Scipedia: Documents published in 2009

Los nuevos diarios digitales. Entrevista a Mario Tascón

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:23:13 +0200

Realizamos esta entrevista en los días previos a la aparición de La información.com el 23 de abril de 2009. En el contexto actual de crisis de los medios de comunicación en el que estamos asistiendo a importantes recortes de plantilla e incluso a cierres de cabeceras, es más novedosa si cabe la feliz noticia del nacimiento de un nuevo diario digital. El contexto parece aparentemente no ser el más propicio.

The television programme researcher: the professional outlook

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:23:04 +0200

Professional trends for television programme researchers and opportunities that arise in the labour market due to the widespread media consumption and the increasing number of diverse media (mass media, internet, cultural industries, Digital Terrestrial Television...) are analysed. We present the promotion, projection and creation of virtual enterprises of audiovisual researchers in the international arena using four case studies. These research experts, most of them freelancers, have extensive experience in locating images, negotiating licenses and liquidating rights to third parties as part of the task of documenting multimedia productions. The expanding broadcast horizons, the conquest of heterogeneous customers and the use of digital archives predict new development paths and a bright future for this profession in the digital age.

From the video library to the robot by way of Tarsys. New multimedia management systems in Radiotelevisión Valenciana

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:22:54 +0200

One of the aims proposed in the Radiotelevision Valenciana (RTVV) Digitalization of Audio-visual Documentation project was to migrate the information that we had been describing, cataloguing, and indexing in BRS’s different databases throughout the years. We were relying on the work of unification and normalization undertaken in 2004, when we moved from BRS/search version 7.0 to the environment BKM v.3.1. From our experience, we know that the quality of a TV archive improves to the extent that it covers both the current and restrospective information. Therefore, a specific workflow was created to automatically digitize the images contained in the Betacam tapes from the xml file generated in the new Tarsys system

Information centre of the Public Television Service of the Principality of Asturias

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:22:44 +0200

The creation of autonomous public Television in the Principality of Asturias inside of digital environment, involved the use of the latest technologies in production of audiovisual content, the MAM (Media Asset Management), specifically the implementation of Dalet Plus. This article shows the documentation procedures and information flow management systems of these audio-visual contents, from images entering the system until they go to the archive. It describes the Documentation experience in the launch of a project that integrates all the processes of generating of multimedia content in mass media.

Notes on documentation for El país newspaper

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:22:34 +0200

Newsroom convergence at El País and its online edition means a challenge for the department of Documentation, whose history is one of evolution from analogical to digital formats. This review describes the evolution that has taken place in the photograph indexing and classification processes. Content control and visibility are the main goals of a department whose aim is knowledge management within the organization.

A regional newspaper archive: the evolution of Levante-EMV

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:22:26 +0200

Summary of the historical evolution of document management processes in the Spanish regional newspaper Levante-EMV from its privatization in 1984 to the present. First, it points out the historical stages that have been traditionally identified in print media archives, overlaid with the evolution of Levante-EMV. It then details the methods of document management that have been used in the newspaper archive, from manual document management to the integration of the archive in digital production process.

Automation of databases: the potential of basic tools for a new kind of journalism

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:22:15 +0200

The explosion of information and communication technologies (ICTs) has affected the work routines of professional journalists. Immediacy, one of the essential characteristics that the ICTs contribute to the practise of journalism, has turned the work of journalists into a race, with the databases contributing to the daily work. At present, journalists handle a great number of references relative to databases and rely on the possibility of access to an enormous quantity of information across the internet. In addition, databases have become a means of structuring the knowledge, content and in many cases even the infrastructure of media communication.

Newspapers for mobile devices? E-book, E-ink and convergence of online and printed press

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:22:05 +0200

The pathway to the complete digitisation and substitution of printed press is now a reality. The imminent commercialisation of new mobile devices using e-ink, licensed by Philips, and especially the new model of Sony’s Portable Reader System in Spain (announced for Spring 2009), a determined commercial strategy, and incipient research by some Spanish newspapers make us wonder whether we are facing the end of the printed press. At the moment, the new devices are much better than their predecessors, but enough problems remain to make us doubt that we are at the beginning of the end of newsprint. The strengths of some other devices that differ from the e-book but could eventually be able to present books or newspaper on their screens, such as iPhone-like cell phones or Amazon’s Kindle (not yet available in Spain) opens an interesting era of competition and convergence

Audiovisual sequence based retrieval using rdf and smil

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:21:55 +0200

In this article we present a proposal for sequence based audiovisual markup and retrieval which can be applied to information management in television. To achieve this we analyze and study audiovisual information on TV, and from this knowledge we generate a vocabulary for markup which might ease and improve information retrieval, providing direct access to sequences according to parameters such as distinguishing among visualized information and referenced information, which provides a working framework better adapted to the domain of audiovisual documentation.

Journalists as news librarians (and viceversa?). New relationships between newsroom and archive after media digitization

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:21:42 +0200

Digitization of media archives has improved both news librarians’ and journalists’ work. However, a significant proportion of Spanish journalists prefer searching for information on the Internet rather than in archives. Moreover, the quality of journalists’ work decreases because few journalists receive proper training on information retrieval. Our research is based on ethnographic observation and interviews with more than 70 professionals from several newsrooms carried out between 2001 and 2006, complemented by a survey of the heads of archives at the main channels and newspapers.

The influence of digital photography on the Documentation departments of the Press

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:21:33 +0200

A study of the impact and influence of Digital Photography on the Press Documentation Departments. The photographic archives of the Documentation Departments of the Spanish daily newspapers Abc, El mundo, El país, La razón, La vanguardia and of the EFE news agency are used as reference. The following aspects are analysed: the increase in the number of images, changes in their handling and cataloging, the supply and the demand, profitability and problems. The information has been obtained from the heads of the respective departments based on a questionnaire especially drawn up for this purpose.

