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The article reviews the most pressing needs of information professionals regarding search engine optimization (SEO), focusing on the evolution of the discipline in recent years. A wide range of factors need to be considered in ranking a piece of information in the calculation of its [...]

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This short paper reviews the new model of content management that users are implementing with Web 2.0 tools. Usability and integration with social networks are noted as success factors.

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All trends seem to indicate that, to survive in a virtual environment, mass media need to incorporate some operational principles specific to the social media. This paper focusses on how the traditional Media are implementing 2.0 tools, incorporating to their know-how a new way of [...]

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The Subdirecció General of Biblioteques take part as trial in the project of change toward a new culture of management and production of contents that the Culture and Mass Media Department of Generalitat de Catalunya is carrying out under the technological platform of Vignette Corporate, [...]

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iVoox, a service that supports publishing, listening to and recommending digital audio content, is described. By the premise of simplicity, iVoox aims to facilitate the diffusion and localization of audio content. The management of audio archives and the curator role exerted by the [...]

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The evolution of training and education in information and documentation is reviewed, starting with the first systematic professional education initiatives in the 19th century. Some of the current key challenges and future action lines are discussed: clarifying the mission, the ecological [...]

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Technical solutions for content management have reached a high level of maturity. Under the heading of ECM (enterprise content management), several technical approaches for the management of unstructured information have been grouped. The acceptance of content management in different [...]

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Drupal is one of the most advanced platforms for content management. For product development, Drupal architecture uses modules that add specific functionality to its core. More than 20 modules are geared to the needs of libraries, archives and museums. This paper reviews the characteristics [...]

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Some concepts and technology trends such as digital identity, large sets of data (big data) open data and data visualization that can be applied to document repositories are briefly described. In this article it is presented SocialNet repository model as an example of innovative project [...]

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Aware of the need for the optimal management of documentary resources to help us fulfil the goals set by the museum, we are presenting the work being undertaken in this direction by the Artium Library and Documentation Centre. An overview is provided on bibliographic heritage management, [...]