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Presentation at the International Science Council, Global Knowledge Dialogue Latin America and the Caribbean (ISC-GKD-LAC), Santiago de Chile, 11 April 2024. https://council.science/events/isc-gkd-lac/

This presentation includes guidelines for action and good practices for the use of social media for the dissemination of scientific journals in the social sciences and humanities, applying digital marketing techniques. Strategies are proposed to open a profile on social media, how to publish and how to create a community. Finally, other digital marketing techniques are indicated that should complement dissemination on social media.

Qualis Periódicos, a journal stratification created to evaluate the publication of Brazilian postgraduate programs in a past period, includes only the journals in which faculty published in that period. However, it has been wrongly used to evaluate individuals in the present – faculty, graduate students, post-doctoral students and even graduate candidates. In the Information Science subject area, Qualis excludes the top journals in the Web of Science and Scopus rankings, voiding the value of prospective new articles in these journals. This research aims to better understand these phenomena, analyzing the evolution of journals' Qualis strata between evaluation events of two groups of information science journals: the 12 first in the Scopus and Web of Science rankings in 2017 and the 63 currently active Brazilian journals in BRAPCI. Of the 12 leading Web of Science and Scopus journals, only two were included in any of the three Qualis events on the Sucupira Platform. Journals in BRAPCI vary from event to event, with more advances than declines. There is a clear disincentive to publish in journals that are not included in Qualis, particularly those leading the Web of Science and Scopus rankings. Authors who choose a journal according to Qualis are subject to possible exclusion or decay in Qualis stratum, as well as avoiding the top of the elite rankings.

Qualis Periódicos, a journal stratification created to evaluate the publication of Brazilian postgraduate programs in a past period, includes only the journals in which faculty published in that period. However, it has been wrongly used to evaluate individuals in the present – faculty, graduate students, post-doctoral students and even graduate candidates. In the Information Science subject area, Qualis excludes the top journals in the Web of Science and Scopus rankings, voiding the value of prospective new articles in these journals. This research aims to better understand these phenomena, analyzing the evolution of journals' Qualis strata between evaluation events of two groups of information science journals: the 12 first in the Scopus and Web of Science rankings in 2017 and the 63 currently active Brazilian journals in BRAPCI. Of the 12 leading Web of Science and Scopus journals, only two were included in any of the three Qualis events on the Sucupira Platform. Journals in BRAPCI vary from event to event, with more advances than declines. There is a clear disincentive to publish in journals that are not included in Qualis, particularly those leading the Web of Science and Scopus rankings. Authors who choose a journal according to Qualis are subject to possible exclusion or decay in Qualis stratum, as well as avoiding the top of the elite rankings.

Qualis is a ranking of journals in which Brazilian graduate faculty have published in a given period in the past. We verified the adoption of Qualis to evaluate individuals in the selection for admission to a master's or doctorate in Information Science in Brazil: more than 20% of the programs adopt it, with no relevant relation to how the graduate program is ranked by CAPES, funder and regulator. This adoption devalues leading journals in rankings of elite databases that are not in the Qualis listings and contradicts the recommendation by CAPES itself, which requires clicking on the Sucupira Platform "I've read and understood" that Qualis only serves to evaluate the past production of graduate programs.

Twitter is a social networking site where brands create profiles and interact with their audience. Brands also look for new audiences to consume their products or services. In some cases, they create different profiles for different countries or linguistics regions. The written language is the major Twitter expression. Multimedia elements such as images or videos help to spread the message and the interaction with the audience. In this study, we analyze the different profiles of Spotify in the Spanish language addressed to different spoken Spanish countries. Spotify has different profiles on Twitter addressing the content to different spoken Spanish language countries. These profiles are addressed to Spain and South American countries such as Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico. Finally, there is a profile under the name LATAM who is addressed to the rest of the Spanish spoken countries in South America. All these profiles have different audiences, having also differences in the number of followers. In all these countries, Spanish is spoken with different linguistic variations. As a result, the message is different. Consequently, audience interaction and engagement may vary from one profile to another depending on the written language used. The analysis considers these Spanish linguistic variations. We perform a sentimental analysis of these Spanish-spoken profiles, looking for differences in Spanish variations. We also combine the analysis with topic modeling and the uses of hashtags. Spanish linguistic variations may influence the analysis but in the engagement of the profile itself too. Our results show that while messages are similar in the way they are written, engagement with the audience varies from profile to profile. We conclude that Spanish variations influence engagement and commercial companies should consider a similar strategy. We suggest not unifying under a unique spoken Spanish version for the promotion of products and services in Spanish spoken countries.

