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The purpose of this article is to determine the evolution of Communications Departments in publishing companies over the past decade, after the appearance of the e-book in [...]

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The internet is transforming the business model of the press. Free access to online news, increased competition and the crisis of the media sector has reopened the debate [...]

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A model is proposed for analyzing online journalism from the perspective of suitability for certain quality parameters and, especially, in relation to certain indicators on [...]

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The latest trends on online journalism are analysed in this text, from several points of view: media convergence –newsrooms, technology, contents and labour conditions–, [...]

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Report on the 4th International LIS-EPI Meeting which was held in Valencia in November 2009, under the title “Information in 2015”. The topics covered were the future [...]

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The Documentation Department of Editorial Espasa was created in 1860 with the founding of the publishing company. In this interview with its manager, its origin and evolution [...]

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Social reference managers automate repetitive and tedious tasks such as literature management, offering an alternative to search engines and traditional databases for social [...]

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Analysis of the Science Research system in the context of e-science and the federated search, compared with the index-based retrieval systems and harvesting systems. Analysis [...]

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Starting from the premise that future information flows will be transmitted exclusively via electronic formats and that the future of books in their current structure is uncertain, [...]

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The Rector Gabriel Ferraté Library of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya presents its technological experience and outcomes of the last 5 years. The article also describes [...]

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In April of 2005 the Alonso Quijano Foundation published the first number of the magazine Mi biblioteca. With an international circulation, quarterly periodicity and printed [...]

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A study of the current situation of editorial documentation and the job of researchers in publishing companies, as the managers of the information and documentation. Perspectives [...]

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Scientific publishing is a substantial component in the activities of any university, channeling much of the research that occurs there. This productivity is significant from [...]

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Management, trade strategies, marketing and users of scientific-technical e-books in the Spanish market are analysed in this paper, from the point of view of the main subscription [...]

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The electronic book, understood as a digital file, has entered the Spanish publishing scene and caused a variety of changes, both within publishing companies and in the relationship [...]

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An overview of the current status of the publishing sector, taking into account each subject area. Data is furnished on the domestic and foreign book markets and an analysis [...]

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Rodríguez-Yunta,

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Merlo-Vega,

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To some degree the Open Access Initiative has failed, because too few people, even in the library profession, know of its existence. More marketing should be done, thus making [...]

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Information scientists and advertising people use research to seek out the best information to offer the user or advertiser, providing what is needed, enhanced by the creative [...]

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The evaluation of scientific journals with bibliometric indicators has been dominated by the Impact factor since the 70s. However Thomson has recently included in the Journal [...]

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This case study describes a technical-professional press in online media publishing, and the evolution of this sector from the beginnings of internet as a channel for information [...]

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The Institute for Public Relations is the only organization in the world which has created a database to consult and share public relations research on studies and results. [...]

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We analyze the online corporate communications of 17 institutions of the library and information science area, selected from those contained in the Anuario de bibliotecas [...]

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Advertising, one of the leading communications media today, requires special techniques for research and documentation without which its effectiveness could be questioned. [...]

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The studies and analysis of Spanish scientific activity usually are more focused on contributions in journals with impact factor than on patents as a relevant indicator of [...]

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Assessing the results of research groups based on available resources and obtaining some indicator of efficiency are issues of great relevance for the design of policies to [...]

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The evolution of traditional marketing to e-marketing has been achieved due to the arrival of new information and communication technologies, which have had an impact on the [...]

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Business communication in general, and advertising in particular, is in need of more targeted and effective approaches. This article introduces mobile advertising and its [...]

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The introduction of digital technology in the press and communication offices workplace has favoured new skills of labour organization, the distribution of contents though [...]

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Corporate competition is based less on differences in the products they offer than on a company’s ability to differentiate itself through the management of what are called [...]

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The explosion of social web platforms has triggered the emergence of a new professional profile called community manager.The opportunities for graduates in library sciences [...]

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Description of the exhibition area of the Online Information Conference that took place on December 1-3, 2009 at the London’s Olympia. The companies, organizations and associations [...]

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Valenciano-Valcárcel,

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Perianes-Rodríguez,

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The results of studies on changes in the ecosystem of information and communication in the digital age are discussed., including how to use internet and mobile phones to work, [...]

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In order to systematize the processes and improve the quality of the activities of a biomedical research group, a research, development and innovation (RDI) management system [...]

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The development of a legal and regulatory framework to establish the right of citizens to accurate and sufficient information about their own illnesses and health education [...]

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The transmission of fraudulent or misleading information on health through the internet is a major problem. Librarians must intervene to curb the scourge, using the tools [...]

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This paper analyzes the Web applications to manage literature in Biomedical Sciences. We identified, examined and described 28 academic utilities that perform automated analysis. [...]

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Study of ranking in Google and Yahoo of big Spanish municipal corporation websites while searching by city tourist brand. Analysis of whether city tourist brands are promoting [...]

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The activities of valuation and appraisal of old and rare books are analyzed as a professional service to be provided by experts in the field. First, a general outline is [...]

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Public demand for information about health matters has led several organizations to develop custom systems for self-management of medical information. These systems facilitate [...]

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We analyze the quality of several academic heath libraries in Spain according to the users’ opinions. We obtain these opinions using the tool to evaluate quality of libraries [...]

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The terminology used in biomedicine has lexical characteristics that have required the elaboration of terminological resources and information retrieval systems with specific [...]

