Scipedia: Documents published in 2008

Metaphors about librarians and the information world

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:37:00 +0200

This essay on librarians’ roles uses some of the metaphors used to talk about books and the information world as its theoretical approach. The purpose is to justify the role of the librarian as beacon and specially as educator: to teach, to facilitate or to mediate in order to help people improve their information skills for life in the information world, become information literate, and live with other people, training them and still being among them. For that reason we invented a new Spanish word, “entrenauta”, with which we synthesized this proposed role.

The new ISI Web of Knowledge interface: quality & complexity

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:36:52 +0200

The new ISI Web of Knowledge interface includes several changes in the way information is searched for and retrieved, which we examine. The new version enhances information resource integration, provides easier discovery and navigation paths, stresses information retrieval capacity, and intends overall to adapt to common technological habits. The objectives seem to have been to compete more efficiently with other scientific information providers, to consolidate the product as a polyvalent high-quality information search tool, and to consistently insert the system into scientific research workflows.

United we are stronger. Cooperation among the German scientific libraries

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:36:42 +0200

Library cooperation in Germany is a tradition that predates the emergence of internet. This is explained partly by the absence of a “classic” National Library, as a single central institution. This absence has been replaced by the three major German libraries, which have distributed among themselves the function of a national library. The other reason for this tradition is the Federal political system and the responsibility of each of the Federal States in cultural matters, including libraries. This meant that at both regional and interregional levels, there has traditionally been a solid cooperation, at least among scientific libraries. Later, the arrival of automation has facilitated the production of collective regional catalogues. With the entrance into the so-called “digital age”, the tendency to cooperation has been intensified, so that today one can talk about an “age of cooperation”. One example of the ease and assiduousness of this cooperation are the new services which, in most cases, supply several libraries together; others are the specialised virtual libraries, the consortium acquisition of digital media user licences, including national licences for certain items, and the cooperative creation of a long term national digital archive.

The future of information professionals at the Community of Madrid: proposal of the Platform for the archivists, librarians and information scientists college

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:36:34 +0200

Since March 2007, a group of information professionals from the autonomous region of Madrid has been working voluntarily and independently on the creation of a professional college for archivists, librarians and information scientists. However, it is necessary to present a bill at the region’s Parliament to be finally approved into law. This action developed as a reaction against the lack of an official organism to regularise this profession. The professional college will be in charge of representing and defending the profession and maintaining the relations with central and regional governments, the private sector, other professional colleges and universities.

Redefining a profession: a view from the Col·legi Oficial de Bibliotecaris- Documentalistes de Catalunya

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:36:26 +0200

A 2007 survey and the views expressed by professionals active in the discussions generated by the Col·legi Oficial de Bibliotecaris-Documentalistes de Catalunya provide relevant data on the current profile and the demands of information and documentation professionals. A number of thoughts have emerged that led to the plan of action for the years 2007-2009. The most significant challenges that, according to the perception of the Col·legi, associations should consider in order to take an active role and reference in the current economic and social environment are also presented.

A scientometric approach to communication research: the Marshall McLuhan case

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:36:17 +0200

The application of the Cameo (Characterizations Automatically Made and Edited Online) bibliometric technique -one of the most advanced methodologies for the analysis and representation of information- to the research history of Marshall McLuhan allows us to create a scientific portrait of this Canadian communications expert. The Cameo portrait identifies McLuhan’s professional and academic interests, the authors that most heavily influenced his wave-breaking theories and the evolution of his line of thought in current trends of Communication. By analysing the relational information of citations contained in articles about McLuhan in the ISI Web of Science, we were able to create a map of his intellectual sojourns, including signposts of the most influential authors in his professional career, along with a second representation that shows the “footprints” his writings have left in the world.

Patent analysis as a strategy for innovative decision making

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:36:08 +0200

Applying metric analysis to the information contained in patent documentation has become one of the principal techniques for modeling technology scenarios for government, business and industry, research institutes, projects, etc. We propose using bibliometric indicators for patent research, identifying patterns and trends based on available technological evidence as well as detecting possible social networks in the “hidden web”, which permits effective decisionmaking in the research context. A case study is used to demonstrate these concepts, analysing the EUA patents database and processing it with a tool developed by Pinar del Río University. Ucinet software is used on occasion to map existing social networks. This makes it possible to produce results that demonstrate the relevance of patentometric studies to research projects, including the possibility of redirecting the objectives of a research project on the basis of this analysis.

Journal management systems as tools for improving scientific journal quality and visibility

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:35:57 +0200

Publication of scientific journals is governed by a management model that controls multiple processes and roles, and affects the quality of the published contents. The advantages of software packages specifically designed for journal management and publishing are described, analysing their relevance to several areas that determine the final quality of the journal (managerial flexibility, efficiency, standardisation, visibility, impact and other added values). Lastly, we present several key points to be considered before choosing one of these software packages, as well as a brief description of the most popular options, both commercial and freely available (usually based on an Open Source code).

A new role for the academic librarian: data curation

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:35:46 +0200

Academic libraries are facing a range of new challenges in the 21st century. Models of scholarly communication are experiencing a revolution with the advent of open access, with libraries adopting a lead role in self-archiving their institutional outputs in digital repositories. In addition, researchers are taking advantage of the computational power at their disposal, conducting research in innovative and collaborative ways that use and produce vast amounts of data. Such research-generated data underpins intellectual ideas, which in turn propagates new methodologies, analysis and ultimately knowledge. It is crucial that we preserve such mechanisms and output for future generations. With the experience gained from traditional cataloguing, indexing and organisational skills coupled to those acquired in developing, establishing and maintaining institutional repositories, the time is ripe for academic librarians to explore a new role. Research data need to be looked after from the moment of creation through their life cycle. The concept of data curation refers to activities like digital preservation but also those geared towards adding value to the data so that they can be discovered and reused. This article introduces e-Research and the likely function of academic libraries in this domain. After this, data curation is described and several initiatives of interest for information professionals in this field are presented.