Memory as a criterion for quality assessment in online newspapers: some considerations

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:21:25 +0200

The consolidation of cyberjournalism as a new form of journalistic production in recent years brought about the need to evaluate the quality of newspapers and magazines produced for the Web. Using the same concepts and analytic tools developed for the traditional press in the evaluation of cyberjournalism leads to the undervaluation of specific characteristics of journalistic products designed for the new medium. On the other hand, analytic tools used for website evaluation are generally too generic and ill adapted for the specificities of cyberjournalism. In this article we explore some of the difficulties involved in quality assessment of online journalism. The difficulties in analyzing memory in cyberjournalism is used to indicate some of the challenges posed for the webnewspaper analyst.

Evaluation of digital press archives: indicators and examples of good practice

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:21:14 +0200

The majority of online newspapers provide access to retrospective information through press archive services, a product of great interest for libraries and other information services. The aim of this study is to identify key indicators for the evaluation of digital press archives and also identify examples of good practices in Spain for each of them. We propose a list of twenty-seven indicators grouped into four main sections (general features, contents, query system, and presentation of results), describe each one and include some examples of successful implementation. Methodologically, the indicators are the result of the review of the literature on evaluating web resources, databases and digital press archives, as well as the analysis of press archive services of newspapers from Spain and Catalonia. The use of these indicators can be useful for libraries and other information services to guide their users in consulting retrospective press information.

Elegy for the news library

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:21:04 +0200

The biography of news researcher Liz Donovan, who died in 2008, serves as a thread of a journey through the profession of news librarian and describes the evolution of newspaper newsrooms throughout 40 years. Information systems and resources have changed -from paper clippings to the Internet and Web 2.0-, but the economic situation of the press has also changed, leading to cutbacks. Unfortunately, with the mistaken idea that “everything is on the Internet”, news companies are devaluing the contributions made by information professionals to newspaper content, and often close or decimate the news libraries, thus losing an important amount of know-how and quality.

A case study of lending service of electronic books

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:20:54 +0200

The Rector Gabriel Ferraté Library (BRGF) at the Technical University of Catalonia (UPC) has recently launched an electronic books lending service. This paper describes the experience of evaluating the e-book readers in the current market, the content to be made available on these devices, and how well they actually work, as well as the results of 2 months of ongoing service. Finally, it points to short-term future actions with all four copies of iRex iLiad 2nd Edition available in the library.

How to hire a web positioning service

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:20:44 +0200

A set of recommendations are presented that are intended to be useful for the externalization of a SEO service. The recommendations are articulated around four phases: (1) initial information acquisition, (2) information contrast, (3) hiring, (4) monitoring. The main characteristics of black hat SEO practices, or bad practices in SEO, are presented.

SMS premium messaging platforms

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:20:35 +0200

There are a lot of services that can be accessed using a mobile phone by sending a premium short message (SMS premium). This article describes how the technology behind these contents and multimedia services works. The legislation about these services in Spain is currently being reviewed; the information about costs and basic functionality can be changed with the start up of the new law.

Merkur: custom transcodification tool for content adaptation to mobile devices

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:20:26 +0200

According to some studies, in 2009 the number of mobile web devices worldwide will be six times greater than that of desktop or laptop devices. These data have awakened the business interests of content providers to maximize the ways of access to their materials. For them, it becomes necessary to use standardized mechanisms for communication and to make content available as widely as possible. The Ctic Foundation (Center for Information Technology and Communication), experts in technical standardization and Web Accessibility based on implementation of the W3C guidelines, presents Merkur tool, which allows pages built following accessibility and standardization recommendations to adapt to mobile devices following the W3C guidelines and recommendations, in a simple and effective manner.

Mobile web and its introduction in the Spanish local administration

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:20:13 +0200

In recent years, mobile technologies have become more and more important in the social information ecosystem and they are a real option for accessing the Web. Each time there are more and more people that use the mobile web, and each time there are more portals that offer services for this kind of users. The web mobile concept and its main characteristics are presented, as well as the degree of adoption of the mobile web in the local Spanish administration, both quantitatively and qualitatively.

The architectural visa project: documental description, characterization and normalization

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:20:02 +0200

Architectural documentation is a key element of knowing our cultural heritage. The heterogeneity and complexity of this documentation causes problems in their proper description and subsequent retrieval in databases. This work focuses on a specific typology within this type of documentation: the visa project. First, this typology is characterized as a document, defining, describing and analyzing its constituent parts according to the variety of laws and standards that govern it. Second, a conceptual design is proposed as a basis for construction of a project database system. Finally, the Inpav (National identifier of visa architectural projects) is suggested as standard identification.

Linguistic treatment of questions in Spanish for question classification in question answering systems

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:19:50 +0200

We propose a procedure for the linguistic treatment of Spanish questions as a step prior to their classification in question answering systems. The main types of questionanswering systems and their basic architecture are described. We review the principal question classification taxonomies used to date and the different fields from which they have been derived. Finally, we present the stages of linguistic analysis that the text of questions in question answering systems should be subject to in order to facilitate the location of appropriate answers.

