcements to call for articles for their regular editions. 30% (114) of the editors use the journal's web page to issue their CFP announcements and 29.5% (111) use the e-mail. Nonetheless, 66 editors could not answer how effective were these announcements to draw articles, because they could not define the percentage of the material received that was finally published. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In order to determine the suitability of packaging materials made of paper/cardboard and used in different public institutions in charge of Costa Rican documentary heritage, the measurement of the acidity (pH) of the materials was carried out, as well as the use of infrared spectroscopy to study the changes in the crystalline structure of paper cellulose molecules, which influence the oxidation and degradation of cellulose as a consequence of aging (Chiriu et al., 2018). Studying the materials used to package and store documents with historical/heritage value is of high importance since these are the ones that remain in direct contact with the cultural assets for years, even decades. In total, the measurement of the physicochemical properties was carried out in four different aging stages (0, 8, 15 and 28 days), in order to compare the results and establish the changes and degradations in the materials, this to determine which of the sampled materials are more suitable for packaging documentary heritage, both in the short and long term, and according to the parameters analyzed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study proposes a methodology using OpenAlex (OA) for tracking Open Access publications in the case of Argentina, a country where a self-archiving mandate has been in effect since 2013 (Law 26.899, 2013). A sample of 167,240 papers by researchers from the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) was created and analyzed using statistical techniques. We estimate that OA is able to capture between 85-93% of authors for all disciplines, with the exception of Social Sciences and Humanities, where it only reaches an estimated 47%. The availability of papers in Open Access was calculated to be 41% for the period 1953-2021 and 46% when considering exclusively the post-law period (2014-2021). In both periods, gold Open Access made up the most common route. When comparing equal periods post and pre-law, we observed that the upward trend of gold Open Access was pre-existing to the legislation and the availability of closed articles in repositories increased by 5% to what is estimated based on existing trends. However, while the green route has had a positive evolution, it has been the publication in gold journals that has boosted access to Argentine production more rapidly. We concluded that the OA-based methodology, piloted here for the first time, is viable for tracking Open Access in Argentina since it yields percentages similar to other national and international studies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Most of the national and international documentary heritage are on paper. From industrialization in the manufacture of such material, paper with acidity levels has been produced which, together with other factors, has been causing the deterioration of this type of documentary heritage. In recent decades, with the incorporation of new paper production processes this problem has been partly solved. The international standards organism ISO has drafted two rules in this connection: ISO 9706 and ISO 11108. With the spread and recommendation for the use of permanent paper for preservation of documentary heritage in the long term, it is essential to know the standards and be well informed. This article describes the variables in the manufacture of paper that influence the permanence of the papers. It also identifies the concepts and history that surround both ISO standards and the main characteristics and component parts of them. The annex provides a glossary of key technical terms used. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Nowadays, the Spanish International Book Fair (LIBER) is not very popular, and it is redefining its own role within the Spanish publishing field. However, LIBER is still a suitable event for Spanish and Latin America distributors. This work deals with these issues informed by a field work carried out in the fair during the last months of 2017. LIBER'2017 had also Argentina as Guest of Honour, which performance is analysed in detail in this paper. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

New digital technologies have modified the way scientific knowledge is being communicated. This work intends to evaluate the impact of a socio-digital communication plan implemented for the journal Arqueología (Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires), designed to boost the distribution and outreach of published content in the digital ecosystem. We proposed a method to evaluate the journal's visibility in social networks, website user behavior and the impact of the published content from 2018 to 2022, based on different altmetric and bibliometric indicators. The results of said analysis show that the effects of the pandemic coupled with the implementation of a dissemination strategy increased the journal's visibility in social networks, which in turn produced an increase in the number of views and downloads of its papers. These findings highlight the importance of considering various types of online interaction to better understand the academic impact of scientific research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This work presents the results obtained from the internationalization analysis and characterization of Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata (UNMDP) scientific activity, from the study of the scientific production published since its creation. The research covers the period 1978-2019 and is centered on the papers published during that time. The secondary sources used were Web of Science Core Collections (Clarivate) and Scopus (Elsevier), from which the records that form the subject of study were recovered. For the analysis of this dimension, indicators such as author collaboration (institutions and countries), collaboration by thematic areas, scientific leadership and publication language were applied. In addition to the results and representations of the proposed indicators, some considerations about the internationalization measurement within upper education institutions are made. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The main goal of this paper is to analyze how technological change affects the Spanish publishing industry and how it is adapting to the new digital environment. This work provides an averview of the situation of the Spanish publishing sector through the collection of data, mainly from secondary sources of information, both public and private, from 1996 to 2017, that involved the review of a large number of documents from different sources, the analysis of data obtained, and the generation of a time series allowing us to glimpse the state and evolution of digitalization in the Spanish publishing industry throughout these last twenty years. The paper refers to the new business models emerging as a result of digitization to, finally, close with some conclusions and limitations of the research. This study is not trying to be just a journey through the past, present and future of the spanish book industry in Spain, but it pretends to be the first step to continue investigating these and other aspects in a deeper way. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: Identify the research lines present in the Journal Información, Cultura y Sociedad (ICS), through network analysis, defining historical trends of interest, as well as opportunities to cover knowledge gaps. Methods: A cross - sectional descriptive study based on research published in ICS from its inception until 2016, considering as key elements the keywords, considering them as referring to the issue of publication. The evaluation had two approaches: number of occurrence of the nodes in the study period and analysis of power relations, scope and greater impact among them, applying Network Analysis (AR). Finally, it was comparatively evaluated the occurrence versus relations between nodes. Results: We reviewed 197 research papers, identifying 570 key words or research topics. The AR established that the majority of research papers have Argentina as the main topic, with a greater interest in issues directly related to librarianship, few of which correspond to cross-cutting themes and related to other environments. Conclusions: The greatest number of research topics in ICS are linked to library techniques and processes, so there is an opportunity to strengthen the content of the publication with transversal topics of an organizational type, such as knowledge management, information management Organizational, intelligence or business surveillance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Currently, interdisciplinary research (IR) is considered to have a higher potential for societal impact than monodisciplinary research, as it addresses real world problems from different and more complex perspectives. However, the evidence of a relationship between IR and research impact is scanty. This paper aims to see whether the attention that IR receives on social media is somehow different from monodisciplinary conventional research. For this purpose, we analyze mentions to the Spanish scientific production published between 2012 and 2016 and recorded in Web of Science (WoS) on several social media, including Twitter, blogs, Wikipedia, news, and policy reports, using Altmetric.com. Articles are grouped into 175 disciplines, according to the WoS classification system, including the Multidisciplinary category, which we take as an approximation to IR. Additionally, blogs citing the scientific literature published on journals of the category Multidisciplinary were compared to those of Internal Medicine and Ecology, in order to study comparatively the authorship and nature of the blogs, and the commenting activity they support. Results show that articles published in the category Multidisciplinary are among the most cited on social media, especially on blogs and news. The analysis of blogs points to a higher implication of actors outside the academic community with research published on journals of the category Multidisciplinary. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In recent years, the Venezuelan migratory phenomenon is a reality that has been present in the Colombian territory and, therefore, in Medellin city. It is important to emphasize the role of the public library and its ability to respond to these new scenarios through the adaptation of services that provide immigrants with information and tools to integrate themselves successfully into the local and regional culture. This paper aims to provide an overview of the constant flow of Venezuelan citizens in the public libraries of the city and, finally, some service strategies, programs and activities are proposed, in order to improve the living conditions of these new users. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper discusses some theoretical aspects for the organization and structuring of the domain culture. Due to the complexity emphasized by the experts on the main concept involving the domain, theories of traditional classification are not sufficient for systemization. In this paper we discuss and propose a hybrid methodology using the Faceted Classification Theory of Ranganathan and the Theory of Integrative Levels of Classification Research Group, to assist in developing a classification structure. And Cognitivism, Domain Analysis of Hjorland and Polirepresentation of Ingwersen for understanding the domain and operation of mental processes and information needs of users. In order to meet and point the various facets and complexity involving the concept culture, we present the conceptual discussion in literature, as well as its main schools of thought. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In other studies we have analysed to which extent scientific "peripherally" has become an increasingly complex phenomenon that is not restricted to national dynamics and cannot be explained with the concept of "academic imperialism". The World Academic System was structured in the last four decades through a triple principle of hierarchy that created segmented circuits, historically constructed at the intersection of the institution of origin, language and discipline. The so-called "mainstream" circuit was based on the distinction between internationalized scientists and researchers restricted to domestic or "marginal" circuits. In this paper, we focus on the world of social science journals in Argentina in order to deepen our insight on the disciplinar specificity of that principle of hierarchy. In the first part, we describe the circuits according with their power of "international" recognition, in order to go beyond a mere measurement of "visibility". Then, we develop an analysis of the database that we have built with the universe of Argentine journals to determine how this knowledge circulates. We observe, particularly, a strong domestic circuit, with little or none international impact, consisting of non- indexed journals published only in paper, resulting in a very restricted distribution. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents the results of a comparative study of the scientific output of the Facultad de Filosofía y Letras de la Universidad de Buenos Aires during the years 2003, 2007 and 2010. Each year coincides with the end of a period of scientific programming at the University, and the study's objective was to determine whether any changes occurred related to the prevalent culture of scientific dissemination at the institution, mainly related to digital information and communication technologies. Quantitative procedures were applied to analyze the data recorded by the researchers themselves in their final research reports. The following aspects were examined for each year: Types of documents (journal articles, conference papers/presentations, chapters of books and books, audiovisual and electronic materials); language used; journals selected (national and international), scientific meetings (national and international in scope, with and without the publication of proceedings and languages), book publishers (university presses, commercial publishers, organizations and others) and individual or multiple authorship. Over 7 years, the comparative study did not find significant changes in the behavior of researchers from the Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, in relation to the dissemination of their scientific output, and continue to maintain their practices when wanting to disseminate their achievements. The conference papers represent over 50% of the preferences of teachers / researchers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article presents the findings of a study conducted in 2016 at the Archivo Nacional Histórico de Chile, aimed at exploring the experience of users in accessing records preserved by the institution. The study sought to characterise and understand the experiences of in situ onsite consultations of documents and to identify their needs and the most significant elements for their satisfaction, using focus groups and surveys as research techniques. The paper presents findings in the areas of user experience, needs, and satisfaction, and identifies the most relevant aspects in the overall experience of participating users: infrastructure and equipment; service conditions and procedures; finding aids systems, and role of archival reference personnel. The article also reflects the use of mixed research techniques to better represent and understand the diversity of archives users and their experiences. Finally, it presents recommendations for the study of users of the Archivo Nacional Histórico de Chile and future research suggestions that may contribute to the knowledge of users of archives in general. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this paper is to compare the use of free language tags, taken in our case from specialized blogs on information sciences, against the unstructured controlled language of keywords lists, for verifying which of them is the best source of new terminology for the Librarianship Thesaurus and Documentation. To do this, authors' labels were extracted from 127 blogs on librarianship and information science using web scraping techniques, and were compared with descriptors and identifiers lists of the ISOC library and documentation database (ISOC-BD). The results of the analysis of authors' tags in blogs contribute with 186 new terms, while the database lists only 130 terms. It is concluded that free language tags could be a better and faster way for contributing new terminology to controlled vocabularies than unstructured controlled language lists. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper identifies from a mixed approach the main characteristics of the profile of the Library-Archivology professor in Colombia, characterization preceded by an extensive documentary search in the context of Ibero-America, which evidenced the absence of the subject in the research agendas. It also affirms that given the dynamics of each university and each professional's training program, it is not possible to talk about a unique professor's profile, since it depends on the type of institution, educational model, areas of performance and fundamentally, the criteria of affiliation, where although training, work experience, research and academic production are taken into account, it is not explicit the pedagogical competence, nor the contributions to the disciplinary development, which are essential in the profile of the university professor. For these reasons, it is advisable for library-archivology professor to carry out research, to contribute to academic visibility, and to the advancement and scientific position of the area, in order to generate value for the academic program and the institution and thus, increase the quality of the university to which they are affiliated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper analyzes the uses of the social network Facebook by popular libraries in La Plata, Berisso and Ensenada (Argentine). After a bibliographic review on the subject, we expose the methodological procedures employed to identify which institutions have an account on this social network and then the main uses they make of the tool in question. The uses by the libraries are analyzed according to several variables: The number of followers, the frequency and type of posts, and finally, the quantity and quality of the comments, the characteristics of the interaction with the environment, among others. In the results, a quantitative analysis of the established variables, shows an atypical case, who presents higher number of followers, greater frequency and number of postings and more interaction with the members of its community. The conclusion shows the late arrival of these libraries to Facebook, which places them in a learning period. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Libraries and Web Analytics: a Privacy Matte. This paper describes the current web monitoring techniques, emphasizing on how these tools handle the data privacy, with the purpose of establishing guidelines for the adoption of web analytic tools in libraries. Hereby, it presents a comparative analysis of privacy in web analytic software: Google Analytics and Piwik, concluding that libraries aware of privacy matters should use Piwik before Google Analytics, for the blurry Google privacy policies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Discursive perspective of the research in Library and Information Science. Research practices are addressed in this paper, based on the analysis of discourse expressed in the presentations and conclusions of two major events in the field of Library and Information Science. Both events reflect the discursive discussions about setting up and maturity of the Library and Information Science in recent decades. The core of the discussion focuses on the inclusion of research and training, with the very powerful issue of visibility within the field of Library and Information Science. As a result of the discussions at the meetings of headmasters and teachers of Mercosur and the Meetings of Education and Research in Latin America and the Caribbean, the most urgent weaknesses of the region as curricula, postgraduate and research are identified. It concludes by highlighting that the most significant step has already been taken from the recognition of a necessary change to research practices that integrate: critical thinking, theory, interdisciplines, social and cultural context, and the need for joint knowledge, in order not to become neutralised because of technology reason. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Since the beginning of this century in Argentina scientific and technological policies show a clear interest in producing knowledge aimed at solving social, productive and environmental local problems. The bibliometric field has been studying the scientific production in the different countries around the world, and there is a background that focus its attention in Argentine scientific production. However, there are only a few studies on scientific production focused on Argentine local issues. The objective of this work is to analyze and describe the relation between the local and the global researches of the Argentine scientific production in Scopus since 2008 to 2012, and compare publishing, collaboration and leadership indicators from national and international dimensions. Results show that a quarter of the scientific production is focused on local topics of interest such as Social Sciences, Economy, Management, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Sciences. A high percent of this production is published in foreign journals. Researches in local topics are mainly carried out with national collaboration or without any kind of collaboration. A third part of the papers are made with international collaboration. However, it depends on the different disciplines. Also, there is a high percent of local and global scientific production led by researchers from Argentine institutions in all disciplines. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The availability of scientific journals through online databases or indexing services facilitating access to scientific production makes both the producer of the information and the scientific production of a country or thematic area visible. This paper aims to determine the presence of scientific journals of Paraguay present in online databases with national and Latinamerican coverage and describes their main characteristics. The study was observational, descriptive and transversal, carried out during the month of September 2013. The following portals were consulted: Latindex Directory, Latindex Catalog, Electronic Links Latindex, SciELO Paraguay, DIALNET, DOAJ, CLACSO, LILACS, E-magazine and Redalyc. In general, the presence of scientific journals of Paraguay in online databases is scarce, most of them are print versions, issued twice a year and by universities, they were mostly journals in the health area. Further studies are considered necessary to know the reason that magazines fail to be visible and establish national strategies for scientific journals to increase their visibility in the country. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The quality of the services provided by a library, as well as of any kind of service, depends on several factors: The user requirements (as defined in ISO), prior knowledge about the service, computer systems reliability, availability of resources, personnel qualifications, etc. But when providing the service, the willingness of the staff is essential, because they will be well motivated if the working conditions are adequate. The intent of this research is to investigate how staff perceives the implementation of a Quality Management System (QMS). To that end, two university libraries -one public and one private- that implemented QMS in the city of Cordoba between 2005 and 2013 were studied. The research asks whether the implementation process meant an adequate or excessive effort; how staff assesses the maintainability of the system in operation; if there is noticeable improvement in the quality of service, in the internal work of each library; if in general it is viewed as positive. This paper first presents a bibliographic inquiry on related work and then the application of a survey of the people involved in the implementation in both libraries. It is concluded that employees perceive the application of the Quality Management System as positive even if there were difficulties during the implementation face. Management however has a different view. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The communications revolution has led to important transformations in people (Adell, 1997). In this new age, the importance lies on human capital, in the way the human being captures and verifies information, in their ability for getting the information and transform it into knowledge (Cordeiro, 1998; Consejo Pontificio para las Comunicaciones Sociales, 2002). The impact of this revolution has permeated various spheres, including the education sphere and has brought both positive and negative incidences. Among the positive ones, it is important to highlight a greater coverage, new models of teaching-learning, and more flexibility, all these features contribute to the universalization of education. Unfortunately, the cyberspace in the educational process has generated deep changes in behavior of students and teachers, in their habits and values, and not all of these changes have been beneficial. Some behaviors that undermine ethics have become popular, being the plagiarism one of them. The aim of this paper is to analyze the university plagiarism problem. We present a review of the regulations and laws on copyright and we make an analysis on the impact of plagiarism. Finally, we propose a series of actions that universities can implement to counteract this problem. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents the results of a survey at the Universidad Nacional de Rosario, in Argentina, to know the opinions about, and use of, Open Access (OA) by professors and researchers at the university, and their needs in relation to the use of the university Institutional Repository (IR). It is based on 783 replies to a survey implemented in 2012. The results of this survey show that 80% of professors and researchers at UNR, in all subject areas, agree with the OA dissemination of outputs in all academic areas. However, only 13% of professors and researchers use the IR for dissemination of its own scholarly output, mainly due to ignorance of its existence. The most frequent uses for dissemination in OA are open access journals, websites of the faculties and research centers or groups, as well as personal websites. What motivates professors and researchers to disseminate their work in the IR, is the use of it by their fellow professors/researchers, students and the general public. Moreover, they value from the IR the advance search facilities tailored to their needs and user profile, and the availability of usage statistics of their work. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper aims to observe and describe the bibliometric research picture in Argentina in the period between 1984 and 2012, based on analysis of the publications of argentine authors located in web search engines, subject repositories and regional and international databases. It interprets forms lining the items studied focusing attention on the following indicators: volume and evolution of scientific production, type of literature, language, subject-matter and analysis unit. It calculates co-authorship index and rates of national and international collaboration. Also it shows the existence of some research groups and the affiliation institutions of main authors, characterizing their research topics and journals and congresses where they published more frequently. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper discusses e-book readers both as a new archiving option for libraries and as a tool for the information industry. It reports on some of the leading models available on the market and analyzes the librarian's experience with e-readers as a management tool. The review of the literature offered here also ponders the road ahead for information professionals with regard to this new technological option. E-books are discussed as well, with a view to understanding how libraries adapt to the growing demand for the new media. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The sustained development of publishing of scientific journals has opened a field of analysis and application of specific knowledge for librarians. Working cooperatively with publishers enriches both players since, while librarians especially know the standardization and dissemination of journals, the editors focus on academic tasks, thematic relevance, relationship with authors and reviewers, peer review. The parameters of regional and international edition have strengthened themselves in recent decades from interinstitutional agreements and the publishers' acceptance, using methods of management and editing and formal criteria of evaluation of academic production. So publishers need a specialized and institutional support to accompany the process of scientific and technical development to get their magazines inserted in main core of scientific journals in each discipline. This paper examines the case of the Coordinación del Área de Publicaciones, of the Biblioteca de la Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación de la Universidad Nacional de La Plata, that currently publishes over 20 journals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The intervention on the "Biblioteca Vigil" evidences other effects of last Argentina's dictatorship (1976-1983): cultural genocide. Specifically, on February 25, 1977, a group formed by members of the armed forces, security services and civilian professionals, took their installations under the figure of "normalizing intervention". A subsequent disposition dated April 1977, began the settlement of its outstanding equity. Indeed, his case falls under the common dictatorial actions on the fields of culture: persecution, censorship, illegal detention, torture and disappearance. However, this exhibits unique features: firstly, settlement assets ensued uninterruptedly over thirty years being closed late 2008. Also, is still in a process of intervention normalizing. In this paper we describe the various attempts and recovery stages of the institution, the strategies implemented and obstacles political, cultural and legal. The object of this study is to visualize a pending agenda: cultural crimes and economic crimes that do not prescribe in the context of genocide. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents a discursive analysis of gender representations on women in La Voz del Interior, the newspaper of the city of Córdoba, in some issues published during two socio-political compared periods, the brief democratic period 1973-1976 and the period of the military dictatorship of 1976-1983. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents the findings of an investigation aimed at describing aspects of the process of online journals subscription in Argentina. From April to September of 2007 a survey was conducted via electronic mail to special and academic libraries to inquire about Argentine actors involved in the identification, evaluation, and selection of titles, in the negotiation and signing of the licences, the subscription methods, and type of resources subscribed for those information units. There was a high participation of librarians in the process that decreased in the stage of negotiating and signing the licencing agreements where institutional managers and administrators had a more prominent role. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper inquires how the technological question is approached in the university professional training in librarianship, in an historical overview which covers 30 years. It is a case study of the librarianship degree in the Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación de la Universidad Nacional de La Plata and the curricular transformations in the technological area are of key importance. The methodological approach is focused in the documental analysis of the curricula, the programs of some subjects and other significant materials. Also, some teachers responsible of the changes in the curriculum during the last 30 years were interviewed. From the analysis of both materials is possible to deduce coincident tendencies about the technology place in the professional training, as well as suggestions about possible modifications in the teaching of librarianship. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper addresses the evolution of archives in the Mexican context under four axes of analysis, archive institutions, legislation, professional training, and professional associations. A transverse and parallel chronological review of the facts is performed within this framework, which has marked the development of the discipline and shows the emerging presence of the national archives through the actions to be undertaken and made visible to the discipline. The successive, natural and unstructured during the beginning to the middle of the past century, have been the basis for building the scaffolding that through the education offered by universities on the one hand and,to the other hand the self-development of the profession through the integration of Information Technology and Communication and its regulation through a legal framework have been developing National Archives which has resulted in an embryonic professional association more or less organized. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We present the final results of an investigation (UBACYT F157) that determined the scientific production indicators of the Facultad de Filosofía y Letras of the Universidad de Buenos Aires for 2007. Quantitative procedures were applied to analyze the data recorded in a database created ad hoc. Preferences of researchers to disseminate their findings through the production of journal articles, conference papers, book chapters and books, audiovisual and electronic productions were determined. Among the different bibliographic formats, the following variables were studied: language, types of journals, scope of the conferences, authors, types of publishers. Of the three hypotheses stated the one that presupposed the existence of various strategies for dissemination of knowledge among different disciplines has been refuted. The other two were confirmed: preference for printed over digital media and almost non-existent use of electronic resources for dissemination, and preference for certain semi-formal channels of dissemination such as conferences. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Taking into account that the Documental Information Systems (DIS) have a role of mediator in the teaching and learning processes in higher education, a state of the art that shows the need to talk about this topic is presented here starting from the relation between the didactics and the library science in order to find bibliographic sources that allow to theoretically support a strategy to teach professors how to use the DIS, so that they can effectively use them and teach data and information, generating knowledge and overcoming memorization and repetition in students. From a hermeneutical approach that allows to show the progress and tendencies about this topic in different countries, the process of searching, recovery, selection and evaluation of the documents available in database, libraries, websites, search engines, and repositories, among others is used. The analysis, understanding, interpretation, and a further synthesis is carried out with the selected documents. That is presented in this article in a concrete way, highlighting the methodology applied and the results acquired. It is verified that the DIS --with the connotation given in this paper-- have just begun to be taken as a medium and as a didactical space, because they suggest the use of information and are focused on the Information and Communication Technologies--ICT--with emphasis on the Internet and search engines. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this paper is to show the results and conclusions with the use of methyl cellulose as an adhesive in the labeling of books. The experience was aimed to identify options to adhesive tape and stickers in the labeling of books, as well as to start the development of the Library's preservation policies for re-shelving the Library´s general collection of the Instituto de Investigaciones Bibliotecológicas (Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires) during 2009. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents some thoughts on the opportunities and challenges of research in Library and Information Science at universities in Argentina. It shows the case of research carried out by researchers at the Library Science Department of the Universidad Nacional de La Plata, based on information obtained from the curriculum vitae of its present professors. In spite of the difficulties of research in this discipline, this study shows that it is possible to transform challenges into opportunities, strengthening research in both quantitative and qualitative education methods, participation in research projects, and communication and dissemination of scientific results. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The specialization of systems librarian is relatively new, especially in Latin America, where such expertise does not exist formally, but the task and the role of a systems librarian has been and is currently done by different people within and outside the library. This paper provides an introduction to systems librarians, their history, and the skills, qualities, and attitudes that are required to perform the task successfully. It also describes the role, skills required and the responsibilities inherent in this specialization. Finally, the possibilities of formal and informal education and the need for dual training, librarianship and computer science, are established. Due to the steady advance of new technologies, systems librarians have new opportunities and new horizons, which is why we can say that this is a specialization with a future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper evaluates shelf availability of monograph titles requested at a university library. The evaluation has been carried out by an external group. Goals, steps and evaluation criteria, as well as evaluation design and implementation are described in detail. The research has used two different techniques: simulation (with two variants) and users' interviews, according to ISO 11620, B2.2.2 indicator «Required Titles Availability» (ISO 11600 Standard). Survey results are analyzed and compared. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Hirsch's h-index is a new bibliometric indicator that has been considered useful to evaluate the scientific productivity of individual researchers and scientific journals. This paper uses it to evaluate the productivity of the 15 research universities of Chile. Since in Chile public rankings of perception of their universities are beginning to be common, the article relates the h-index with a pair of rankings based on the prestige that the potential employers and students of the last level of secondary education have of them. I found that both rankings of perception were related and the same happened when they were associated to the h-index of Hirsch. The association was greater for the ranking based on the perception by potential students at those universities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Argentinean mathematical research covered by MathSci database for the period 2000-2005 is analyzed. During those years, the mathematical scientific production showed a growing rate of 10%. Quantum theory, Partial differential equations, and Relativity and gravitational theory are the three subject areas with more Argentinean mathematical contribution followed by Associative rings and algebra, and Statistical mechanics, structure of matter. The University of Buenos Aires was the leading institution in the number of published papers (35%) and it presented the greatest productive diversity. About 89% of the articles have appeared in 406 journals and almost 46 titles concentrated 50% of the documents. Thirty six per cent of the production was performed in conjunction with foreign colleagues. United States and Spain were the most important collaborating nations. The international collaboration rate showed an increasu from 30 to 42%. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper is about the access to education and information available for the prisoners of the Argentine penitentiary system. We discuss the meaning that prisoners give to education in the particular context of a jail and how these resources are used by the prisoners in their precarious life there. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The value of the information and the incorporation of technologies for its processing, make it necessary to deepen the documentary analysis as a real mediating process. The aim of this study is to go into the linguistical and psychological dimensions of that process. The specific objectives intend to go deeper their characteristic aspects, to explain the linguistical dimension of that process, and its relationship with the analysis of speech with the model showed by T. van Dijk as reference. Finally, all the mental processes that are involved in the reception and also the emission of such information is explained. For that reason, it was necessary to deploy a documentary research with a real rational approach which allowed to integrate theoretical perspectives of Linguistics, Psychology, Psycholinguistics and also Documentation and to identify concepts related to the work of the documentary analysis as well. This paper concludes that some linguistical concepts allow the comprehension and disassembling of grammatical structures and, therefore, they affect the moment the documentary analysis is going to be applied. The existing methodology to analyze speeches represents a valuable theoretical and methodological tool for the applied documentary analysis in information units. Some psychological concepts allow to understand mental processes from the ones that receive and transmit information. Thus, it is important in the analytical and synthetic processes because it is received and creates new information. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper makes an presentation of the methodological process followed for the opening of the bachelor's degree in Archival Science of the University of Costa Rica, as a further education for undergraduates, that not only takes into account the instruments used in the institution for these cases, but also the evolution experienced by the career, international tendencies and the definition of curricular areas as a form of giving answer to market demands. Therefore, the steps followed and the way in which the career approach to them is stated. Finally, the proposal is presented as a form to illustrate the application of the methodology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Music is the art of producing sound. As any artistic expression developed by man, music leaves a footprint, which could either be a paper or electronic-based document or a recording, but always, in any case, a musical document. Music archives, then, have emerged for the proper organization of these documents, which should not be seen as something new since their origins can be traced from the composition of the first musical works in ancient times, through the Middle Ages to our own times. Nowadays, the organization of documents has gained prominence due to the development of archivistics as a excellent tool in the process of information dissemination for the society of knowledge. The proper organization, conservation and dissemination of the musical heritage of a society, region or country become more relevant in a globalized world aiming to go beyond frontiers and cultures. Music is a significant element of the cultural identity of a society, and knowing how to properly gather and preserve this heritage through an adequate archivistic methodology becomes more and more important every day. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]