Professional development and a discussion of the professional preparation provided by information and library science degree programs in public universities in Madrid, 2000-2005

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:35:37 +0200

A study was designed to determine how the degree programs in Information and library science available in 2000-2005 at the public universities of Madrid fit the labour market needs of their students. The methodology used was the development of a questionnaire addressed to graduates. Although the number of surveys completed is not high (118), the authors believe that the results obtained permit a series of conclusions that may be extrapolated to the entire cohort.

Document engineering vs. artisan documentation: Which model should we follow?

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:35:28 +0200

The work is focused on the present and future features of our profession. Especially we are taken into account the modernization needs of Information and Library Science. We propose that this modernization must come from the application of the Computer Science technologies which permit us to draw a new horizon for this area for the next 20 years.

La biblioteca, espacio de cultura y participación (J. A. Gómez y Pedro Quílez, coord.)

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:35:18 +0200

La biblioteca, espacio de cultura y participación. Coord. José-Antonio Gómez-Hernández, Pedro Quílez-Simón. Madrid: Anabad; Murcia: Consejería de Cultura, Juventud y Deportes, 2008, 240 pp. ISBN 978-84-88716- 39-2

A scientific field searching visibility. International Workshop on Physical Activity and Sport Sciences Quality Journals

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:35:08 +0200

The field of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences (PASS) in Spain requires activities that contribute to the improvement of its journals quality. Thus, journals may become efficient ways of diffusion and communication of scientific knowledge developed by their researchers. The present paper describes the development of the “International Workshop on Physical Activity and Sport Sciences Quality Journals” held in Valencia on the 25th and 26th of October 2007. Different views on journals quality, editorial process examples and specific strategies of improvement were discussed during these days. This Workshop represents a step further in the contribution to the international visibility of the young Spanish field of PASS.

Seminario sobre la biblioteca pública 2010 y su papel con internet

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:34:59 +0200

EL PRIMER SEMINARIO DE L’AULA JORDI RUBIÓ I BALAGUER tuvo lugar el pasado 24 de octubre en la Facultat de Biblioteconomia i Documentació de la Universitat de Barcelona dedicado al tema “Biblioteca pública 2010: su papel con internet”.

Public libraries: adapting to the digitised environment. An interview with John Lake

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:34:51 +0200

John Lake cuenta con una importante experiencia profesional en el campo de las bibliotecas públicas en Gran Bretaña, y desde 1987 colabora de modo permanente con las secciones de la IFLA relacionadas con la lectura pública. Entre otros reconocimientos, ha recibido el “Public Library Entrepreneur of the Year Award 1999” otorgado por The Public Libraries Group de the Library Association. Actualmente es director de la Barbican Library en la ciudad de Londres y Presidente de la Sección de Bibliotecas Públicas de la IFLA desde 2007.

Política bibliotecaria en España. Entrevista a Mª Antonia Carrato

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:34:42 +0200

Maria-Antonia Carrato-Mena es subdirectora general de coordinación bibliotecaria del Ministerio de Cultura desde 2005. La Subdirección es responsable del desarrollo y la coordinación del sistema bibliotecario español, del Catálogo colectivo del patrimonio bibliográfico y de relaciones internacionales en materia de bibliotecas. Previamente se ocupó en la Comunidad de Madrid de la creación de infraestructuras y servicios bibliotecarios, y desempeñó diferentes puestos en la Biblioteca Nacional. Es miembro del comité ejecutivo de Naple (National Authorities on Public Libraries in Europe), preside el Foro Iberoamericano de Responsables Nacionales de Bibliotecas Públicas y forma parte del proyecto ED-Local de la Biblioteca Digital Europea.

The evolution of integrated systems for public libraries. New developments from Innovative

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:34:33 +0200

Innovative Interfaces Inc., III, maker of the Innopac Millennium integrated system for public libraries, has introduced new products that are primarily related to user access to opac and to library services via handheld devices (cellphone, PDA, etc.). There are also new tools to strengthen and facilitate user participation through opac and to provide more flexibility in service delivery and communication between the user community and library personnel.

Would you allow that a dentist would operate on your heart? About Administrations who want to be electronic…

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:34:24 +0200

In recent years, governments have spent large amounts of money to computerize the public administration, but unfortunately they have forgotten to consult those most aware of information management, a mistake that sometimes have paid dearly.

The standardization of researcher’s curricula

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:34:15 +0200

The more structured is a scientific system and the greater the degree of integration of its entities the more efficient is its management. Curricula vitae (CV) of researchers are documents that collect data on individuals, institutions and works, and seen as a whole, are a potential source of inside information about the scientific activity of a country. But if they are not stored properly it is not possible to use this knowledge to conduct studies on them. Moreover, the absence of a single standardized CV requires the researchers to fill in multiple versions along their professional practice. The Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (Fecyt), together with the entities belonging to the Spanish system of science, technology and enterprises (Secte), have initiated the project Standard Curriculum Vitae. This article describes its operation and underlines the benefits of its implementation.

Potential accessibility versus real accessibility of pdf format: Analysis of the Spanish online newspapers

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:34:06 +0200

The accessibility of the internet contents are not limited nor to web pages or Xhtml format. In this work, is explained that pdf format is every time more and more used in the web to publish news information and for this reason it must be object of accessibility analysis. Is explained, too, that potential accessibility is not real accessibility, and is presented and analysis of the pdf format used for online Spanish newspapers.