Evaluation of DocuMenea, a social platform for Library and Information Science news

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:19:41 +0200

One of the most popular services in web 2.0 is the social promotion of news. Digg and Menéame –the second one in Spain and Latin America–, are very well known. Using Menéame open code, a team of information professionals created DocuMenea with the same characteristics but limited to Library and Information Science. This paper presents an evaluation of this service from its creation in November 2006 to December 2008. The results show that 2,166 news items were sent and 1,610 were published. The service has 582 users, with unequal participation because 74% of them never had sent any news and 91% did not vote on any occasion. Four thematic areas were identified: Google, libraries, social networking / Web 2.0, and the book. Finally, sources in which the top three positions were occupied by daily general interest newspapers were ranked as the most important to DocuMenea.

Telecentres in Spain: networks and content

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

Spanish telecentres are a catalyst and inclusion instrument in the information society. Nevertheless, there is a lack of studies describing the activities performed by these entities in their areas of impact. With this goal in mind, research was conducted to analyse the current situation of the telecentres, the strengthening of their networks and the activities undertaken. It is the goal of this paper to formulate a “resources and services model” as the framework for decision taking by political authorities or as a rethinking and analysis device for social agents.

From Social Web to Mobile 2.0: The 2.0 paradigm in the mediatization process of mobile communications

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:19:21 +0200

Due to their increasing connectivity and processing power, mobile devices are engaged in a process of mediatization that involves, on one side, conventional media related paradigms (standardized contents, pay per access, individualized passive consumption) and, on the other side, the Social Web related 2.0 paradigm (personalized and user generated content, third party open environments, collaborative work, prevalence of ‘sharing’ logics, etc.). This paper poses a general framework of those factors that enable the relevance of the Web 2.0 paradigm in the current development of market and data consumption in mobile devices, including some conceptual outline that may prove useful in future research of the evolution of mobile content production, business and consumption models.

Key factors for the development of mobile content markets

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:19:10 +0200

The main goal of the analysis summarized in this paper is to identify essential economic, technological, social and legal forces that are currently shaping the mobile content sector. Illustrating the nature of their impact should inform subsequent research and provide policy-makers with a coherent and comprehensive picture of the sector’s current state and future evolution.

Mobile Web: Technologies and issues

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:18:57 +0200

In the last years we have seen many attempts to transfer the desktop browser experience to the mobile sphere, with poor results. Nonetheless, both devices’ performance improvement and the development of new browsing support technologies are enabling the rise of a new form of mobile Web (also known as Mobile Web 2.0). We detail the characteristics of this mobile Web 2.0, the existing barriers that may impede its growth, as well as the distinctive characteristics of mobile browsing and the various technologies that favour the progress of the mobile Web 2.0, with a special focus in ajax, mashups, widgets and content syndication.

Libraries and the mobile web

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:18:47 +0200

Mobility and access to Web contents and services from any place having an internet connection are both advantages of using mobile devices like mobile phones, pdas, smartphones, ultra mobile PCs or ultra low cost PCs. However, new questions also arise, mainly related to content accessibility: their characteristics, connections and the way people in motion connect to the internet generate different requirements. In this paper a general landscape of the mobile web is drawn from a librarian’s perspective

Mobilizing the Web: where are we going and how will we get there?

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:18:37 +0200

This note takes a brief look at trends in the usage of Web from mobile devices, specifically studying data regarding Opera Mini. It looks for unexpected results, and for differences that appear regionally, identifies some trends and some areas for further study of mobile Web usage.

Gestión del conocimiento en las organizaciones: fundamentos, metodología y praxis (Mario Pérez-Montoro Gutiérrez)

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:18:27 +0200

Pérez-Montoro Gutiérrez, Mario. Gestión del conocimiento en las organizaciones: fundamentos, metodología y praxis. Gijón: Trea, 2008, 264 p. (Biblioteca y administración cultural, 191). ISBN 978-84-9704-376-2

2ª Jornada técnica de bibliotecas de ciencias de la salud en el siglo XXI: electrónicas, digitales, virtuales e híbridas

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:18:19 +0200

Organizada

Jornadas “Proyección de los repositorios institucionales”, Madrid, 10-12 diciembre 2008

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:18:09 +0200

Unas 150 personas procedentes de casi todas las Comunidades Autónomas asistieron a las 3as jornadas sobre repositorios institucionales que el grupo de trabajo ”OS repositorios” y la Universidad Complutense de Madrid organizaron en la capital española con el título: “Proyección de los repositorios institucionales”

Encuentro de académicos, estudiantes y profesionales de la información en la Universidad de León

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:17:59 +0200

Tuvo lugar en la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de León, los días 17-18 de octubre de 2008. Su objetivo era reflexionar sobre los requisitos que el mercado laboral exige de los graduados en Información y Documentación y determinar las necesidades previstas a corto-medio plazo, así como conocer las lagunas y/o deficiencias de los planes de estudio en vigor.

Search results visualization and personal bibliographic software: a contextual note on RefViz 2

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:17:50 +0200

Personal bibliographic software helps to organize references. These packages can create bibliography and footnotes in combination with popular word processing programs. They also allow direct searching in some data bases and sharing of bibliographic files among research colleagues. However, as search results become more and more numerous, conventional treatment of reference lists presents some difficulties to scientific information users. Along with other applications designed to visualize search results, RefViz is more a data visualization and analysis software than a bibliographic management package. Nevertheless, its use in combination with other reference managers can give users a powerful tool to explore a large amount of collected references based on their content.

Spain and the world’s 25 top science countries in figures (1992-2008)

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:17:38 +0200

Production and citation rankings of the top 25 world science countries are presented from the free data provided by Thomson Reuters in ScienceWatch.com. The development of Spain is discussed in detail.

