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The most important events of 2009 in the world of libraries are noted. There are three main areas: technology, information and libraries themselves. The first area includes the development of integrated library management systems and the situation of the so-called discovery tools. [...]

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The general idea behind the concept of extended opac or expanded library is to improve the opac to give it a few features that make him an internet portal like any other, in which users can interact with both bibliographic information and otherwise, with librarians and other users. [...]

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Spanish public libraries are faced with the scarce implementation of digital loans among their readers. The offer of this service, fragmented in several platforms, and its lack of integration with other resources such as the online catalog implies a greater effort of adaptation for [...]