User attitudes and perceptions toward information technology

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:33:57 +0200

Understanding why information technology is accepted or rejected by society has become one of the most challenging issues for researchers in our field. In order to understand personal attitudes toward communication and information technology (CIT), some researchers attempt to identify user perceptions of efficacy, anxiety, satisfaction, and usefulness, based on attitude factors. We discuss some of the primary research findings related to user attitudes and perceptions toward information technology. In addition, we review key studies that have implemented these assessment methods, within both the general context of computer use and the specific environment of web technology. We conclude that the level of technological sophistication and capacity are less relevant to effective implementation than positive user attitudes toward the technology.

Cultural diversity in Google and other search engines: A theoretical approach

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:33:48 +0200

In various contexts, a concern has been expressed, both implicitly and explicitly, that search engines in general, and Google in particular, may be using some system that obscures certain cultural content or emphasizes the Anglo-Saxon perspective, to the detriment of other cultures and languages. To put it in other terms, we present an exclusively theoretical approach to the idea that intensive use of search engines, which is so common now, represents a threat to cultural diversity. First, with the goal of putting our study in context, we present two previous debates on the dilemma of protectionism vs. the free flow of cultural products, and then analyse the most relevant characteristics of search engines (with a focus on Google) to determine whether they constitute a credible threat to cultural and linguistic diversity on the Web.

Youth rehabilitation programme in Tecla Sala Central Library

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:33:40 +0200

In 2006, the Municipal Libraries Network of L’Hospitalet (Barcelona) was invited to participate in a youth rehabilitation programme aimed at the social integration of problematic youth by placing them in the workplace. The Tecla Sala Central Library of L’Hospitalet was selected for the pilot experience, and a plan to welcome and monitor the youth participants was designed. The results of the program have been very positive and much appreciated by all parties involved. The programme has continued and during the year 2008 will be extended to the rest of the libraries in the municipal network.

The Libraries Portal of the Generalitat de Catalunya: a project for citizens and professional staff of public libraries

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:33:31 +0200

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, what supposes a great opportunity to present through the Libraries Portal an accurate offering of services, resources and information literacy for citizens and also, from the Extranet, looked at librarians of the public libraries, a good collaborative work environment for professionals. We describe the creation of this portal hold up under the development of two parallel projects, analyzing the impact on recipients, from the existing relationship between its expectations and the offered answer with regard to the formulation of the project.

Innovative projects and services in the Public library network of Andalusia

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:33:20 +0200

The inclusion of Andalusia in the “Internet in the libraries” programme has allowed an increase in the number of libraries offering free internet access to their users and working online with the same integrated library system. The most innovative projects set up by the regional government through the Public Libraries Network of Andalusia (RBPA) are analysed, along with new digital library services considered to be examples of good practice. Finally, the action plans for future implementation of an information and library management system based on free software and open source code are described.

Viability of establishing institutional and biomedical/health sciences repositories in Valencia

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:33:09 +0200

Self-archiving was studied in 3,495 papers in 109 core journals that published 50% of Valencia’s scientific production in biomedical and health sciences included in the 2000-2004 ISI databases. The effectiveness of self-archiving is analyzed with respect to the feasibility of launching open access institutional and subject-specific repositories. Data were obtained from the Sherpa/Romeo database. Self-archiving is favourable for the implementation of institutional repositories because 56.8% of papers could be immediately deposited, a percentage that increases to 72% after a period of embargo and to 87% when papers published in full text journals are included. The feasibility of establishing biomedical and health science repositories for the Valencian Community is questionable, due to the fact that most publishers will not grant permission for inclusion in a repository unless mandated by the research funding agency, a practice lacking in our country at present.

Overview of innovations at public libraries in Segovia province to meet the information needs of immigrants

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:32:59 +0200

Public libraries are the entrance to a knowledge society with equal access for everyone and are also a suitable place for the social integration of many different groups of immigrants. Therefore, they should create services and initiate programs in response to the requests of the multicultural communities they serve. Segovia’s libraries identified the information needs of immigrants through a series of questionnaires, administered through direct personal interactions with key informants from three distinct but complementary sources: public libraries, educational centres, and immigrant associations. We offer suggestions on innovative and optimal responses to the needs we detected.

Innovative services in user-centred public libraries. Te case of the Murcia Regional Library

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:32:51 +0200

A user-centred public library must focus its innovation in ways that will attract and satisfy users, building user loyalty. This relates not only to technological innovation but also to the development of new services. Based on this concept, we briefly describe the experience of launching innovative services in the Biblioteca Regional de Murcia (Murcia Regional Library).

Technology, innovation and the social web: the value of dimension in the public library. The case of the Muskiz library

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:32:42 +0200

The evolution of information technology and its relationship with libraries is reviewed, from the end of the twentieth century to the present, with a discussion of libaries’ response to technological changes, especially the internet and the web. A case study focuses on a small public library in Muskiz (Bizkaia/Biscay province), and its use of the social web to offer new library services. Cheaper access to technology may shift the capacity for innovation, from centres that have resources to acquire and manage proprietary solutions to institutions that modify their products and processes using open web services. We describe how scale affects a library’s access to technology and positions it in technological discontinuity: in the 20th century, technology was on the side of larger structures but currently they are penalized.

Innovation in public libraries: something new, something useful, something high-quality

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:32:34 +0200

Innovation does not only apply to technology. In public libraries, exploring and developing new links with the community, promoting new services, designing new models of internal communication or talent management, changing corporate image, or promoting organizational learning are also important areas of innovation. These activities are already recognized as crucial for innovating in the new “knowledge society”. As a result, when we talk about innovation in public libraries it is necessary to consider it from a triple point of view: as an organization of services, in relation to its social function as an integral part of the community, and as a center for entertainment, information and learning.