Science 2.0: Tools catalogue and consequences for scientific activity

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:17:29 +0200

The concept of Science 2.0 is introduced and analysed based on its principal characteristics: user participation and collaboration, as well as free information exchange by means of web applications. A categorisation of tools for main web 2.0 functionalities for scientists is detailed: blog networks, journals with 2.0 tools, online reference managers and social tagging, open data and information reutilisation, social networks, and audio and video-science. Main factors influencing the use of these tools are presented. Finally, the consequences for scientific activity of general adoption of these services and applications are discussed.

Google Analytics: good and nice and free

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

On the internet, statistical tools are essential to measure the results of online marketing campaigns. The lack of those tools is annoying because companies cannot make decisions based only on intuition and expectations. A webmaster has to know clearly the objectives and targets, and has to fight to enlarge the user base and to improve their conversion rates. Google Analytics offers the best statistical service: good quality, friendly interface and free service. It offers not only statistical data, but improves the ROI of the companies, i. e., it helps them to earn more money. This is why Google Analytics is used more and more everywhere.

City webs. The Bcn.cat case

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:17:08 +0200

The history of the municipal web of the city of Barcelona –Bcn.cat– goes back to 14 years ago. In this time has passed to be a small web, static and with little content to be one of the more important municipal webs with 100,000 visits per day and a million pages served daily. This article shows data related to this web and with the Internet penetration and use in the city of Barcelona.

Content analysis of the IweTel e-mailing list (2001-2007)

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

The evolution of the mailing list IweTel is presented, including a description of its evolution and how it has been used by its subscribers, by analysing the content of the messages sent from 2001 to 2007. The study shows that the list is used mainly for professional communication and information exchange and, overall, by the academic community. However, a lack of active participation by its members is also revealed. On the other hand, list management has improved in recent years, and so has the quality of the debates.

Visible colleges: co-membership structure of Spanish PhD juries in Library and Information Science

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:16:47 +0200

The results of a study of social networking by professors’ co-memberships in library and information science PhD juries between 1993 and 2006 are presented. Degree reduction and k-core methods are used to extract sub-networks and a Ward’s hierarchical cluster analysis is performed. The resulting network identifies five classes, whose members are actors occupying similar social positions, and at the same time different mechanisms, based mainly in similarity and physical proximity, are proposed from the interpretative point of view.

Use of ontologies to enhance the results of web search engines

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

With the increasing number of web sites, the time spent by users reviewing the results also increases. In addition, the nature of web content is semantically heterogeneous and oriented to people who will be able to understand it. Frequently the results from search engines do not correspond to the expected topic. One approach to improve the results is to match the content of the web pages with a formal vocabulary on the topic (ontology) and with the informal vocabulary (common terms of the topic but not in the ontology). This paper describes a web search method that takes advantage of ontologies to reduce the search area of certain topics. With this approach the relevance of search engine results is enhanced by filtering the content through the integration of domain ontologies, the WordNet thesaurus, and a hierarchical similarity measure. Thus, the improvement on the relevance of results reduces the time required to review such results.

Identification of communities through email usage analysis

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:16:25 +0200

During the last decade we have witnessed the generalized use of email as a tool for communication in our society. Its use within organizations follows this general trend and a large portion of a company’s internal information flow occurs in this way. Thus, monitoring its use, while preserving the anonymity of its users, is a very valuable tool to know the informal structure of an organization and to compare it with the prescribed formal structure. In particular, we present a community analysis performed on the email network of the Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain.

Web usage data mining

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:16:11 +0200

The analysis of web usage information is an important cybermetric tool for describing the visits and visitors to a website, and their navigation behaviour, which can help in designing the structure and contents of the webpages. The paper describes the main concepts (log file, session, user) and introduces both manual and automated techniques to study the log files. Finally, the counters and trackers are described, paying special attention to the statistics offered by two systems: Google Analytics and StatCounter.

Combination of internal and external search log analysis for forecasting of seasonality of queries to enhance websites redesign

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

Effectiveness of longitudinal search analytics is studied, in the sense that search log analysis can be used as a tool to enhance website information architecture. A methodology of analysis is described, obtaining the seasonality of queries through the combination of studies on internal search logs (from internal search engines) and external search logs (from Google). Results show that a better information architecture produces better information retrieval results, both for external or internet search engines and for internal search engines

Web data mining trends

Scipedia content — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:15:50 +0200

Overview and trends of different aspects and applications of data mining on the Internet, in relation to Web 2.0, spam, analysis of searches, social networks and privacy.

Size effect and localization in J2 plasticity

María Jesús Samper — Thu, 04 Apr 2019 12:40:45 +0200

This paper studies the phenomenon of structural size effect and strain localization in J2 plasticity. Size effect is here understood as the change in the response of a given structure when the spatial dimensions are scaled up or down while the geometry and other relevant properties of the structure are preserved. The work exploits the advantages of the mixed displacement–pressure formulation in incompressible or quasi-incompressible situations. Elasto-J2-plastic constitutive behaviour with regularized softening is considered. Stability issues are discussed to ensure existence and uniqueness of the solution of the corresponding discrete finite element formulation. Numerical examples show that the formulation derived is able to solve a wide range of structural scales, including real life engineering applications. The results obtained do not suffer from spurious mesh dependence. Furthermore, the formulation includes the classical theories of perfect plasticity and linear fracture mechanics as limit cases.

Learning to teach information skills to users: advances in professional training in Spain

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

The aim of this paper is to review some recent progress in the preparation of professionals to design and implement information literacy services in documentary institutions, and particularly in libraries. These include the initiatives conducted by professional associations for advocacy or promotion and the training courses, seminars and workshops sponsored by associations and library systems’ lead agencies to acquire skills to develop these services, and their inclusion in the new college degree programs for Information and Documentation approved in 2008 or to be launched within the next two years.

