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This paper studies how public statistical data are becoming open in the catalogs of Spain's central and regional governments. It starts with the hypothesis that documentary treatment is insufficient, especially if we consider that statistics are particularly relevant in the open data world. This paper examines three issues regarding official statistics: what meets the requirements required of open data, how data can be found in the catalogs, and whether they can be properly understood ahead of reuse. These three aspects involvedefining open data and public statistics, considering whether it is possible to identify the statistical information in the portals, and finally determining if the documentary treatment allows reuse with guarantees. The results show a wide disparity, both in the form of designating the statistical information (findability) and how to offer it (accessibility). Therefore, a portal can increase data dispersion when they are recovered. Furthermore, only some portals describe datasets so that they are readily intelligible. We conclude with the need to concentrate efforts or at least coordinate actions with respect to the supply of open data in Spain. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The reuse of data by public administration in Spain is growing significantly thanks to Plan Avanza 2. But the growth rate is not the same in the case of cultural institutions. The three key issues that delay the release of cultural data are described: the need for adequate metrics for measuring the business generated when data become open, the possibility of losing the attribution, and potential income loss. The most emblematic cultural data release projects are described, and the problems they have faced are identified. INSET: La lechera amarilla. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

E-LIS is an international digital repository for Library and Information Science (LIS), including Communication. Created in 2003 and hosted by Università di Napoli Federico II in Italy, in a few years has been indeed as the largest international open repository in the field of library and information science. The strength of our archive is that all the work is completely based on voluntary work. It has grown thanks to a team of 80 volunteer editors, LIS professionals as technicians, librarians and information specialists. The editorial team is formed by 67 editors coming by different countries plus a team of technicians and the Administrative Board which decides policies and rules. Data are divided into general categories, according to the way they have been collected or elaborated, and these are the most common types. One of the 23 typology of metadata concerns "dataset" which can be described and deposited as a item itself inside the repository. After 16 years from its take-off, the disciplinary repository contains 22.000 open access contents in 27 different languages. The set contains statistical data about E-LIS. Over 20,000 papers have been deposited rigorously as full text open access, with a media of 110 deposits per months. Mainly are constituted by journal articles. The geographical distribution of E-LIS deposits by Countries is subdivided by countries. The possibility to get statistics give us the dimension of the real interest by users coming by all the world. There are over a million annual download requested by users all over the world, numerous from the United States but also from China and South America. This data means that the repository is live and well knowing not only by LIS communities, also it is a referral point for research of papers published and Grey Literature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

One of the problems when working with data is the lack of uniformity in the criteria for their collection, which makes their reuse difficult if not impossible. Data collection and standardization protocols must be clear. This problem has been seen in the global pandemic caused by Covid-19, in which uniform data have been urgently needed to make rapid decisions and keep the population informed. The difficulties of creating a portal that analyzes the evolution of the data on the pandemic in Spain are discussed. CovidDATA-19 is an open data website that features interactive visualizations and allows filtered data to be downloaded according to the user's choices. Its development as highlighted the scarcity of easily reusable official sources and the fragility of trust in such data during this crisis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction. The article approaches the situation in Spain of actions related to the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH), used for the harvesting and diffusion of metadata for documents. The type of digital libraries, under this protocol, is experiencing worldwide development with institutional repositories developed mainly by academic organizations. Method. International inventories have been consulted and have contrasted the data through two types of surveys. Analysis. Studying the state of implantation of OAI-PMH in Spain. Conclusions. The situation in 2006 was encouraging in terms of number of projects, but less so in terms of the amount of stored data. It is necessary to remedy the omissions and errors in the official international registers and measures are required in Spain for coordination to enable profitable investments. Finally, the lack of studies such as presented here hinders the understanding of this area and therefore the application of indicators to assess the dissemination of science through open archives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]