Scientific publishing in the European research area

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:32:26 +0200

Actas de la conferencia sobre edición científica celebrada en Bruselas, 15-16 de febrero de 2007

E-LIS: una comunidad internacional de profesionales

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:32:18 +0200

CELEBRAMOS EL E-LIS Meeting: “Enhancing the access to LIS literature”, Valencia, 13-14 de noviembre de 2007

Isis for libraries

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:32:10 +0200

ISIS –the popular software developed at UNESCO– is a classic tool for database management. Nonetheless, in some cases the fact that it is freeware has made it seem less desireable than commercial alternatives. Although not designed as open software (despite being distributed free of charge), some modules and additional applications, such as the IsisMarc editor, have been developed using open code. IsisMarc provides an interface that is easily adapted to various MARC formats for catalog management, incorporates a Z39.50 client, and permits authority control. It can be integrated with other ISIS tools to publish databases to the web. ISIS also provides the foundation for various open software programs for library management (Catalis and OpenMarcoPolo).

Electronic administration, records management, and Spain’s Electronic Access to Public Services legislation

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:32:02 +0200

Implementation of the e-government law guaranteeing Spanish citizens electronic access to public services (Ley para el Acceso Electrónico de los Ciudadanos a los Servicios Públicos) will have great impact on public administration at every level. This law directly affects government records and document management, removing possible uncertainties about the validity of electronic records. Arguments are offered concerning the need for a document and records management system to support compliance with the law. As a practical tool, a list of questions is provided to help resolve records and document management issues when e-government procedures or business processes are implemented.

Usability testing for blind users

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:31:53 +0200

Practical recommendations are offered for usability testing to meet the needs of users who are blind, including a detailed explanation of best practices in planning, implementation, and evaluation. The article concludes with critical reflections on the supposed limitations of blind users.

Cantabria’s Heritage Ontology

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:31:44 +0200

Description of an ongoing project that aims to model the cultural heritage domain in an ontology, the Cantabria’s Heritage Ontology, lead by Fundación Marcelino Botín. The ontology will contain data from different and heterogeneous sources (bibliographic records, finding aids, catalogues, etc.). The project will develop a series of applications that get the most out of the ontology, beginning by a semantic portal. The portal will provide easy and intuitive access to a huge volume of information that comes from heterogeneous sources selected by domain experts. People interested in Cantabria will be able to find with as few clicks as possible, not only the information they are interested in, but also some contextual information that complements the one the user is watching, suggesting new navigation directions, and uncovering hidden relations. The ontology has been designed based on the international standards for cultural models, such as CRM, FRBR or Dublin Core, and W3C recommendations for the semantic web.

Development and application of an ontology for onomastic information control and retrieval in television

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:31:36 +0200

The development of an ontology for information control is proposed to manage visual images of and references to individuals in information management systems of television channels. Research has established precedents for the use of ontologies in the audiovisual field, providing a baseline for measuring and understanding ongoing developments. This practical approach offers a quick, straightforward solution to onomastic control in information retrieval, permitting control and development of relationships between individuals covered in the media. This creates a network of television personalities we can draw upon to improve the outcomes of retrieval processes.

Toward a social semantic web environment

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:31:28 +0200

The internet’s evolution toward a scenario of greater potential, with users increasingly involved in its development and management, demands a lower level of semantic ambiguity in the documents that are provided. The proposed semantic web, a concept that appeared almost a decade ago, has had only modest impact. On the other hand, web 2.0, an autonomous evolution of the web toward a collaborative environment, has met with enormous success. The solution devised by web 2.0 has exceeded the limitations of natural language processing tools and statistical approaches. For that reason, it seems logical to analyze the potential contributions that web 2.0 concepts could make to further the development of the semantic web. Some ways of making the leap from a social web to a social semantic web are discussed.

Virtual laboratory of free software for libraries

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:31:19 +0200

The selection of a library management system is often affected by social, economic and political conditions that may result in an inappropriate choice for a library’s needs, characteristics and functions. Free software, or freeware, is one of the more often selected solutions, given the freedom to copy, modify and distribute it in addition to free licensing and the possibilities for integration with other applications. This trend is reflected in librarianship curricula, in which automation software, repository management software, and even Linux/GNU, among others, are explained in a variety of courses. This combination of organizational needs and freeware trends led a group of professors from the Faculty of Library and Information Science (UB) and members of the Work Group on Free Software for Information Professionals (Cobdc) to create a virtual laboratory for the use of free software for library applications, as a contribution to the professional community.

Use of the open source software Greenstone to develop a decentralized cooperative digital library

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:31:09 +0200

When the Latin America and the Caribbean Social Sciences Network of Virtual Libraries was created 10 years ago, it was an easy decision to work with open software because the Latin America and the Caribbean Social Science Council (Clacso), an academic network with 195 member institutes located in 21 countries, promotes the use of open software and open access to communicate and exchange research results in digital formats. The development and daily operations of this cooperative digital library are described, including Greenstone for the reading room with advanced search capacity and Plone for the graphical interface; both allow decentralized content management with 9.000 full text publications (books, journal articles, working documents, papers) and databases.

Free software at the UPC libraries

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:31:00 +0200

We reviewed projects and outcomes in the implementation and use of free software in the Technical University of Catalonia (UPC) libraries. Free software is a growing movement with steadily increasing significance, especially in university environments. The use of standards improves the possibility of integration with other systems and enhances the efficient management of library data. At the moment UPC libraries are developing their institutional repositories, using open source software like DSpace to disseminate the institution’s teaching and research activities. The UPC libraries will continue to implement this cost effective software and promote its use among library users and the university community.

Free software in e-information repositories

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:30:52 +0200

University libraries manage not only commercial electronic resources, but also documents generated by research and educational activities at their own institutions. Libraries are committed to disseminating these electronic documents, which usually requires that they compile and store them as well as guaranteeing their preservation. The best way to achieve this objective is e-information repositories. We briefly present an overview of the free software available to develop repositories, with a special focus on the software used to build Catalan cooperative repositories. We also review desireable system characteristics, such as the use of open communication standards between repositories, preservation strategies for digital content, and user communities.