Blogs in media and scientific publications in Spain. Two divergent situations: the case of EPI blog

Scipedia content — Tue, 02 Apr 2019 10:17:39 +0200

The article discusses the presence of blogs in two types of publications with different characteristics: digital newspapers and scientific journals in Spain. The case of the journal “El profesional de la información (EPI)” blog is presented.

Semantic search in Europeana: problem perceived but not the solution

Scipedia content — Tue, 02 Apr 2019 10:17:10 +0200

The internet has facilitated the creation of large collections of documents by the aggregation of documents sent from different suppliers. Europeana is an example. In general, these documents have been identified using different thesauri and, at the same time, different languages. There are no systems that help the user to consult these documents using natural language, and also in their own language. Europeana has set up a prototype of a semantic search engine. In this text we analyze its structure and functioning. The conclusion, however, is that this is a very experimental version.

Deficiency is consent in the library service: Do professionals realize it?

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:39:38 +0200

This reflection focuses on the role of the public library in providing leadership to the social construction of cultural needs and values and offering services beyond the concrete demands of the users, and on how ignorance of the library’s potentialities limits the demands made on the public library. The need for a coherent public library project is defended as essential to obtaining the cultural leadership of our community.

Informes anuales 2008

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:25:40 +0200

Las noticias que marcaron 2008

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What useful can be a virtual world like Second Life and the augmented reality?

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:25:19 +0200

Until now, the paradigm of Human-Computer Interaction has focused on the interaction with two-dimensional interfaces showing the strong dichotomy between the real and the digital. The advent of virtual worlds are opening up new possibilities to develop spaces that can be more appropriate in certain circumstances to show users specific type of information, create physical places or objects which faithfully represent the real world, geolocate or interact with them beyond the limitations of twodimensional images and the written word. Finally, the arrival of the augmented reality aims to go beyond the simulation of a three-dimensional environment on a flat surface such as a monitor showing the three-dimensional virtual objects and take all the digital advantages resulting from this for improve the learning and knowledge human.

On the feasibility of Open source: the case of Alfresco

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

The main virtues of the document management software developed by Alfresco are described as well as the economic viability of open source in general. Despite criticism that receives, issues such as business rigour, the generation of partners’ networks and a strong entrepreneurial approach make open source a completely viable business model.

Devices for cognitive and intellectual development and interactive surfaces: why Asus Eee PC triumphs?

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:25:04 +0200

Since its origins the man has always sought ways to enhance their cognitive abilities: memory, learning, understanding, preservation and dissemination of information. And it has used many different media and tools to represent the information in them. Cognitive artifacts are all those tools that we use for this purpose and which act as enhancers of human intelligence and cognitive ability. In this context the emergence of netbooks or ultraportable PCs are a revolution as cognitive artifacts for their characteristics as laptops, the improve of mobility thanks to their small size, the relative accessibility thanks to their affordable cost and the ability to interconnect us with the World Wide Web. Their introduction could be a revolution in education, social and cultural development at all levels.

Lifestreaming: a way not to lose oneself in

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:24:57 +0200

The evolution of internet to a multitude of social networks and sites where anyone can communicate and publish what they want and in any format they want, is causing a growing fragmentation of information, but this can be controlled through lifestreaming, or what is the same, can be gathered in one place all the internet content production generated by a person or an organization. It is described the concept of lifestreaming and the most important applications and services that its implementation allows.

Microblogging and Liveblogging: what are you doing?

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:24:50 +0200

The concept of microblogging is described. Some of the main tools there are (Twitter, Jaiku, Pownce, Jisko, etc.) and how they work. Then the concept of liveblogging is introduced, and its possibilities related to video and audio. Finally, it offers some ideas to implement these tools in the information units.

Information mobility: from the library to the living room

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:24:44 +0200

Mobility projects are focusing much of the innovation efforts for those working with information technologies. The three main elements that allow mobility (technology, software and information), showing the main trends and developments in the market.

Putting Web 2.0 into public administration: some answers

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:24:37 +0200

The previous note present some questions that emerged while considering whether to include services of the social web in the web page of the public organisation where the author works. Here some reflections, commentaries, projects or proposals are offered that can be possible answers to these questions.

Putting Web 2.0 into the public administration

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:24:30 +0200

Questions to be settled, fundamentally not technological, that arise at the moment of implementing services specific to the web 2.0 or social web in the web pages of Public Administration or Public Bodies are addressed, introducing the advantages associated with them.

Accessibility of public libraries internet content from mobile devices

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:23:58 +0200

The use of handheld devices (mobile phones, PDAs, iPod, video game consoles, ebooks…) for internet access is increasing in Spain due to the gradual reduction in rates and the availability of new devices. The question of adapting web interfaces to these devices has arisen due to their specific features, even in public libraries and their catalogues.

Professional use of social networks

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:23:50 +0200

The popularity of social networks like Twitter, Facebook or YouTube has reached the area of libraries and documentation, where professionals are using them for contact with patrons and to communicate among themselves. On the one hand, by building a presence on social networks, professionals become more accessible, strengthen their relationships and improve communications. On the other hand, social networks are questioned because of privacy and data control.

The information professional faced with scientific collaboration and Science 2.0

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:23:43 +0200

The main task of a scientific documentation manager is to provide help and coverage to researchers, usually in two ways: scientific watch and visibility. The recent emergence and use of a range of technologies and trends (within the so-called Science 2.0) is helping to encourage and facilitate collaborative research between researchers in different universities and countries. This paper reviews some of these services, and reflects on possible effects of their use in scientific information production and consumption patterns.

