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Nowadays, many Library & Information Science (LIS) professionals still do not know their precise role in the development of the Semantic Web, especially those aspects concerning ontologies. This paper intends to contribute clarifying this issue in a twofold manner: 1) identifying main trends, issues and problems concerning ontology research; and 2) identifying possible contributions from the LIS area to the development of ontologies for the semantic web. To do so, a thorough literature review based on searches in international databases (LISA, SCI, SSCI, ACM Digital Library and IEEE Explore) is carried out. Then, the paper presents a discussion of the main trends, issues and problems concerning ontology research. Recommendations of possible LIS contributions to the development of ontologies for the semantic web are finally presented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Precedents and dossiers developed by the document services of Parliaments are both a very useful tool in the Legislative Process. From a practice point of view, this paper tries to show these information products from the study of their goals, methodology and users. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper introduces the concept of h-index and compares it with other bibliometric indicators of the most cited researchers in the periodicals from the area of Information Science in SciELO, in the theme of "Metric Studies". For each one of the 35 researchers under review. Were sought for in the Web of Science database, these indicators: h-index, total of published articles, total number of citations, average of citations and quotations from the most cited article. The data and the Pearson`s correlation between these indicators is presented. The results showed the highest correlation between the h-index and the total number of citations and between the h-index and the number of quotations from the most cited article. It is considered that the hindex is a relevant indicator of the accumulated production obtained by the researcher. However in order to get a full profile of each one, it must be complemented with other indicators. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The scientific productivity of the Instituto de Investigaciones en Matemáticas Aplicadas y en Sistemas (Mexico) researchers is analysed, showing a panorama of the countries and journals where their papers were published, as well as the different disciplines in which this Institute is involved, according to the ISI classification. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper analyses the situation of women in the resarch activity within the aerospace sector. In particular, it takes into account their role in the main Spanish establishment for aeronautics and space research, The National Institute of Aeroespace Technique (INTA). From data obtained from a previous bibliometric study done at INTA for the period 1990-2005, a genre perspective analysis has been conducted. These data were collected from their publications in the Web Of Knowledge. Their scientific activity is evaluated through two indicators, productivity and authorship, temathic areas of specific interest for women, etc. With the data obtained, the increasing presence of women is shown, not only in engineering or other disciplines related with it, but also in research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

With the aim to create production indicators through the gathering of researchers curricula and starting with the data resulting from the INTA scientific production for the period 2000-2005, this paper analyzes the validity of the Impact Factor as a way to evaluate researchers' scientific activity. Also, a reflection is done about the proposal of alternative systems to measure the production, in particular the H index, from Hirsch, in order to define the most convenient system for our institution. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study has as objective analyzing and evaluating the basic bibliography used in the Bibliotheconomy course schedule from the University of São Paulo State, Unesp- Marília Campus. Thus, it is explored if the course has a more humanistic or technical nature, contributing to its search of identity and self-knowledge. Thanks to citation analysis it is possible to evaluate the performance and the impact of diverse types of documents (books, magazines, papers, etc.). The of following items are analyzed: typology of documents, languages, cited authors, average life of literature, format of documents, origin of the authors, universities, authors and newspapers more cited. The partial results revealed that books and chapters represent the greatest percentile of citation frequency, as well printed documents, although electronic ones are also being contemplated in all the disciplines, however with lesser frequency. The authorship analysis identified a majority as Brazilian authors; Portuguese as the more cited language; and 8 years as the average life of literature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The main goal of this study is get to know the scientific research done at the University of Castilla-La Mancha in pure, experimental, and technological sciences, during 2000 and 2004. The main sources of information have been the ISI data bases; the article is the type of document analyzed; and the SI subject classification has been used. The results report data on productivity output, quality, reliability, language and main topics, and the international visibility and impact of its papers depending on the journals in which they have been published, measuring the impact factor and quartiles as a tool for ranking and categorizing journals, and the citations received by other authors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents a proposal whose main goal is to contribute for the improvement of the children's catalogue of the Portuguese Public Library. The context of the communicational paradigm of the contemporary library lays the foundation for an evolution of the concept of catalogue and purports the emergence of the concept of catalogue for children. The catalogues, the collections and the facilities and equipment infrastructures available to young publics in 115 Portuguese public libraries are identified and characterized. This survey is then used as a starting point for our proposal that suggests the implementation of an ontology that, by acting upon the catalogue's substructure, will expose new relations between objects and improve the dialogue space idealized for the children's catalogue of the Public Library. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The history of the curricula of the Librarianship Course of the Faculdade de Filosofia e Ciências (FEC) of the Unesp Marilia is analyzed, beginning with the first of them, that was based on the Minimum Curriculum established by the Ministry of the Education in 1962, until the most recent, of 2003, based in the Diretrizes Curriculares Nacionais, established in the "Diretrizes e Bases" Law of 2001, having as a focus the study of the so-called "instrumental" subjects, that are today part of the Nucleus of General and Instrumental disciplines. Usually, curricula research is focused in the specific subjects, letting apart the generic competences. This paper evaluates how these disciplines has contributed to the education of the professional librarian in the different curricular reformularizations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents a diagnosis on the use of the electronic information resources provided by the Library System of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), based upon a survey applied to UNAM undergraduated students that used the Central Library reference service at the beginning of the 2006-2007 academic year. The results will support the design of strategies and initiatives aimed to improve the access and use of electronic information resources. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper reports about a research project, with the aim of showing how a record obtains its quality of evidence by representing a sufficient context of creation, management and use. This representation is obtained by using complex metadata schema. In order to argue this hypothesis, we explore the modern archival discourse, and explain the difference between the record as an object and the record as a process. We analyse several metadata models. In addition, we describe a setting where we will be able to test the possibility of applying a multidimensional metadata schema. We recommend a proposal for a second step, which will address the process of the archival description from a concentric model of knowledge, information and documents/records systems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Association of Public Andalusian Universities (AUPA) has displayed a portal that offers diverse multimedia contents related to the cultural events organized by these institutions, with object to spread this rich cultural heritage through Internet. The website, named "CaCoCu", allows users to access to audio-visual material as audio or video recordings, text documents and image galleries related to different thematic. This paper describes the architecture of the web portal, taking into account the technological and documentary aspects, as well as the functionalities and services that are provided. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]