Metric analysis of Spanish library and information science blogs (2006-2007)

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:30:43 +0200

Several indicators of production and participation in Spanish library and information science blogs are analysed, based on a sample of 46 personal and corporate weblogs. The 12 blogs with the highest number of incoming links logged more than 70% of the total number of links received by the whole group. Our results detect an important decline in production during the study period, keeping constant the comments-per-post indicator. More than 50% of comments are written by the library blog authors and 4 blogs show higher than average indicators of production and participation: Deakialli, Catorze, Documentalista enredado and Véase además.

ISI Web of Science 1990-2005: evolution of the science web structure in Spain

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:30:34 +0200

This longitudinal study of the development of Spain’s ISI scientific domain examines three key time periods: 1990-1995, 1996-2000 and 2001-2005, with the goal of describing the basic structure and backbone of Spanish research, as well as studying its development over time. To this end, ISI categories are used as units of analysis, co-citation as units of measure, and pruning algorithms to simplify the relationship between categories in the visualizations. The results show that from the macrostructure point of view, biomedicine and materials science research provide the basic nucleus at first. Over the years this nucleus is consolidated and expanded with agricultural and soil sciences research. From the microstructure perspective, an increase is observed in the number of interdisciplinary categories, which occupy central positions, indicating increased interaction between disciplines that have traditionally been more important or visible and those on the periphery, or less well known.

Reusing thesauri: documentalists face the semantic web challenge

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:30:24 +0200

A practical approach to the development of ontologies from thesauri is presented, using the Methontology methodology, which permits the use of any language developed so far for the implementation of ontologies, as well as semantic web annotations based on these ontologies. This approach is an alternative to SKOS-Core, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) approach to publication of thesauri within the semantic web. The advantage of our approach is that it provides significantly more semantic information than a thesaurus (and, hence, than does SKOS-Core). A two-level ontological architecture for domain representation is also described, consisting of a knowledge representation ontology [based on Ranganathan’s (1967) facets] for the representation of high-level relationships in the domain and a domain ontology for the description of a particular field within the domain.

The advantages of openness

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:30:16 +0200

One of the main consequences of publishing a program as libre (free, open source) software is that its source code is made available to anyone who wants to look at it. In addition, much other information on the development process is often easily accessible on the internet. Some of the consequences of “opening up” the process of building libre software are discussed, briefly exploring how these open mechanisms could behave in other areas.

On the Numerical modeling of the thermomechanical contact for metal casting analysis

María Jesús Samper — Thu, 04 Apr 2019 12:28:17 +0200

The paper shows the intrinsic difficulties found in the numerical simulation of industrial casting processes using finite element (FE) analysis. Up until now, uncoupled pure thermal simulations have been mostly considered to model solidification and cooling phenomena. However, a fully coupled thermomechanical analysis provides a more complete insight of the casting process and the final outcome regarding the quality of the part. In this type of analysis, the thermomechanical model used plays a role of paramount importance, as the problem is coupled both ways through contact between part and mould. The paper presents the full statement of the problem regarding contact, and it considers the difficulties associated with FE mesh generation and time integration strategy. It also reviews soft and hard algorithms for mechanical contact presenting some new alternatives. Evaluation of coefficients used for thermal contact is also discussed, and a new proposal is presented. Finally, some numerical applications are presented to assess the performance of the proposed strategies both in benchmark and industrial problems.

Formación y profesión

Scipedia content — Tue, 02 Apr 2019 10:22:21 +0200

Algunos temas tratados en esta sección: Estudios de Biblioteconomía y Documentación, Hábitos de lectura

Free software: The key to information systems in Hispano-America

Scipedia content — Tue, 02 Apr 2019 10:21:18 +0200

Open source software is a key component in the technological development of Central and South American nations. In many cases, it is the only option that avoids the problems of the “digital divide”. Strengthening the use of open source software in public administration and academic communities is a necessary step toward being able to offer quality information services to citizens. A number of interesting initiatives are highlighted in Central and South America, where free software is contributing to numerous projects that offer interesting learning opportunities.

Information management, crisis and emergencies

Scipedia content — Tue, 02 Apr 2019 10:20:08 +0200

Emergency and crisis management professionals work in complex conditions. Information management is a key factor in ensuring the efficiency of their work. In this area of activity we can find numerous requirements for managing real-time information to coordinate the efforts of the different teams involved in these complex scenarios. These requirements include the identification and diffusion of alerts in response to actual or potential crisis, management of and access to logistic and geographical information, etc. This brief overview of some relevant information systems dedicated to emergency and crisis management (ReliefWeb and AlertNet) also addresses the use of open source software tools to organise and manage this information.

Library and information professionals figures in Spain

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:31:16 +0200

A picture is presented of the state of library and information professionals and disciplines in Spain. Statistical data are provided about both the number and type of Spanish libraries and archives as well as practising professionals according to geographic distribution, training and job description. Spanish library and information authorities are identified as well as professional associations and learned societies and conferences held. University education is examined describing existing institutions, degree levels and providing data on student enrollment and teachers.

Sistemas de información

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Gestión de información

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CONTENIDOS

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Algunos

Análisis y recuperación de información

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MARCO GENERAL. MERCADO DE LA INFORMACIÓN

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Algunos

Debate on software licenses

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:30:26 +0200

As we believe they are very interesting and enlighting, we collected the messages of several members of the email list IweTel on software licenses.

Mobile Web

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:30:18 +0200

In the past year and a half, we have seen a forceful consolidation of what is called the Mobile Web. Parallel to its development, an ample number of devices (mobile telephones, PDAs, UMPCs, SmartPhones, etc) have appeared that allow users to interconnect and also access the Internet fromany place with a wireless connection. Mobility, and especially geopositioning, opens up new services and possibilities in leisure, culture, business, and work patterns. We are witnessing the beginnings of the Mobile Web, another whole new revolution for our paper world. If Gutenberg were alive, he would really be surprised.