Digital reference and electronic information services

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:23:36 +0200

Electronic reference systems have evolved. The author presents the different digital reference services that are offered at present. The article distinguishes between digital reference and other non-library information services offered online. The text presents a classification of services in which one person sends a question using information technology and gets a response by similar means. The paper analyzes the characteristics of public digital reference services offered by library organizations for all types of users.

The researcher and publisher in the evaluation of scientific journals

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:23:29 +0200

Evaluation of scientific journals in Spain and abroad is at the peak of attention. There are several journal evaluation systems but there are few relations among them. They cover quality indicators interesting for editors, researchers and evaluators but, how are these groups really affected? On the one hand, researchers from other areas are obliged to know some concepts and terms from Bibliometrics or Information Science. That makes it possible to develop a certain “users training” as well as releasing one of the aspects of Documentation. On the other hand, some researchers engaged with scientific journals as editors or members of the editorial or advisory board express their critical opinion related to some systems or indicators and from their discussions we obtain ideas to improve the evaluation systems. Finally, editors visit these information systems to see how they have been evaluated but are not sure to which system to pay attention. A general conclusion could be obtained: research about journal quality has impact: a social impact.

Certified information and documentation management systems?

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:23:22 +0200

Analysis of the relationship between the need to demonstrate compliance and information and records management systems, and how the need can evolve to certification processes. The future development of ISO 15489 on records management and its opportunities and threats are described.

Lee King and the change in libraries and librarians’ roles: open reflections for discussion

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:23:14 +0200

Digital information, digital books and the World Wide Web are gaining an increasing and accelerated importance over paper resources. Therefore, it is time for librarians to begin to assume new roles, including the construction, maintenance and management of websites for each library, as long as its resources permit. Acquisition and application of information architecture and usability skills are essential for good design of these digital libraries, along with the identification of valuable resources on the Web, the development of repositories and the creation and management of digital communities around the library’s website using the tools of Web 2.0. This process should be accompanied by corresponding changes at the political level to facilitate the allocation of the financial resources, technology, training and human resources necessary to do so.

Library 2.0: Revolution or new makeup on an old way of working?

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:23:06 +0200

A reflection is made about the “Library 2.0” concept as a new way of understanding libraries, underlining that the use of the technology does not by itself define a Library 2.0, but rather the attitude toward users and, most importantly, good planning of both virtual and physical services. The innovations of recent decades are reviewed; in every case, it was thought that we were facing a revolution of the library model. Finally, we discuss whether the new concept of “Library 2.0” is really a revolution or will simply be absorbed inside the “old” model that we currently have.

New professional profiles for new public library projects

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:22:58 +0200

The public library has to be considered as a transversal service cross-linked not only to cultural, but also to social, educational and economic policies. It is a service immersed in numerous social processes of the community. In consequence, public library projects have to be connected to and carried out in cooperation with other municipal policies. This new concept for public libraries implies a consideration of the types of professional profiles required for its successful development. The purpose of this text is to reflect on the needed professional profiles. In public libraries, we cannot talk about just one profile of competencies, but several profiles differentiated according to the different workplaces. As a consequence, we need to talk about the knowledge and skills specifically associated with a profile. This text also considers the benefits of working in public libraries with multidisciplinary teams of information professionals, cultural/community coordinators, social workers, educators, etc.

Would Cajal or Ortega obtain researcher status nowadays?

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:22:48 +0200

The validity of the Spanish system of scientific evaluation used in the selection and promotion of teaching and research faculty members and implemented through six-year terms (Cneai sexenios) or accreditation (Aneca), is discussed, due to the numerous criticisms that the system receives.

The evaluation of scientists in the curriculum of the Spanish National Accreditation Agency

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:22:40 +0200

Access to a civil service career as a professor in a public university is subject to an accreditation process controlled by Aneca. Aneca’s Academia web system became available on January 15, 2008, to centralize all the accreditation data. This note examines some aspects related to the evaluation of university teaching, and about the usefulness of documentation.

The iSchools movement: positioning LIS studies in the information age

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:22:33 +0200

The United States iSchools movement for reforming library and information science studies is analyzed as a contribution to the analysis and debate of the LIS education crisis in Spain and the proposal of action trends.

Digital journalism in 2008

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

Review of the state of digital newspapers in Spain in 2008, considering the following aspects: media crisis, the end of an era, media and social networks, microblogging, widgets, and free access to digital archives.

Publishing and the scientific journals at the 2.0 crossroads

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:22:19 +0200

The status of scientific publication in relation to web 2.0 and its opportunities is reported. First, we discuss how scientific journals have always been working under a paradigm and web 2.0 is only a step in the electronic paradigm. Then we introduce the concept of impostor 2.0 to explain that the scientific community in this new scenario is only affected by technological changes, not social ones, because many of the values of web 2.0 are part of the scientific ethos. In conclusion, we present some examples of editorial policies clearly directed to the social web that are setting the path to scientific publishing.

Newspapers and information visualization

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:22:12 +0200

The newspapers are one of the media that we use every day to inform us. Although our usual reading of them is purely textual, another much richer option exists: visual reading. Understanding the underlying patterns in the composition of the submodules in a news item, and the relationships between graphic images, modules of ads and other modules of news, gives us a much richer and interesting interpretation of our reality that is transmitted by the newspaper editors.

Libraries’ interest in the world of comics

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:22:06 +0200

Some of the advances in standardizing comics in the Public Libraries and users’ lifes are described, pointing out the needs in order to increase their presence.