CLACSO´s presentation in Session: Diffusion des connaissances, anglicisation et libre accès : perspectives internationales. Colloque 3: Entre anglicisation de la recherche et libre accès : imaginer l’avenir des revues en sciences humaines et sociales Présidée par Vincent Larivière (Université de Montréal) - ACFAS, Canada – 89° Congres, 9-13 Mai 2022

The purpose of the paper is to provide a detailed description of the academic research scene and scientific communication, in a more general sense, as it has been shaped nowadays, taking into account their constant growth. This growth is studied both in terms of the impact that technological developments and the Open Access movement have on scholarly research. In regards to that, the paper presents the tools, the services and the procedures of the libraries and/or other organizations which, when properly used within the academic space, can facilitate the researcher’s work. In this constantly evolving context of the scholarly production model, the highly active role and nature of the academic library is examined, playing a central role in the guidance and support of scholarly production. The paper also emphasizes the different kinds of collaborations with other organizations and units that could be developed by the academic library, especially within the academic institution, but also within the academic space in general, as well as activities that could be carried out. In addition, a reference is made to the necessary skills that the librarian is required to have, to support all the above as effectively as possible. Finally, suggestions are made for the adoption of good practices by libraries, in order to help enhance the improved pace of researchers in the use of the tools and services offered.

This presentation describes the move from open access to open science where more reuse is possible to support open knowledge framework and various roles of research libraries.

The great challenges that scientific journals have in relation to open access are presented, such as economic sustainability and the defense of quality in editorial processes, among others. An example is shown of how the journal "Profesional de la información" affects these challenges.

Explains in detail about impact of Open Access, it’s policy, publishing, scholarly record, Open research and the library support in the research cycle. Further, Components of Open Science, Research Data Management, Scientific Social Network are touches upon. Finally, the Role of Libraries and librarians are highlighted, giving the example of Research library services being provided in the KAUST library.

Recent studies have shown that Brazilian and international development agencies have included initiatives for funded research projects to present a scientific data management plan for open access sharing. In order to investigate this issue, research has been developed with the following objectives: a) to identify the main Brazilian research funders; b) to identify if there are institutional policies for open scientific data; c) to analyze policies regarding their character (mandatory or recommended), coverage and support. It is an exploratory-descriptive, qualitative study that is supported by bibliographic and documentary research. The data from the institutions that promote research in Brazil was recovered through the extraction of information from the Lattes Platform, using the scriptLattes tool . As a result, 15 national and 15 international agencies that promote research in Brazil were selected. Information on Open Data Policy or instruction was located in five of the national agencies. This information was found in nine of the international agencies. A criteria framework was used as a model analyzing UK funders coverage of open data policies, which was made available by the Digital Curation Centre (DCC) on its electronic portal. The model used in the applied study addressed characterization aspects of Agencies that promote research developed by Brazilian researchers. Its adaptation to different realities and/or objectives will depend on the introduction of other variables that act on the interactions according to the study's interest.

Presentation at CRECS 2019 9ª Conferencia internacional sobre revistas científicas en Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades Logroño (Spain), 23 - 24 May 2019 Video of presentation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lZ3gkVvuk8&feature=youtu.be Program and access to presentations: http://www.crecs.info/crecs2019-logro%C3%B1o/

Presentation of the working group on: The role of libraries in the development of strategies for publication and dissemination of research. The main objectives were, on the one hand, to bring together those librarians and information specialists who want to share knowledge and exchange ideas on the key aspects of a good publication strategy. On the other, develop a common strategy proposal in the publication process, and prepare a brief publication strategy guide for researchers or institutions.