Open reflections on virtual meetings on the Internet

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:30:10 +0200

Videoconferences, collaboration tools, or virtual meeting software have all been in use for years on the Internet and have steadily become more affordable and accessible. Nevertheless, their actual presence in organizations is still very small: technological and cultural problems remain before these tools can achieve the broad public use that could lower the price of communications and save the costs associated with travel to meetings.

Simple and cheap usability for information services

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:30:03 +0200

The need for real usability testing analysis is discussed, since the assumption that classical usability heuristics are not capable to cope every possible web information system use scenario. Also, a really easy and cheap way to develop real user tests based on low-fidelity protypes is explained.

New life forms on the Web: Library mashups

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:29:56 +0200

This insightful introduction to understanding mashups describes them as a kind of content aggregation that permits mixing several information sources or applications, in an effort to develop different content or application based on these sources, saving time and development effort. Some real examples and advantages are pointed out, as well as possible implications for future Opacs, within the world of the so-called “Library 2.0”.

Digital press in the public library

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:29:49 +0200

We describe the activities and concerns of public library professionals with respect to the digital press, beginning with comments made by librarians themselves in the forums of different editions of a virtual course organized by the Germ.n S.nchez Ruip.rez Foundation, “La hemeroteca digital” (the digital press). After general comments about the importance of improving users’ utilization of digital press resources, various public library initiatives related to the acquisition, digitalization and dissemination of digital press are described. First, with respect to digital press acquisition, we emphasize the growing trend toward paid subscriptions. Secondly, recent digitalization experiments of interest are discussed. Finally, some dissemination examples of clipping services and web resource guides developed by public libraries are presented.

Quality in public library services: Are we talking about the same thing?

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:29:41 +0200

The report “Our libraries: where has all the cash gone?” by Tim Coates , which describes the situation of the public libraries in London, is the starting point for reflections about the quality of public library services and about the need to link them with the needs and expectations of citizens, who are the beginning and the end of the road for public libraries, and then to undertake the expedition together.

Electronic documents: Reflections on information professionals’ relationships with technology. Part II

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:29:35 +0200

This is the second part of the analysis of the complex relationships between information technologies and information professionals in an environment in which, for the first time, standards and legislation are ahead of implementation. An example is the different interpretations on how to apply the Spanish “Law on electronic access of citizens to public services” to electronic records management. The idea that digital signatures should be preserved indefinitely with the electronic records presents an unnecessary technological complexity, when other solutions exist.

Electronic documents: Reflections on information professionals’ relationships with technology. Part I

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:29:28 +0200

The relationship between information technologies and information professionals is becoming more complex in an environment in which, for the first time, standards and legislation are ahead of implementation and there are many hidden commercial interests. One example is the workshop on open document formats organized by the EU. Confrontation between ODF (ISO 26300) and Microsoft’s attempt to convert Ooxml into an open format through ISO was widely debated, but there was little discussion about practical solutions. Adobe’s strategy, opening its formats when free applications are in use, has proved successful.

Content management 2.0

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:29:21 +0200

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.

The twilight of library and information education in Spain

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:29:14 +0200

Details are presented from the study being carried out by the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science about applications and enrollment by first-year students at Spanish universities. Results show a considerable decline both in total applications and actual enrollment in library and information studies. This negative trend stands in contrast to the overall enrollment increases at Spanish universities. In addition, the fact that “Information Literacy” as a subject is not part of any of the five paths that constitute the new university education structure is discussed.

The birth and growth of modern research on ontologies

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:29:06 +0200

Recent developments in ontology research in the fields of Library and Information Science (LIS), Computer Sciences, and other related disciplines are examined through a bibliometric survey. Results confirm that the current research surge must be contextualized in terms of Internet developments and, especially, the Semantic Web Project. Research on formal ontologies for knowledge representation is changing the course of research on knowledge organization and representation, and is even causing changes in LIS terminology, as occurred previously with the metadata movement in the field of cataloguing.

We are not all equal in the annals of science: European social sciences

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:29:00 +0200

Visibility in the Web of Science databases differs between the hard sciences and the social sciences, and between scholarship in English and in other languages. Quantitative data for 2006 are offered for SCI, SSCI, and AHCI, along with the author’s observations. The Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT) has developed suggestions to reduce the marginalization of the social sciences and Spanish liberal arts in citations.

The entrepreneurial option

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:28:52 +0200

In recent years, information managers have seen increased opportunities as a result of the evolution of technology. However, as time goes by we can see that many professionals continue to think that our options are limited to work in the public sector or, at most, in the private sector as employees. Nonetheless, the option of entrepreneurship is also a possibility.

The entrepreneurial character of the library profession

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:28:45 +0200

We believe that librarians have a proactive attitude to give better services to their users, and to have a specific role in the present social context characterized by an enormous cultural and informative offer. To justify this opinion we describe good practices and experiences of the Spanish public libraries.

Professional development

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:28:39 +0200

Many different situations and factors can be obstacles to the professional growth of those who manage information and documentation. Some proposals are presented to try to surmount them, based on an analysis of selected messages from the IweTel professional list and personal reflections on the topic. The aim is to help sort out all the obstacles that we are presented with.

Digital journalism in 2007

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:28:32 +0200

A review of the state of digital media in Spain in 2007 considers the following aspects: redesign, new newspapers, use of video services, participation services, and free access to digital archives.

OCLC: 21,985 members but how many from Spain?

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:28:23 +0200

A review of the history and development of OCLC, the large international organization for information and library services, reflects especially on OCLC’s history in Spain and some reasons for its slow acceptance here.