Responsibility for user-generated content in the collaborative Internet

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:21:59 +0200

The ease with which any contribution can be published on the collaborative Web favours the spreading of inappropriate or offensive content, posted with anonymity. User-generated material in forums and other participatory spaces must be moderated, without confusing control with censorship. The lack of control over content causes harmful consequences and it’s not a technical limitation, but a negligence that can be penalized by law, in spite of some legal vacuum.

Europeana, digital libraries and repositories. Can they compete with Google as document-based search tools?

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:21:52 +0200

In relation to the beginning of Europeana, the need to reflect on the information retrieval systems that are being implemented in this type of resources is considered. Frequently, digital repositories, libraries and harvesters are not applying retrieval systems that can compete with a search engine like Google. The existing quality tools in the traditional documental resources are not being applied either.

Counting in the rain: questions about traffic source analysis on library websites

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:21:45 +0200

Strategic reflections on analysis of traffic sources for library websites. In an environment where search engine optimisation, exposure to the social web and visitor loyalty become prominent features in web analytics metrics, there is a need for a benchmark with commercial sites to adjust good practises in metrics for library websites. The transition that libraries are making to digital services and resources requires taking note of web analytics strategy, marketing, search engine optimisation, links exchange, and loyalty policy, well-developed in commercial websites.

Reuse and exchange of compound digital objects on the Web: the OAIORE project

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:21:39 +0200

The reuse and exchange of compound digital web resources offers new possibilities to create and describe collections of objects, regardless of their location, thereby facilitating new academic workflows. This paper is focused on the OAI-ORE project, the goals of which are based on the identification and description of aggregations of web resources and their interrelationships.

Attention profile: information to which we pay attention?

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:21:32 +0200

Technology, a tool for better completing our daily tasks, could, if not mastered properly, be converted into a work barrier. That could produce a narrow vision that prevents focus on the true purpose of work. This can be seen in that little attention is given to metadata schemes without structured bibliographic descriptions. This paper outlines the schemes based on Attention profile, providing a brief introduction to the concept and outlining the two main standards that are trying to structure it, Apml and the recent Open Taste initiative.

Repository metrics and its role in research evaluation

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:21:26 +0200

Scientific repositories are playing a significant role in scholarly communication, mostly due to the success of open access initiatives. Quantitative indicators to describe their contents and evaluate their usage and impact have been developed. The Ranking Web of repositories is introduced as a webometrics tool to rank the top 200 academic repositories, including both thematic and institutional ones.

Digital natives

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:21:19 +0200

The rise of the internet and its services is leading to a change in users’ habits and information requests; libraries and information centres should propose new strategies to capture them. This text describes the so-called “digital natives”, those who have been surrounded by technology since birth and process information differently than their predecessors, the digital immigrants, as well as some initiatives that show perspectives and needs related to social structure in the medium term in libraries.

Ten keys to the Social Web

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:21:13 +0200

The Social Web is a phenomenon that has been introduced very quickly in the library and information science area. The author presents the characteristics of Web 2.0, organizing into 10 categories the issues that have enabled the incorporation of the social web into information systems. The text describes various aspects of the new generation Web, some technical, such as interoperability or tagging, and others social, such as participation or customization. Taken together, these 10 keys define what the social web is and why it can be considered a technological revolution.

Neither winner books nor defeated books

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:21:06 +0200

Some alarming voices insist that ebooks will displace print books, even though electronic gadgets can’t surpass, or even equal, those qualities that make paper books ideal for prolonged reading. In the future, paper will still be a better material for some tasks, so it seems reasonable to think we will keep on using it.

Impact factor, commercial competition between Thomson Reuters and Elsevier, and economic crisis

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:20:59 +0200

The use of the impact factor has evolved and it has become the indicator to measure not only the quality of journals but also of authors and research groups, provoking strong reactions from publishers, researchers, librarians and evaluation committees. This paper presents a reflection about the relationship between strategies and business decisions of private companies (such as Elsevier and Thomson Reuters) and the Spanish system of evaluating scientific activity.

Bibliometrics and Academe

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:20:52 +0200

Recent criticisms and controversies about abuse or misuse of bibliometric research evaluation are placed in the context of general conflicts of values that knowledge industrialization is bringing about, as bibliometrics seems to be a tool of post-academic or industrial science, a form of scientific work that breaks away from traditional academic principles.

International and foreign journals

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:20:45 +0200

The relationships between politics and scientists of interest in the findings of bibliometric studies are discussed in this text. The use of bibliometric arguments by commissions such as Cneai (Comisión Nacional de Evaluación de la Actividad Investigadora), among others, in the process of making decisions on “sections of research” and aspects of science policy, constitute a discussion of undoubted importance and interest to information professionals.

Open access taken to the extreme: do we need journals?

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:20:38 +0200

Based on the idea that the purpose of scientific publication is that knowledge reaches those who need it as quickly as possible and in the best way, the paper reviews the impact of the internet and new technologies in publication models, from self-archiving to open access. A comparison is also made with the developments occurring in the media. Finally, new trends and approaches in scientific publication are outlined that will lead to new scenarios, from which new models will be evaluated and redesigned in the future.

Universities and institutional support for Open access

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:20:30 +0200

First, the main lines of university support for open access are described. Then, four actions taken in first semester 2008 are discussed: EUA recommendations, the white paper “Open doors, open minds” and, in Spain, a declaration from Univ. de Barcelona and a research call in Univ. Rey Juan Carlos I. The text concludes emphasizing the relation between university policies that support open access and accomplishing the social aspect of the third mission of universities: transfer.

Channeling scientific information, an increasingly urgent need

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:20:23 +0200

The Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (Fecyt) is a governmental tool for the integration of ministerial activity. With its cross-sectional nature, Fecyt tries to ensure that universities, research centres and companies get the most out of innovation. It also pays great attention to the international impact of Spanish science through journals and repositories. In this article, the Fecyt director responsible for Integrated Management of Scientific Information describes their main objectives and activities.