Extract from speech at the conference "Convegno delle Stelline" «La biblioteca che cresce», in the Section "Collections building" (Milano, Palazzo delle Stelline, 14-15 marzo 2019). https://www.editricebibliografica.it/scheda-ebook/aa-vv/la-biblioteca-che-cresce-9788893570763-579263.html In the complex and "fragmented" information ecosystem, which also includes the world of academic publishing, are emerging controversially and illegally "shadow" channels, defined as Shadow Libraries, "duplicate or substitute copies" and "counterparts" of the official ones, with the "pirate libraries" Library Genesis (LibGen) for e-books and "Scientific Hub" (Sci-Hub) for articles in academic periodicals. For full version of this presentation or for full text published, please send email: f.giuseppe.meliti@gmail.com

One of the most disruptive aspects of recent library developments is the loss of centrality of the collections, once the heart of the 'Gutenbergian library'. An evolution of the concept of ‘collection’ and of the multiple components interacting in the communication sphere are in progress. These include content quality, market interests, regulatory aspects, the user's role and expectations; at the same time, the agents of knowledge production and the communication chain are redefining their position in an increasingly competitive climate. This paper will try to point out - on the basis of perspectives and experiences emerging from the current international debate - the evolution of the concept of collection (collection, post-collection, smart collection) highlighting the challenges and critical issues that libraries are facing, but also the welcome prospects for wide-ranging collaboration, in an effort to combine current needs, private and public interests, with responsibilities towards our heritage and the future generations.

The article presents a university library activity – digital scholarly publishing, which is relatively new for the countries of Eastern Europe. The authors reveal the role of Library as Scholarly Publishing in the formation of a new infrastructure of scientific communications. Digital scientific communication initiatives of interest in this article include electronic journals, electronic archives, and open access conference systems. The concept of “library publishing services” is defined. The role of the Library Publishing Coalition in the world development of library publishing and improving the competencies of academic librarians is shown.

Communication (formal/informal) is the key for making society attentive and advance scholarly communication (SC) worldwide openly. Components of SC (accumulation, creation, evaluation, publication, dissemination and preservation) are cycling towards elevation of education, research and innovation. Stakeholders have critical role in managing the SC cycle. In this study, SWOT analysis is used to evaluate strengths, weaknesses,opportunities and threats of SC and its components emphasizing the internal and external ecosystem. Based the SWOT analysis, the stakeholders potentials, resources, drawbacks, advantages, risks etc. are drawn in order to make strategic decisions to manage system effectively. Results revealed that accumulation of resource infrastructure facilitations brings an idea into creativity, reviewed it for quality, originality and publication (stamp of validity) that was disseminated through various media & modes and preserved for longevity. Imperatively, the SC carries authenticity and recognition globally. It also shown that an inactive infrastructure, mentorship and policies often indulge scientific creativity through misconduct and biased decisions of reviewing make futile or fake publication that will always spoiling the system. Taking opportunities to create and access resource repositories, helping to publish research to innovation monetize into products marketing globally with cloud safe and security. Finally, handicap of intellectual infrastructure vacuum (brain-drain) pressures the academia to leap into predatory journals crediting no transparency and accountability.

The purpose of this paper is to describe the best practices towards practical implementation to e-publishing of Nirma University Law Journal using widely used open source e-publishing software i.e. Open Journal System (OJS). The whole process and mandatory consideration included in this paper which has been adopted to make available the journal online. The paper includes brief information about e-publishing of the journal using Open Journal System. Future planning towards e-publishing of the journal is also mentioned in the present paper.

The reasons why the authors do not promote their works are showed and advice is offered in order to make scientific journals more visible in the online environment.

This study is to evaluate the status of the library websites of central universities of south India. A checklist of various elements has been used to gather the data and evaluate contents of selected library webpage. The domain name of host website, general information about the library, collection details, information on e-resources, Link search and retrieval interfaces and innovative services adopted are the major elements considered to evaluate the websites. However, it is found that contents are varying in every library website. It is essential to make library website become dynamic and effective.

Scientific journal on mining, titled „Mining Science” has been issued since 1978 at the Faculty of Geoengineering Mining and Geology, the Wrocław University of Science and Technology. In order to improve the quality and visibility of the journal on the world stage, numerous changes have been introduced. Implementation of the strategy for the journal development began with change to its title, from „Prace Naukowe Instytutu Górnictwa Politechniki Wrocławskiej. Górnictwo i Geologia” [Research Papers of Institute of Mining of the Wrocław University of Science and Technology. Mining and Geology] (ISSN 0370-0798) into „Mining Science” (ISSN 2300-9586). Journal’s visibility of the internet, built in order to increase the chance to quote, was achieved by signing multiple contracts or filing to key global abstract databases. Also, Editorial System was implemented, which has improved the entire editing, editorial and reviewing process, as well as operation of the journal’s homepage.

Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) is the largest and authoritative international source of information about open journals. Polish open access journals are indexed there from the very beginning of DOAJ. In 2015, the catalog's editorial board prepared new guidelines for indexing journals. Consequence of this move was preparation of the new application and reapplication form. The article gives the review for the changes in all application forms that occurred since the beginning of DOAJ. It also contains most important guidelines for journals publishers and editorial boards who are applying to DOAJ according to new rules. Part of the paper is also devoted to good practices related to the openness of journals and scientific publications accepted in the DOAJ.

The study focuses on activity research of innovative scientific libraries of universities and contemporary library practices to support the development of university science and the service of scientists. Challenges of the status quo are comprehended both as to obsolete forms and methods of university libraries activity and library philosophy. Reasoning changes directions occurring in the realia of scientific libraries were proposed. They are based on the appearance of such factors as computer technologies development, formation of a new infrastructure of scientific communications. Open Access motion, creation of a single information and communication space for education and science.

The paper "pirating" site Sci-Hub is used all over the world. Is Sci-Hub download traffic affecting usage of interlibrary loan? We use two independent methods to uncover any relationships. What is it about the most requested articles from Sci-Hub that causes users to obtain their research articles via extra-legal means? This paper attempts to answer these questions and more.

St. Xavier’s College Central Library has installed Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) technology based kiosk for self circulation through open source library management software KOHA. This technology is also improved library annual stock taking, ensure foolproof security and access control i.e. circulation management. This articles briefly describes why our library switch over from barcode based circulation to RFID based circulation, SWOT analysis of RFID technology, self-circulation using RFID technology, types of problem faced during implementation of the new technology and possible remedies. Lastly, the conclusions are drawn based on SWOT analysis.

St. Xavier’s College Central Library has installed Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) technology based kiosk for self circulation through open source library management software KOHA. This technology is also improved library annual stock taking, ensure foolproof security and access control i.e. circulation management. This articles briefly describes why our library switch over from barcode based circulation to RFID based circulation, SWOT analysis of RFID technology, self-circulation using RFID technology, types of problem faced during implementation of the new technology and possible remedies. Lastly, the conclusions are drawn based on SWOT analysis.

Personal Information Management(PIM) refers to a set of activities a person perform in order to acquire or create, store, organize, maintain, retrieve, use and distribute personal information for different purposes. This poster reports how LIS Phd Scholars manage their information which they collect during Ph.D. work in print and digital format using different methods as well as their own skills.

The paper analyzes the contemporary round in development of the university library services, presents its distinctive characteristics. The need for librarians to acquire new competencies was emphasized. Components of success made possible by interaction of “Library – Researchers” through the DNURT Library example were considered".

The work is aimed at analyze the current state of scientific researches of university libraries in Ukraine and in the world. In the case of DNURT library reviewed current trends of scientific and research works and tested in practice of innovative services model for support of scientific researches.

The paper formulates concept "Service center of the University Library". It highlights activities of two new centers at the library of DNURT that cover services which today are mostly demanded by scientific community of the university. Meeting the needs of scientists by Service Center of Scientific Publications and Center of Information Analytics is an indication of a new evolution surge of library services.

The paper investigates the need to create the "Biblio Synergy" project: support for scientist’ research." "Biblio Synergy" is a partnership project of university libraries of Ukrainian Library Association, aimed for creating a professional environment (website) for confederates to exchange opinions and new practices implementation in order to support scientific studies.

Open Access to scholarly literature seems to dominate current discussions in the academic publishing, research funding and science policy arenas. Several international initiatives have been recently started calling for a large-scale transformation of the majority of scholarly journals from subscription model to Open Access. Such a massive transition would indeed affect not only business models and related cash flows but might be also expected to generate new inequalities in distributing resources among different regions or research fields. Thus, the paper at hand aims to serve as an input statement for the upcoming discussion and to provide some background information on Open Access debates.

