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IFLA is the "global voice" for the libraries. The IFLA Trend Report in the global information environment makes public what is happening in information society, how the Global Society, in particular libraries, are resolving it and observe how this change affects in our sector that they can challenge the work, mission and purpose of the libraries. Five trends associated to information acces are identified: New technologies will both expand and limit who has access to information, online education will democratise and disrupt global learning, the boundaries of privacy and data protection will be redefined, hyper-connected societies will listen to and empower new voices and groups and the global information economy will be transformed by new technologies.

The arrival of the new digital environment has led to a revolution in the creation and the access to the information. One of the most remarkable consequences of this phenomenon is the Big Data, which refers to the huge amount of digitalized data that is used by distinct stakeholders for their analysis and use with different goals. This paper analyzes the consequences in the context of Personal Data Protection and lists the challenges and problems the Big Data implies in order to the legal principles that defend the privacy of the citizens.

The gamification gaining strength as a useful tendency to cannel end-user attention and strengthen their commitment. Since its origins, the humans use the game as exploratory strategy, learning and even of self-expression and also feels naturally attracted by the stories, either as transmitter or receiver thereof, from the complex cognitive processes that are put at stake when we try to infer the reasons underlying the acts of third parties to complex mythologies we design in around events like Christmas.

This presentation is divided in four sections: the proposal and its justification, the application created as a part of this project, the results after the publication of the application and finally some reflections that they may be useful to someone interested in applying games in libraries

The gamification can be seen as an educational opportunity for involve students more and better in their studies. The gamificated activities must be carefully designed based on clear objectives and an appropriate knowledge of the students whom it is addressed.

There are outlined some stages and tools in the quantitative analysis of information services, on their users as well as on their funds, and the integration of the distinct analysis on the information services management and the optimization of the libraries practices using the inner and extern data that the service has at disposal, with possible practical applications in web analytics, cybermetrics, data mining and text mining, which is called “bibliomining”.

Even if only a small part of the documentary heritage is digitalized it has been an increase of its presence on the Internet in the last few years. In addition to the preservation it’s also important that this documentation be accessible to everyone in the context of an open data policy that allows the reutilization of the digitalized heritage in other areas. In this regard it’s distinguished the public information sector which is subject to be seized in commercial and social activities from other stored content and collections sector which generate less commercial interest. In any case the conservation and diffusion of the digital heritage is a very expensive task that needs the collaboration of the private sector, that is contained in the Directive (2013/37/EU) of the European Parliament regarding the information of the public sector, and that also contains the collections drawn from archives, libraries and museums.

After the implementation of the changes introduced in the Bolonia accords in the University of Barcelona, it’s introduced as well the making of a Final Studies Assignment for the Information and Documentation Degree and in the Master of Digital Content Management. The lecture offers 4 examples of final studies assignment that have entailed an opportunity of professional integration of the students and an important improvement proffer in the information units where they have been implemented, as an example of collaboration between the University world and the professional one (administration or business).

The participation in cooperative processes has been explained from the perspective of personal gain. However, recent theories and models have allowed us to better understand the processes of cooperation as a model of efficient production, profitable and sustainable in the medium and long term. Internet and collaborative tools make it easier than ever to cooperate on a global scale. This new context is allowing us to explore the enormous possibilities of collaborative processes, including open collaboration. As a result, a growing number of projects and initiatives are demonstrating how to harness the power of open collaboration to become an engine of innovation and creation of information, knowledge and cultural goods.