Reviews

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Notes

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Multimedia and Reading Ways: a State of the Art

Scipedia content — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 10:33:13 +0100

Multimedia is one of the less studied characteristics, probably because of the less-developed level of the digital language. Along with hypertext and interactivity, it is one of the characteristics that defines the digital edition. Those characteristics have been always studied from the point of view of production, although not so much from the point of view of reception. How do users read a digital text? The reader’s participation, reading depth, different trailblazing, the relation user-interface and the conception of multimedia text as a module of a database introduce major changes in the reception of the text, which can and must be studied.

Televisual Teenager Phenomena. Adolescent Prototypes in TV Series in Spain

Scipedia content — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 10:33:05 +0100

This work is doubly justified: as a part of a bigger research project on types of so far marginalized characters in television drama serials; and as a contribution to the teenage invasion of the TV screen as a call to this kind of audience. The aim of this paper is to show prototypes of adolescents created in televised products broadcast today in Spain. The methodology is based on two factors: a quantitative one about serials and characters, and a qualitative analysis of drama serials and teen characters. The result confirms the existence of a powerful standardized appearance and attitude regarding the models proposed by American series over the Spanish ones. The conclusion discusses the generation of contradictory teenage prototypes.

Latin American Journalism: A Review of Five Decades and a Proposal for a Model of Analysis

Scipedia content — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 10:32:57 +0100

Based on an historical analysis of the last five decades of research, this article analyzes the elements that define the journalism in Latin America. The work is based on the common social structures and the fact that journalism mediates in the construction of reality throughout the region, proposing a model that describes the individual, organizational and social aspects that have influenced the development of the profession. The results indicate that the educational problems linked to both the identity and the autonomy of the profession, the cultural value associated to professional practice, the existence and reach of the Teachers Associations, political and economic peculiarities, and the considerable influence exercised by Europe and the United States, are all aspects that make Latin American journalism different journalism in the rest of the world. Still, despite these similarities, neither a shared conceptualization nor a homologated operationalization of the profession exists in Latin America.

Television, Attitudes, and Drugs in Adolescents: Research on their Effects

Scipedia content — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 10:32:48 +0100

Studies related to the use of addictive substances usually reflect the point of view of consumers. In this paper we present a qualitative analysis of the answers of non-users related to the impact of television on their attitudes and behaviour. This article is the result of extensive research carried out in the city of Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico that aimed to describe the relationship between television and the identification and promotion of values that protect the city’s teenagers from drug use. The data obtained provide those in charge of television programming with suggestions from the teenagers to help them stay drug-free.

PaleoTV, NeoTV and MetaTV in US Drama Series

Scipedia content — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 10:32:40 +0100

This paper analyses the paleoTV, neoTV and metaTV features in three US drama series belonging to drama series genres and adventure subgenres: adventures («Lost»), crime («CSI: Crime Scene Investigation») and politics («The West Wing»). The aim of the research is to study these TV series in relation to the three eras which divide the short history of TV up to today, to determine the features that define this media in serial fiction and its relation to its own diachronic moment. The methodology of this work is based on the concepts of several scholars and makes references to other US fiction series. It emphasizes the autoreferenciality and intertextuality as some of metaTV’s most important features.

Student´s Perceptions of Blended Learning at University

Scipedia content — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 10:32:33 +0100

This paper describes the main contributions by students from a Teaching Innovation Project (2005) at the University of Córdoba focused on a part-time attendance teaching methodology (blended learning) through a virtual space within the degree of Educational Psychology. The most relevant contributions to the project (later applied in the Faculty of Educational Sciences in the University of Granada, Spain) are also collected. The students’ thoughts on the strengths and weakness as the main receptors of teaching in the European Space are an important factor in the improvement of teaching restructuring, based on the training necessities of all the educational agents involved directly and indirectly in this moment of change (teachers, students, educational authorities, etc.).

Learning with videogames: Ideas for a Renewal of the Theory of Knowledge and Education

Scipedia content — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 10:32:25 +0100

In this paper we reflect on the relationship of games, cognitive development and educational processes during a time of profound technological change. Specifically, we consider the role of videogames in knowledge construction and in children’s education. By studying both the logic of video games and how players understand them, we can develop interesting ideas for re-thinking theories on knowledge and education. Primarily, this text analyzes the role of video games in the world of play in order to delve into its unique narrative models. Finally, we evaluate their virtual features for learning and education in general, then focusing on the risks entailed. We conclude with a cognitive-pedagogical evaluation of the connective thought that videogames can develop.

Audiovisual Narrations Based on Intercultural Relationships in Education

Scipedia content — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 10:32:17 +0100

In this article, we describe a work started in 2008 and carried out in two public schools. We analyze the possible contribution of narration (photographic and film languages) to mutual human knowledge and the understanding of the events that surround group knowledge. We think that this type of audiovisual narration is more appropriate than mere texts to relate the affective and rational in Primary school children, as they are a culturally diverse population and, consequently, not all of them are literate in the native language. We envision storytelling as the basis for using of technical resources to encourage not only inter- and intra-group exchanges with these children, but also to encourage mutual understanding among them. We conclude by pointing out how teaching situations mediated by the use of technological resources help the participants to make sense of things, ideas, relationships and life events that are dispersed, as well as to build interpersonal meanings. Finally, through these methods, the protagonists of the audiovisual narrations are able to use the dialogue and the negotiation of meaning as the best way to encourage more democratic, egalitarian and fair practices.