This work proposes a methodology to start a network for the visibility and prevention of Biblioclasty; understanding by this to the destruction, obstruction, limitation of access or concealment of the documentary knowledge supports, and the physical or moral persecution of the people who work in relation to those documents in their different supports and / or their users. We consider that there is a proto-network whose actors can be identified by means of social network analysis methodologies. To do this, the exchanges of e-mails within some librarian interest lists will be analyzed, considering those related to Biblioclasty (on complaints of destruction of books, closing of libraries, censorship actions, layoffs of librarians or de-hierarchization of these , among others). To determine the relevance of the content to be analyzed, the thematic categories of the controlled vocabulary on Biblioclasty generated by the CAICYT-CONICET will be used (Abstract translated from Spanish, it's original language)

How much does scientific production cost? This is a question that could be answered from multiple perspectives, e.g. from the economic one to assess the tangible and intangible inputs that result in a scientific product. From the perspective of those who are in search of scientific information the cost would lie in the availability of the scientific product at the exact moment in which it is required to sustain or debate an idea. Both perspectives lead us to understand that the value of production does not lie on a standard measure, the other way around. It is clear to us that intellectual and monetary investment is independent and distinct between different areas of knowledge, in other words, each scientific product requires different inputs, so, producing a patent is completely different than producing a national survey.

This presentation deals with social learning, the PLE, webinars, MOOC to finish focusing on collaborative knowledge community "Learning 3C". The emergence of technologies such as Web 2.0 in general and social media in particular, in daily life and in practice, was a change in the way the communication and information processes are performed in a dynamic environment in constant transformation that favors the participation of people, including professionals from different areas, they share, interact and collaborate creating a new form of social learning. We all have an environment and a personal learning network (PLE its acronym "Personal Learning Environment"), although we may not be aware of it. Precisely this unconsciousness makes us lose many opportunities to take advantage of our opportunities to learn through informal channels. Webinars and MOOC, Learn 3C is a project aimed at students, teachers and linked to the world of information science that seeks to collaborate in the formation of transversal competences and innovative to support their academic and professional development, while generating an alternative space for Latin American professionals meeting and exchange of experiences among colleagues throughout the region.

This research work is devoted to analysis of new digital universities libraries services and possibility of its implementation in Ukraine. Among them – “Library Publishing”, “Integration of scientific publications in international scientific infospace”, “Measuring the influence and visibility of universities scientific research results in the world”. Practical implementation of these services were considered on the experience of Dnipropetrovsk National University of Railway Transport named after Academician V. Lazaryan Library.

Through the twitter hashtag #icanhazpdf users bypass libraries and request articles directly from users, often violating copyright agreements. This paper will present an analysis of these requests including country of origin, publishers, and disciplines frequently requested. What do these tweets tell us about the current academic publishing model? And what do they tell us about the usability of document delivery services? The authors will explore implications for library services and open-access publishing models.

The paper briefly describes the context and the origin of the Open Access (OA) movement whose main goal is to maximise the dissemination and the impact of publicly funded scholarly research results published in peer reviewed journals and more recently of underlying data collected or generated during a research. It continues with a short analysis of OA main features and benefits for the various stakeholders (researchers, academic and research centres, research funders, publishers, librarians, SME) followed by a description of the main barriers and obstacles that delay the OA process. It concludes presenting the necessary actions to its full implementation.

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.

Presentation at: Colloque Dynamiques de l’Edition scientifique, de l’Industrie de l’Information, de la Documentation - Un Agenda 2015 pour la science publique ouverte Atelier 1 : Quelles exigences communes pour renforcer l’Edition scientifique ? Quels partenariats pour l’Open Access et pour l’Open Process ? (http://www.cnrs.fr/dist/z-outils/documents/MEUDON_4-5nov2014.pdf) CNRS – DIST, Meudon (France), 4-5 Novembre 2014

This presentation considers different legal and ethics aspects of data, regarding Big Data, Open Research Data and Open Data,

Updating Occupational Medicine (UMdL): a tool to develop and to share ideas and scientific information. Call for networking. A brief summary of the main aims, website activities (updatingmdl.wordpress.com), Open Access journal policies and future perspectives of the project UMdL mainly provided by the voluntary efforts of resident students in Occupational Medicine.

