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The participation of librarians in the process of updating their libraries and in the design of their new services is not only essential, it guarantees success. Co-operation with companies in the field helps towards the achievement of the objectives planned and towards better communication with users. This co-operation enables the integration of the users' opinion in the decision-making process and contributes to the improvement of their perception of the services they are offered. Some examples illustrating this collaboration are included in this paper. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Despite the fact that the concept of inclusion is increasingly present in Spanish libraries, recent research has shown that libraries are normally still far from being inclusive. After reviewing the main definitions of the concept of inclusive library in the Ibero-American context, the library community is invited to broaden the scope and dimension of the term following the work done in the business sector and in libraries from English-speaking countries. This paper reviews some of the initiatives to achieve inclusion carried out in Spanish libraries and the differentiating aspects that make a library inclusive or not. The paper also offers some guidelines that may bring us closer to the creation of truly inclusive libraries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

On Tuesday, November 7, 2023, the 23rd Encuentro Provincial de Bibliotecas Públicas de Huelva (Provincial Meeting of Public Libraries of Huelva) was held in Trigueros (Huelva). The theme of the meeting revolved around book clubs. This paper summarizes the various aspects discussed at the meeting: the typology of book clubs in Huelva and how they work as well as some of the key strategies for making the sessions productive and achieving an ideal atmosphere to discuss the readings in the different book clubs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Since the emergence of the stamp in Spain in 1850, there have been various images and motifs to which they have been dedicated. This paper aims to make a compilation of the stamps dedicated to libraries, librarians, writers or organizations from the world of libraries or culture. Although current advances have diminished the use of postal letters, the Spanish postal system (Sociedad Estatal de Correos y Telégrafos) continues to issue stamps, miniature sheets, special postmarks, and more. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper aims firstly to carry out a study of the context and situation of Spanish rural libraries by analyzing the conditions of the environment in which they are located, and their essential role as a dynamic agent of the sociocultural context at the local level. Secondly, we move on to a section focused on making a diagnosis of rural libraries in Andalusia —considering those located in towns with a population under 5000 inhabitants, with the aim of discovering the situation of library services in the less populated areas of Andalusia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

User-centered libraries allow for the development of life skills. The importance of this capacity lies in the fact that one of the main focal points of education in the 21st century is 21st century skills. Organizations such as Unesco, EU, P21, AT, Annex, OECD, Nets, Naep, enGauge, etc. support this perspective and propose lists of skills needed to perform in today's society. However, what is the right place to acquire these skills? Although the first answer would be the school, this paper aims at explaining how libraries are the right places for the development of skills when they are able to deploy their capacity to be informal education centers. Being this a personal report, the paper shows different examples based on my personal experience, both related to the influence libraries had on the author and to the way the author, as a librarian, influences other users. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the context of the round table Bibliotecas y Bibliotecarios: presente y futuro ('Libraries and librarians: present and future) within the 21st Jornadas Bibliotecarias de Andalucía, held in November 2022, this paper presents the reflections and proposals for the future on the current situation of libraries and their professionals in Spain. This paper also addresses the relationship and connection between formal studies in library and information science and the current opportunities of access to the public library function. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Andalusian Association of Librarians (AAB) can be proud of its 40 years at the service of library professionals in Andalusia. This paper presents the speech given in the XXI Jornadas Bibliotecarias de Andalucía (21st Andalusian Libraries Conference) during the closing acts of the 40th anniversary. This paper is a summary of the six key aspects in which the AAB has worked, introduced by a brief historical overview and followed by an outline of its main activities: publications, training, conferences, alliances and communication. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper reviews the configuration of FESABID's Observatory for the Defense of the Profession as well as the challenges faced by the profession that need to be tackled by professional entities. This paper examines the legal state of the professions of our sector and the situation regarding the access to the profession in the public sector. The access is done via a public examination and work contracts for the groups that require a university degree and also for inferior categories that do not require a specific qualification but have the possibility to establish a professional certification. In the private sector, a distinction is made between enterprises specific to the sector, and those of a general nature, and it is recommended to demand to the administration a socially responsible public recruitment. The paper reports on the state of the sectorial agreement recently approved in Gipuzkoa as well as on the situation of the education, the new professional roles and the public examination. Finally, a series of urgent demands are made to the administration and enterprises. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper is not specifically about collective agreements. It aims at showing how professional associations sometimes have, from an equidistant perspective, the ability to generate synergies and gather the necessary actors to promote positive and necessary changes for our profession and professionals. To this aim, this paper presents a real case study that accounts for the actions implemented by the Asociación Vasca de Profesionales de Archivos, Bibliotecas y Centros de Documentación ('Basque Association of Archives, Libraries and Documentation Centre Professionals') to achieve a labour agreement specific to the information management sector in its territorial scope. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents the report resulting from the questionnaire launched by the “Grupo de Trabajo de Análisis y Prospectiva de las Bibliotecas en Andalucía” (Workgroup of Analysis and Prospective of the Libraries in Andalusia) of the AAB (Andalusian Librarians Association), in May and June 2021. It shows the situation of the Andalusian libraries during the lockdown and during the current world health alert situation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The data analyze the situation from the perspective of the transformation of the services and their innovation: changes in the opening times of libraries, new work modes, among others. The paper analyzes a representative sample of Andalusian libraries and documentation centers extracted from the regional administration official directories. The report ends with some conclusions and thoughts, which hopefully will help to understand and verify the new Andalusian library reality, with the aim that they are taken into account and that they help in the future to make decisions regarding the profession. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on libraries is possibly the most important event in recent years. The aim of this paper is to analyze the thoughts in the professional field of libraries (especially within public libraries) prior to and during the pandemic, and to provide an outline of the responses and the impact on library services. The paper wraps up with an overview of the initial situation and how the public libraries of Galicia reacted. Through these analyses, the goal is to foresee possible ways which could guide the future library services. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents a study of the evolution of children's and young adult books, from its beginning in the 17th century to the present day. The main authors of children's works are reviewed. Lastly, a section is dedicated to Spanish authors and books. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents the origin of the project Library and Senior Citizens as an inclusive project in the Local Public Library of La Chana is presented. It also describes in detail its origin, objectives, agents involved, services, communication, evaluation and future prospects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper aims at giving an insight of the past forty years since the creation of the Andalusian Association of Librarians (ABB, by its acronym in Spanish). The association emerged as a result of the library movement in the early 1980s in Andalusia. This paper presents only a brief summary, since a detailed description would require too many lines, and also because, specifically for the first twenty years of the AAB, such an account can be found in the book by Antonio Martín Oñate published in 2001 on the occasion of its anniversary. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper overviews the use of social networks in university libraries in Mexico. It presents the analysis of posting trends at a national level, as well as an analysis of the use of various platforms, the dissemination they offer, and what they promote. Additionally, the paper evaluates the extent to which the possibilities offered by these platforms are exploited as low cost means of mass communication. The method is based on the analysis of posts from 50 university library sites on Twitter and 50 sites on Facebook from January 2017 to the beginning of August 2019. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper addresses the different stages in the creation of a Digital Photo Library in a Public Library. These range from document collection to the processes of updating, computerization and cataloguing, as well as the use of Social Networks as a tool for the dissemination of the photo library contents. In particular, this paper emphasizes on the importance of the local collection for the library users. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents the development of the elements required to develop a research library brand offering specialized services and products in the fields of earth, marine and atmospheric sciences. The paper also examines the consistency between the public brand image and the corporate image held within the university campus at UNAM. The guidelines to position the library through a Web Portal and social networks are described with a view to wide dissemination and scope, regardless of geographical location. This comprises the generation of means of direct, real-time communication between the users and the professional staff for quality service and reliable content. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper describes the creation and structuring of the Group of Science Libraries (GBC)1 based on the administrative records generated. This allows University as well as national coverage among the various libraries of Higher Education Institutions in Mexico. This is accomplished by the establishment of a library brand allowing for greater visibility, so specialized users can meet their information needs with the various services and products offered, individually or jointly, by the GBC members. Additionally, this paper presents the elements taken into account, and the experience in the development of a library brand that would allow the group to gain greater recognition and academic visibility among libraries and research support librarians, at both a national and an international level. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents the objectives, scope and development of a user assistance service via WhatsApp by the library of the University of Málaga. This service is aimed at the 24-hour opening periods, specifically for extraordinary opening hours three times a year during the students' exam period. At this time, the user resorts to this service for clearing out exceptional doubts, anywhere and anytime. This paper presents an analysis of the results obtained, together with the goals achieved since it was launched. It also describes the revisions and improvements done, the expectations for the future, and the conclusions drawn from this work. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper deals with the emergence of innovative collaborative Makerspaces, insofar as meeting points with knowledge and practical learning in the new buildings of the twenty-first century local libraries. The paper first discusses, the concept of Makerspace and the environment in which it is defined or outlined as a new service within a library, together with its purpose and the intended public. A methodology is then established to implement it and the areas into which it is divided, integrated as a whole, specifying and enumerating simultaneously the necessary materials and resources of each. Finally, the paper examines implementation and management method of a maker space in the future library of the town of Vera, and the new expectations of the people's use. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper outlines the trajectory of the Andalusian Research and Resources Centre for the Performing Arts in Seville. It is a centre based on the people and on flexibility to allow the necessary changes for its operation. Its main guidelines are: the adaptation of its services to the needs of users, the integration of technologies to improve research and the experience acquired by its professionals to put everything at the service of theatre, dance, puppetry, magic and circus. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper aims at a brief discussion of the importance that companies in the library sector had and still have in the development of libraries. It also addresses the steps towards improvements in these alliances in order to enhance their management and their results. This paper also analyzes the projects carried out over the past few years in the library of the University of Almería, from the point of view of the university's inherent commitment towards knowledge transfer for the service of society. Good examples of these projects are the international development projects for cooperation funded by the Andalusian Agency for Development Cooperation in Perú and Paraguay or, indeed, the greatest impact project in Almeria: the design and start-up of the "José María Artero" Central Library. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Library Marketing Project Team of the Andalusian Association of Librarians presents a guide for a social media plan for libraries. This guide is intended for public libraries in search of a tool to assist the librarians who may want to use social networks as a means of effective communication with the library users. The stages and most relevant aspects for a social media plan are listed throughout the paper. The most relevant platforms for data retrieval are also mentioned. The paper reviews platforms that may supply relevant information for the knowledge of users, and platforms that may have data about our influence on users via the social media. This allows for the adjustment and optimization of work plans over time. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents the CBUA (University libraries' Consortium of Andalusia) with a brief description of its organization. Several points are reviewed: the strengthening of the image of the CBUA within the university community, the relevance of cooperation as an opportunity to strengthen this brand image, and the challenges ahead. The paper also discusses the need to establish a strategy and a number of projects to tackle these challenges. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The digital challenge encompasses all areas of work in libraries. This paper summarizes the activities and work carried out in collaboration with people from Medialab Tabakalera taking into account the creation process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The social and educational role of public libraries has been strengthened in the last years due to a series of economic, political, social and technological factors, which have entailed a crisis of values in society. However, this role is not new and, for a long time, public libraries all over the world have created programs and designed spaces and activities based on the social and educational needs of their community. The Network of Local Libraries of Salamanca has been a benchmark in this regard and, for more than thirty years, has had among its main aims to become a space for education, entertainment and citizen participation. This paper focuses on one of the key projects that the library has been developing for years: "Buscando aliados" ('Looking for allies'). Its main aim is to become a backbone for the community, thus strengthening its role within it and creating a solid foundation which allows it to resist both internal and external threats. It thus allows the community to survive in a world that is progressively more disinformed due to the abuse and excess of unverified information and the drifting direction of culture and socio-economy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents a model for the analysis of the digital challenge of university libraries. This model, which has in its core the generation of value for users, can be structured in five layers crosscut by digital transformation: the service model, the processes, the professionals and the applications, the contents and the buildings and infrastructure. The digitalization forces the alignment in the operation of every action area of libraries, which requires a constant effort in professional training and profile adaption. New opportunities emerge at the same time as new risks arise which need to be faced. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper analyzes the publications of researchers who have collaborated with the Andalusian Association of Librarians Bulletin in terms of the level of citation, authorship, references and scientific productivity, among other quantifiable aspects, that contribute to measure the scientific production of the Bulletin from its beginnings to the present in the Dialnet database. For this purpose, software is used for the processing of information and tabulation of results, as well as for the representation of the information by means of grouping clusters to obtain an improved visual representation that allows to draw comparisons for decision making by the editorial committee of the bulletin. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