The role of subject portals in the postmodern era of online searches

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:28:15 +0200

The evolution of subject portals is described, from their origins in the late 1990s (the era of Yahoo directory, Altavista and other search engines that did not use link analysis) until the present, with a detailed analysis of Intute, the best example of the state of the art. The objective is to determine the role of subject portals in the postmodern era of searching, which is characterized by the intensive use of search engines based on lynk analysis (e.g., Google). The conclusion is that subject portals have a reference and orientation role and are especially focused on the education sector (school and university students).

Web and search engines: A measure of reality?

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:28:06 +0200

Although the web has become, as a general rule, the main source of information and its use as a reference source is growing, disproportionate attacks on the reliability of web-based information have been launched from numerous sources, which affects the general public perception of the quality of web content. While recognizing the limitations of the medium, our thesis is that the Web increasingly reflects reality and where this is not the case it is due to omissions or misguided actions by web authors, which in Spain is widening the digital divide.

But, what is Google?

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:27:59 +0200

If there is a company that has transformed the World Wide Wide, it’s Google. Today, Google is much more than just a search engine. The Mountain View enterprise is known for its capacity for innovation, its tools for automated analysis of information, and its business venture in video publicity, which has made it the primary advertising agency in the world. Google is a Netcentric company that is developing a new generation of applications that conform to their fundamental online operating system, moving from the PC to the World Wide Web.

Numeric data in search engine results pages

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:27:51 +0200

The numeric data provided by search engine results pages is analyzed using correlation coefficients. The conclusion is that numeric data is reliable for studies that compare or evaluate web sites.

On invisibilities and blindness: Failures in retrieval of information from books

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:27:44 +0200

The difficulty of gathering information from databases not indexed by search engines is the origin of what is called the deep or invisible Internet. In bibliographic and cataloguing systems, lack of description of book contents leaves users with a kind of blindness. Search technologies are being developed that try to index and provide access to this invisible content. Bibliographic and cataloguing systems, such as ISBN, must take measures to gather and process book contents, particularly specialized texts, and make them accessible to readers. It is proposed that these systems be modified to provide gateways, using protocols similar to Z39.50, that support the capture of book chapters, summaries or synopses of literary works so that the information can be incorporated into the corresponding areas of bibliographic records in online catalogues.

Information recovery in business and industry

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:27:37 +0200

A workshop on the search engine market, organized by Atos Origin in Madrid, is described. The key players in Spain’s market, from Google to the national distance learning university, attended the meeting to show their products and to comment on their view of the marketplace for web and enterprise search engines.

Singapore, metadata, and toothbrushes

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:27:31 +0200

The most recent conference of Dublin Core and Metadata Applications (DC-2007) was held in August 2007 in Singapore. The main developments in metadata, especially the Dublin Core standards, are discussed, as well as the “application profiles” concept in the interoperability of digital information services.

Updating thesaurus standards: Structured vocabularies for information recovery in the digital environment

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:27:24 +0200

International projects for reforming and broadening the scope of the current technical guidelines and standards on thesauri are presented. The aims of these projects are to recast the existing standards and guidelines, to adapt them to the new digital environment, and to specify their relationship with other vocabulary control tools, making integration easier. These new standards are an excellent opportunity to enhance the visibility of the great corpus of knowledge and experience that information and documentation professionals have accumulated regarding knowledge representation and organization.

Yes to cataloguing – but how?

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:27:18 +0200

A paradigm shift is taking place in cataloguing codes. After the massive success of simple information retrieval systems like Google, some cataloguers are calling for a simplification of document descriptions. Coyle and Hillmann criticize the AACR update because of the excessive weight given to library traditions in the work that is underway.

Tricking search engines

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:27:11 +0200

Knowing the factors that search engines consider in their ranking results is key for webmasters. This knowledge is an advantage for a website’s owner, as the site improves its position in ranking results, and for the search engines because they have access to more information about the site’s content to determinate the ranking. Websites that use search engine optimization techniques avoid the use of images without alternative text and try to link and be linked by related content sites. Good use of these search engine optimization (SEO) techniques is called “white hat SEO”; its main feature is that websites are designed with users in mind and without forgetting how search engines work. Nevertheless, web design oriented toward search engines rather than users is possible; it means websites are designed for ranking results, abusing SEO techniques to deceive search engines, such as with hidden text or small fonts, two of the most common strategies. When search engines discover these unethical techniques, called “black hat SEO”, websites are punished with poor rankings.

The semantic web and vaporware in the 21st century

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:27:04 +0200

Starting with the concept of vaporware, we present a critical point of view about the Web Semantic Project. Both positive aspects and others that may only represent a new case of vaporware (something that diverts effort toward meeting an unrealistic objective). Afew simple recommendations are offered to avoid uncritical dissemination of official discourse about the Semantic Web that is as of yet unsubstantiated.

Opac 2.0: The future as tangible reality

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:26:57 +0200

Opac has been in the eye of the hurricane for a number of years, evolving to provide management programs with more functionality in terms of accessibility, understood as the capacity to recover information. It is logical to imagine that this has been for the user’s benefit, but a thorough analysis reveals that the Opacs have deficiencies in that arena. They must be truly open to the user, as the backbone of information access, bibliographically or otherwise, so the user participates in his or her own growth and enrichment. Some of the weaknesses in the great majority of current catalogues are discussed, offering some paths toward the intersection between technological innovations that could be introduced and the social participation that could occur under the umbrella of the currently popular Web 2.0.

The new generation of search engines based on natural language processing

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:26:50 +0200

Current trends in natural language processing and information retrieval are briefly analysed to show their impace on the search engine market. Powerset and Hakia are highlighted as the main agents of this change.