Shows linguistic storm’s utility and efficiency through controlled vocabulary matrices. A controlled vocabulary matrix construction is described, as well as the obtained results from different academic and commercial information systems. The obtained results indicate the semantic universe that researcher must consider to confirm, modify or change their research papers and trends.

A brief overview of Open Access in the Dominican Republic: who are the major players (organizations and institutions); on-going key national projects and initiatives; potential barriers for widening the OA agenda in DR; key misconceptions about Open Access in DR; collaborative and collective efforts that could contribute to advance OA in DR.

Introduction. The Portal del Investigador is the institutional tool to collect the scientific production of researchers from the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid. The program chosen for the UAM is ARGOS. Let’s prepare the resume and consult scientific researcher or production of any department of the University. These elements are essential when preparing research reports of the various departments. The Research Portal has two entrances one public and one with key and password: The public part is called Portal de Producción Científica(PPC). The Gestor de Producción Científica (GPC ) is the part managed individually. Use passwords Campus Teaching SIGMA, so that the researcher can access scientific production, downloaded from various sources, complete or modify and generate your Curriculum Vitae Standard, certified FECYT. Material and methods. Automatic downloads have been made of: Research Projects, Dialnet, Science Citation Index, Conference Proceedings WOK, Proceedings of Science and Inspec, UAM authors Files Researcher ID in Web of Knowledge, Scopus author ID,… Results. The total number of professors from the Faculty of Medicine located in the PPC is 499 divided in their respective Departments These departments and researchers have won a total of 757 research projects, which represents 22.26% of all the projects of the University. Have been incorporated so far a total of 12,353 journal articles. As for books and book chapters that have been incorporated into the Portal Document total are 241. The thesis presented in the various departments totaling 523. In relation to activities relating to Congress, found: first, publications derived there from as posters, communications, presentations, etc. with a total of 1420 interventions. And for other activities such as conducting Seminars or interference with Scientific Committees, Consultants, etc. Conclusions. Although maximum care downloads bibliographic records, difficulty in finding and identifying authorship in publications listed in the databases has led to some errors, such as generating duplicate references or attribution of references to researchers who are not author. We are currently working to correct the errors and the presentation of this tool to researchers. In conclusion, we aim to meet the needs of researchers at the UAM, the scientific production management through a standardized CV FECYT certified. Along with the mapping of the UAM research, allowing to carry out an investment policy that prioritizes own research of the University, in these times of budgetary constraints.

Information, along with natural and economic resources, proves to be an unprecedented strategic tool in identifying new market opportunities and the prevention of potential threats to the enterprises. The importance of information is now universally accepted and is a resource whose management influences the success of organizations. Being knowledge the leverage to innovation and key to competitiveness, we analyze the role that information sources from industrial property play in this process and consequently on economic growth. This research attempts to answer the question about the relationship between the degree of knowledge and level of usage of patent information by research centres in Portugal and their contribution to the innovation process. The work’s hypothesis, that we tried to validate, is that university research centres that know and use patent information are more innovative since they contribute with more patents and they generate more new products and processes, giving birth to more spin-offs for its industrial application. Interview surveys were conducted to three industrial property support offices, one official agent of industrial property, two business incubators (Porto and Aveiro), one company, three librarians and five researchers to prepare adequately the questionnaire survey applied to 3.819 researchers from 173 research centres of the public higher education (universities and polytechnics) from all scientific areas of Science, Technology and Medicine. After reviewing the responses to these surveys, it appears that researchers that refer to this resource – although underutilized and ignoring its main benefits – have greater number of patents requested and assigned, license more technologies and do not develop many existing and patented technologies, which indicates the advantages of using this type of information.

It presents an overview of the functions, objectives, service users and current Argentine Center Scientific and Technological Information (CAICYT-CONICET) approach is emphasized by the institution referred to social responsibility in organizations according to ISO 26000. Development is shown as course components Support Platform Science and Technology Communication Argentina (PACCTA). This forms a set of functional forms interoperable resources and channels applications, web services, geared to both persons: information managers, authors, publishers, documentary, as automated agents. It indicates the startup Semantic Bank for Scientific Communication as transverse component whose vocabularies are oriented to give coverage in the resource management process in general and resource description and discovery documentaries in particular. He says the proposal CAICYT formative specifically directed Information, Communication and Scientific Edition. Concludes the presentation by noting that the current line convenes CAICYT institutional collaboration to prominence and appreciation through tangibilización of resources in information and scientific publishing in Argentina .