With this paper, I want to summarise the work done by the Andalusian Association of Librarians (in Spanish, Asociación Andaluza de Bibliotecarios) since it drafted a personnel order inspired in the 16/2003 Law until today. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The classroom library and the literary conversation that can be promoted around it allow an instructional space for reading mediation that facilitates the experience of values, the appropriation of culture, the development of a literary reading habit, the improvement of the comprehension and interpretation of literary texts, and the accommodation of literary conversations. As a result, the teaching situation changes from a traditional environment to a dialoguic and shared environment in which meaning is constructed. The objective of this paper is to present the activity of a reading club in which readers talk, and are able to judge and self-assess the criteria of others and socialize schemes that enable the construction of cooperative convictions. This will promote an integral axiological instruction in terms of the construction of the textual meaning through the expansion of the reader's intertext. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents part of the social media dissemination campaign of the IV Technical Seminar on Libraries, organized by the Andalusian Association of Librarians in 2020. One of the main objectives of the campaign was to give visibility and highlight the value of library activity within the framework of the 2030 Agenda. This was done by showing, through examples and concrete activities, the relationship between cultural extension activities and the SDG. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper is an account of the field of technology and librarians in the last 25 years, from the point of view of companies and business. It also addresses the users' and the society's challenges and demands in view of the upcoming technological changes. This is done via Fesabid's study of the impact of such changes in the field of libraries after the financial recession from 2010 to 2016. This paper also highlights which competences and skills are needed in the librarians' profiles as a result of the digital transformation of the sector. A recommendation for strengthening the field is an alliance between companies and libraries in order to foster not only an improved field but also the creation of a stable framework that may indeed be of mutual interest. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The health emergency due to COVID-19 has led to significant changes in our society, introducing new methods of organization and communication in the library field. The work carried out in the ‘Arroyo de la Miel’ library during the COVID-19 pandemic is presented here. The paper begins with an analysis of the measures taken just before and after the lockdown, between March and May 2020. This analysis reveals that the efforts made in the Library to keep offering a virtual service to users in a manner until the library reopening and combining in-person and virtual services after the reopening were a success. It also supports the benefits of considering libraries as essential services. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The evolution of the eBiblio service is analyzed in broad terms, from its start in 2014 to the end of 2020. This paper describes the management and functioning of the service and then, it analyzes how it became one of the most valuable services during the pandemic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The professional sector of libraries in Andalusia is still not regulated by law in 2021. Since its creation in 1981, the AAB has worked towards the recognition of this professional sector after years of discrimination by public administrations. This paper aims to provide an overview of the various attempts made to provide this sector with a legal coverage in favour of professional regulations to guarantee the needs of the library staff in Andalusia. The AAB has not let up in its efforts to make this possible and continues working on this goal nowadays. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this article a reflection on the meaning of the academic library in the 21st century is proposed from the publication of the book: The politics of theory and the practice of critical librarianship. From the dissociation of theory / praxis, library science is characterized by a very contradictory tradition. The tecnocratics models, that come being hegemonic in the educational and cultural institutions, have deepened this duality that is analized in this paper. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Our libraries are ready to support the implementation of the UN 2030 Agenda. There is a lot to be done and said for each of the 17 SDGs. Libraries, as providers of access to information, contribute to both an improvement in people's lives and to an informed decision-making process of governments, communities and other institutions in charge of alleviating poverty and raising living standards around the world. This paper shows the relevance of the 2030 Agenda and its relation with university libraries. It also explains the 17 Sustainable Development Goals by directly linking them with library work and provides practical examples from the day-today of libraries, taking into account various resources, collections and institutional alliances. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Libraries should be considered as key actors in cultural and information dissemination. For that reason, libraries are presented in this paper as facilitators of the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper overviews the 2030 Agenda both as a new political framework and as an opportunity for libraries and their professionals to become fully aware of its great potential. The aim is not only to raise awareness but also to contribute directly to both individual and community development. A summary of the main actions carried out in Spain in this context is also included [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents the results of the setup of an art exhibition-intervention carried out with the intention of raising awareness on the role played by libraries in the workplace and in the urban context. A heterogeneous group of individuals of different ages and occupations were invited to participate in a proposal. They were asked to define the notion of "Science" and to provide an object of determined dimensions to materialize their answers. Since the newspaper library is now an online tool, both the space and the magazine racks intended for serial print publications were underused. Thus, this space was remodelled by transforming the out-dated furniture into a place to display art pieces and opinions. The idea continues to be developed as the institution's travelling exhibition (EEZ-CSIC). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The libraries of higher education institutions have developed increasingly specialized services over time, thus meeting the needs of institutions and the communities that use them. Among their users are students working on their degree dissertation (TFG). The latter users are in a complex process that involves both an intellectual and an emotional dimension, so support is crucial for successful completion of their dissertations. This paper suggests that the librarian should take part in this process, here under the name of 'library tutorial'. It involves the development of the competences of access, evaluation and critical and ethical use of information. Also, it takes into consideration the students' emotions, which creates an interaction that triggers complex actions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper outlines the strategic plans introduced by the UEx Library Service by looking closely at the right choices and learning from past mistakes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

BookTube is a recent and unknown resource for many people, even if it dates back to 2012 in the Spanish speaking countries. BookTube was launched by 18-25 year-old people who felt the need to comment on literature in a dynamic way and creating a community with similar interests. This paper aims at deepening the knowledge about this phenomenon and creating an identikit picture of potential followers of BookTube. To that end, both a bibliographical review and fieldwork based on 1561 answers obtained from a questionnaire in Twitter have been conducted. This information allows to learn more about the reading habits of Twitter users and the features of BookTube users. A part of the respondents report that they know BookTube, even if they do not follow it regularly. By contrast, most of the respondents who report following it, do not do it weekly. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper analyzes the rapid aging of the Cuban population from an informational perspective. In accordance with the United Nations' 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals, this work contributes to preventing this age group's feeling of exclusion from such an important process as society's digitalization, a fastmoving process in which both family and organizations are responsible for their education. A service for public libraries is proposed, as their social function is to meet their community's needs. This service will contribute to the social well-being as well as to the improvement in the quality of life of our elderly. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Using the 455 bibliographic references collected in the database ISOC-Library and Information Sciences created by the Social Sciences and Humanities Department in the CSIC, we analyze the scientific production of the authors. For that, we take into account their productivity, cooperative research between colleagues and institutions, types of documents in which they publish, affiliation, language and years of publication. It brings into focus the little visibility of these papers in the analyzed database since it means only the 2,8%; also the poor normalization and use of the descriptor Users Studies within the 538 used to indicate the papers about this subject (5,77%). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper describes the actions carried out by the COBDCV since 2016 to raise awareness about the key role played by libraries in an ever changing society. The most important aspects here are the professionals' active participation and the process of reflection and visualization of the initial situation as well as a proposal for collaborative work. This proposal has implemented, among other things, a campaign against the default view of libraries as simple books containers or silent places. It also highlights the necessity of compromise and action on the part of society, professionals and, of course, politicians and administrations that must comply with the minimum requirements set by legislation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Today's libraries must be open to technological progress and recent social tendencies in the digital era in order to satisfy their users' potential demands. Special attention must be paid to the concerns of the youth, who are permanently connected to the Internet and "by-products", like social networks, which are essential for proper visibility of our public service. Indeed, phenomena emerging from social media such as BookTube and its participants, booktubers and influencers (specially musers), are major allies to connect with the youngest and to help Libraries achieve one of their aims: the promotion of reading habits. Accordingly, this paper describes the meetings of young people and Booktubers held in the "BiMA" Network, the Network of local Libraries of Aljarafe, specifically in Bormujos -2018- and Aznalcázar -2019-. The development of this type of event into part of a comprehensive project for the promotion of reading among the youth via BookTube is also discussed. Our experience in the meetings is described, along with the results of a survey conducted on librarians from the province of Seville. The survey addressed one of the questions raised in the panel discussion on "Brand, Library and Social Media": To what extent can booktubers and influencers contribute to the use of library resources and to the improvement of the Libraries brand image. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper summarizes the history of REBIUN, REd de BIbliotecas UNiversitarias (Uiversity Libraries Network), through its organizational changes. REBIUN's mission and main objectives are presented, along with relevant data and lessons learned throughout its history. Finally, future scenarios are identified through the establishment of new alliances. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This document reviews the main points of the alliances of professional associations in FESABID: first, the very legal nature as a federation, and three key elements such as the representation, autonomy and cooperation; then, other major issues, such as the implementation of (formal and informal) alliances, with emphasis on the field's need for representation for proper identity projection. The paper also reviews a clear example of alliances, cooperation and identity such as the FESABID Cluster. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]