La web semántica es sólo una promesa

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:26:44 +0200

La Web semántica aún parece una promesa de futuro, y corre el riesgo de pasarle como a muchos jugadores de fútbol, que se quedan en promesas y luego nunca llegan a nada. Existen los lenguajes, que de eso se encarga el W3C y compañía, pero no existe la información marcada o anotada con esos lenguajes, ni existe el software destinado a interpretar esos lenguajes. La mayoría del software que se usa hoy en día en Web semántica son prototipos destinados a la investigación, y aún están lejos, muy lejos, de poder ser usados en entornos industriales.

Semantic browsers or making browsers semantic

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:26:37 +0200

A semantic browser is any tool for browsing semantic content, or for browsing content based on semantic data. Other systems exist that let users make use of Semantic Web content within Web content as they browse the Web. The great unknown at present is how the market will decide which path to choose in developing browsers for the Semantic Web.

Profitability and information services: The dog that doesn’t chase its tail

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:26:30 +0200

The profitability of information and documentation services, whether public or private, is discussed, with special attention to the relationship with the organization that provides the service. The study is based on ideas in Roser Lozanos ÅLs book “Public libraries in the 21st century: Dealing with clients, mobilizing people”.

Basic information services: Successes and challenges

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:26:22 +0200

Advanced information services developed in Spanish public libraries are examined, as well as some of the information resources widely available online. The author calls for an organic relationship between the public library system and the telephone-based information services provided by local and regional authorities.

The European Digital Library and authors’ rights

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:26:15 +0200

The development of the European Digital Library, a project that will give European citizens access to our cultural heritage, raises many questions about this project’s compatibility with copyright protection for authors, which has been under discussion by the European Union in recent years.

The need for best practices in digital content syn

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:26:08 +0200

Distributing news summaries by means of content syndication significantly improved access to current information, but has had only moderate acceptance despite optimistic predictions. Inadequate attention to best practice by many content producers have limited the usefulness of content syndication. In order for this redistribution method to become a truly beneficial tool, producers must provide good content, create value, and achieve greater empathy with users.

The world is just not what it used to be, and books aren’t either

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:26:01 +0200

Books and the public libraries that house them are immersed in a society that is undergoing continuous transformation and are influenced by the growing commercialization of culture, which combines commercial and social needs and interests. Public libraries, as a public service, must serve the public interest even as, in their efforts to provide more and better service to citizens, they find that they need to employ certain commercial techniques, such as those used by bookstores.

A delicate situation with an optimistic future

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:25:54 +0200

University studies of Library and Information Sciences (LIS) in Spain are experiencing a setback in the number of students enrolled. This also happens in other disciplines, but the relative newness of LIS studies may make them more vulnerable. Nonetheless, there are reasons for optimism if we evaluate the unprecedented success of Spanish research in this field. This challenge is in the hands of the teaching faculty and the entire profession in general to ensure that LIS studies are more attractive to incoming students.

An orthotropic mesh corrected crack model

María Jesús Samper — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 11:39:11 +0100

This paper recovers the original spirit of the continuous crack approaches, where displacements jumps across the crack are smeared over the affected elements and the behaviour is established through a softening stress–(total) strain law, using standard finite element displacement interpolations and orthotropic localconstitutive models. The paper focuses on the problem of shear locking observed in the discrete problem when orthotropic models are used. The solution for this drawback is found in the form of a mesh corrected crack model where the structure of the inelastic strain tensor is linked to the geometry of the cracked element. The discrete model is formulated as a non-symmetric orthotropic local damage constitutive model, in which the softening modulus is regularized according to the material fracture energy and the element size. The resulting formulation is easily implemented in standard non-linear FE codes and suitable for engineering applications. Numerical examples show that the results obtained using this crack model do not suffer from dependence on the mesh directional alignment, comparing very favourably with those obtained using related standard isotropic or orthotropic damage models.

Informative programmes related to the mystery journalism: rubbish TV or informative rigour?

Scipedia content — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 10:25:34 +0100

In the audiovisual field, mystery journalism has historically been considered as a smaller and disdained gender, reduced to a ridiculous situation by the lack of absolute credibility. Nevertheless, there have been exceptions: in recent years, a group of professionals have approached this kind of journalism with seriousness and passion. The present work analyzes how some of these programs have broken their historic record of audience. It gives, at the same time, the guidelines to teach the audience to distinguish between the disclosure of a junk TV, which should reject, and a rigorous informative material specific of professionals of the information.

Cartoon movies at home: animation films and TV

Scipedia content — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 10:25:20 +0100

Movies are one of the objects of study for Social Psychology because they are not only art or industry; they are a way of socialization. Therefore, movies show behaviour models, social values and norms, and make people react: movies are persuasive. A psycho-social analysis of films is necessary because movies can sometimes display prejudiced negative contents, which could be both explicit or very subtle, and therefore quite dangerous. The authors analyse ten well-known Dis-ney films from the gender perspective: How are men and women shown? What roles do they impersonate? Specifying contents and valuing subtle prejudiced stereotypes will help families to watch them from a different point of view.

Aesthetic education in television animation

Scipedia content — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 10:25:03 +0100

The analysis of the educational function of television should not be strictly limited to the contents of the programmes, but it should also examine the way in which these contents are presented. Cartoons, as an audiovisual medium especially designed for young children, are a vehicle that conveys culture and aesthetic values. The research carried out in our Drawing Department shows there is little variety in the artistic techniques used in animation, and that speed of production is more important than the development of techniques. This article examines the results of the research and proposes alternatives which are being developed in some high-quality animation studios.

Hypermedia project: TV magnifying glass

Scipedia content — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 10:24:51 +0100

«The television magnifying glass» is a multimedia project for secondary school students that use a Web site to offer advice and proposals for learning to watch television. The Web site is structured into two large blocks: information and participation. Each one is made up of different sections: television programmes database and movies; television schedule; the latest news; and Web site developments. This project tries to provide informative and communicative tools for teaching-learning television through a didactic-pedagogical, practical and critical perspective.