Revaluation and tangibilización of resources in information and scientific publishing in Argentina: lines of work and prospects at the Center for Scientific and Technological Information of CONICET

Library and Information Centre of Harokopio University (LIC) in 2006 developed the institutional repository ESTIA, emphasizing on the documentation, the publication as well as the administrations’ approval in the context of the academic community for the mandatory policies of open content and open access that govern the grey literature of the university. The primary deposition process of graduate/postgraduate theses and PhD’s was incorporated into the workflow of LIC’s staff responsible for the repository, and has worked since then satisfactory. Although no scientific methods were used for evaluating the original process, the Personnel was constantly trying to indicate the disadvantages of the service in order to be improved in the future. Particularly, even though theses deposition to the Library was a simple process, however a) the physical presence of the student at the Library was required b) technical problems usually occurred and c) the Department’s Secretariat misunderstandings were frequent. The disadvantages mentioned above in association with the "maturity" of the open access movement towards the wider academic community, spurred the cooperation of the LIC with the Network Operation Centre of Harokopio University for the redesign of the university’s grey literature deposition process. The outcome of this collaboration was the adoption of the self archiving method as the optimal solution in order to eliminate the disadvantages and optimize the effective implementation of the adopted policies. The self archiving method relies on the use of a user-friendly application that was specifically developed for this purpose by the Network’s Operation Centre of Harokopio University staff. Key point of the new process is the expansion of cooperation between the LIC and the Department’s Secretariats pointing out the latter’s essential role in achieving the whole deposition procedure, since they launch but also complete the deposition process. In the present study the new user-oriented redesigned deposition process of grey literature in ESTIA, based on the primary process, will be described, pointing out the fact that the user is the one who archives his work using the application. All theses are being checked by the LIC’s staff and consequently are published on the repository. Specifically after covering the: policies followed by the institution regarding the deposition of the work, methodology used for the implementation of the new process, departments involved and their approach, ways of informing students as well as the general academic community We will present: the results of the assessment process from users involved i.e. secretaries and students. The evaluation process was considered essential in order to determine whether the self archiving procedure is perceived as an easy, manageable and user-friendly way to implement the policies of LIC. However, beyond that, our goal was to become aware whether the methodology followed for the incorporation of the process in the work routine was the appropriate and whether our venture was accepted both from Department’s Secretariats staff and the students in order to improve any errors that might have occured. As far as the evaluation from the students’ is concerned the reasons for their participation to the research are obvious. In the case of the Department’s Secretariats their participation in the archiving process has changed in relation to the past workflow, incorporating a computational application to meet their working needs. Therefore we thought it was necessary to determine whether our colleagues were satisfied with the changes introduced to their daily work. In order to achieve the work of evaluation, two questionnaires were developed, one for the students depositing their thesis and one for the Department’s Secretariats. The common research modules of questions in both user categories concerned their satisfaction from the: a)instructions and guidance on the new archiving process, b)use of the archiving platform that supports the entire process. Besides the above, questionnaires varied in order to examine for the: a)Department’s Secretariats: the general perception of the overall process, their satisfaction from the application, as well as from the partnerships developed b)students: the users perception of the repositories and open access, as well as their satisfaction from the services offered by the personnel involved The results of our research initially reward the decision of LIC to adopt new dynamic models for providing open access services as the new information environment dictates. Furthermore students recognized ESTIA as a convenient and easy-to-use mean for accessing open content information remaining satisfied both by the services provided by the LIC and the self archiving application. The latter is considered by the users to be manageable, friendly and easy. The same view derives from the Department’s Secretariats, while the point which rewards all of our efforts is the fact that a cooperation of high level was achieved by all parts involved. Additionally, students’ satisfaction for the staff related to services implementation was particularly encouraging. All the above are included in the project for upgrading LIC services named “Advanced Digital Repository and Electronic Library Services for Harokopio University” co funded by the European Operational Program “Digital Convergence” and lead the academic community to the adoption of new ways of deposition and management of the university’s grey literature following the technological developments of our times.