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The author explains a cultural project related with the National Library of Venezuela. The project consists of stablishing the relationship between cultural shows and books in order to build an original method of learning new ways of reading and creating

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Like other electronic resources, mobile applications (apps) can be part of library collections, so it is necessary to include them in the collection development policy, or even implement a specific policy in order to draw attention to their existence. Again, it is necessary to establish [...]

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This article reflects on the need to re-interpret the control and evaluation of information resources in the current environment of online searching and the information domination of search engines and social networks. Taking into account the recent announcement of the ending of ALA’s [...]

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An analysis of how libraries curate content in social media platforms is discussed. The social media platforms that are analyzed are include Scoop.it, Paper.li, Flipboard, Storify, Milq, List.ly, Facebook, and Twitter; numerous examples are provided.

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In this article, we examine the need to re-interpret the control and evaluation of information resources in an environment of online searches and information use that is dominated by search engines and social networks. Taking into account the recent announcement of the end of the [...]

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Inbound marketing and content marketing are used by social media as a way to achieve the goals of a brand and to attract customers. In this text, practical applications of both concepts for libraries are analyzed. In addition, examples are given and main implications are revealed.[...]

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Questions are proposed for helping to think about the information world and the libraries.

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The model of libraries as agora or third place is both criticised and reaffirmed. This work is inspired by an article published in Le Monde Diplomatique where this model is censored. It is exposed that the origin of the criticism has a lot to do with the inadequate displacement of [...]

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The Durga group focuses its efforts on reflections about the reality, or rather realities, of libraries. This is why we propose here a systematic review of the year 2013 divided into six decalogues: 10 key numbers, 10 media headlines, 10 milestones, 10 professional issues, 10 looks [...]

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The position of libraries as society’s guarantors of thefreedom of access to knowledge persists despite barriers to lending digital content, to the collection of digital content in order to preserve it from the “digital black hole” and to the development of digital collections [...]