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The project objective for Ideias (Digital inclusion and informational education for health) has been to improve the processes of digital inclusion in the Northeast of Brazil [...]

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This paper discusses the current state of computerization of health information in Spain, where the priorities include the establishment of an electronic medical record that [...]

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The present and the future of health information are based on eHealth and knowledge management. Some aspects of this future were discussed at the High Level Ministerial Conference [...]

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Louis Rosenfeld, a renowned specialist in information architecture, comments on various topics such as the difference between that discipline and user experience, trends in [...]

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The new publishing and scientific communication environments have led to the emergence of new Web indicators. Along with usage metrics such as downloads there are many measures [...]

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Remote usability testing tools are very valuable and useful in the design and management of usability tests. These tools can help simplify and streamline our processes. We [...]

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The planning and design of a web site information architecture necessarily involves a prototype proposal for the architectural structure of the informational environment. [...]

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The OvidSP® information service is described. OvidSP offers a unified platform for access to a wide range of information resources (e-journals, e-books, etc.) to professionals [...]

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Information has increasingly become a crucial resource for organizations that want to remain competitive in the market. For this reason, analysis and a correct understanding [...]

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The arrival of the digital revolution has modified TVE’s production system, as occurred in other broadcast companies all over the world. This essay offers a view of the [...]

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This article examines an software adapted in-house from DeliverTy, a content management system, as a technological system for the multiplatform audiovisual production of the [...]

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This paper reviews the literature on information architecture during the period 2005-2010, analyzing the monographs published on the subject, in order to identify the current [...]

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Certainly, in recent years there has been a breakthrough in regard to web accessibility: policies and laws have emerged, along with tools, technologies and guidelines for [...]

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We attempt to provide a model of information architecture that serves as a basis for the implementation of web sites of very large and complex organizations that publish a [...]

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Evaluating the Information Architecture in an already deployed website is not an easy task. Most evaluation techniques are focused on examining system usability, but this [...]

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A study based on Google and Yahoo! page results using eye tracker technique is presented. Participants (n=58) attempted informational, navigational, transactional or multimedia [...]

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The discipline of information architecture (IA), although present in some way for over 50 years, has taken on special relevance with the advent of the Web and the explosion [...]

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Information architecture (IA), which is based on the classical principles of solid traditional Information Science, was born in the late ‘90. This discipline deals with [...]

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Interview with Lluís Anglada, director of the Consortium of University Libraries of Catalonia (CBUC). Among other topics, the current and the future situation of libraries, [...]

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Open access to information has brought about a multiplication of data that can be used to carry out statistical analysis on the impact of scientific publications, thus paving [...]

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We discuss the role of the library in development, touching on many dimensions, from being a contributor to the educational process to an agent promoting equitable distribution [...]

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Does library cooperation become the safeguard of a State that cannot adequately support its institutions or is it an inexhaustible means of professional and organizational [...]

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The Argentine history and cultural heritage health network has as objectives the identification, recovery, preservation, valuation and diffusion of the historical, documentary, [...]

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The experience of library cooperation among the universities of Argentina’s Cordoba province is reported. The member institutions, objectives, products and services that [...]

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The Ministry of Defense holds a huge documentary heritage and utilizes both the Defence library network (usually known by its acronym in Spanish, RBD) and library regulations [...]

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The Women’s Documentation Centres and Libraries Network, formally established in 1995, links and coordinates 41 Spanish information units which are associated to various [...]

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The formation and expansion of the Argentinian agronomic library network is analyzed. Its background, formation, international impact, organization, projections, difficulties [...]

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The Public Library Network of the province of Barcelona has extensive experience in the field of collaborative work. The key to its success is not just the important historical [...]

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The article presents the characteristics of the Instituto Cervantes Library Network in relation with the cooperation existing between them, as well as the two main projects [...]

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The collection of digital resources of the CSIC Library Network has been developed mainly for electronic journals. However in the last three years its model for acquisition, [...]

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The photo galleries in four Spanish digital journals --El mundo, La vanguardia, Sur and La voz de Galiciawere analysed in January 2010. A model was designed with indicators [...]

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This article presents the educational role of jointuse libraries as a suitable model of cooperation. Its integrated character allows it to become a platform of convergence [...]

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Starting with the definition of cooperation offered by economic sciences, this article presents a theoretical-practical framework of interlibrary cooperation. On the one hand, [...]

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Global access to knowledge is one of the most interesting challenges for librarians at the moment. Network cooperation at the local, regional, national and international level [...]

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A proposal for a qualitative classification of scientific journals specialized in social sciences and humanities is presented. The main objective of CIRC (in Spanish, Clasificación [...]

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All trends seem to indicate that, to survive in a virtual environment, mass media need to incorporate some operational principles specific to the social media. This paper [...]

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The organization and presentation of web spaces that the main national television channels dedicate to television series are analyzed. We focus the study on a double perspective, [...]

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Media can not ignore the increasing levels of audience participation and its new role as content producer. This fact is a natural characteristic of Web 2.0 and implies reformulations [...]

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Due to both the digitization of press archives and the current financial, economic and journalistic recession, news libraries in online journalism need to re-invent themselves. [...]

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Market response to mobile television usage is quite modest in most European countries. No single reason explains this situation. On the contrary, a set of complex and interrelated [...]

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Online press is immersed in a dynamic process, characterised by the incorporation of information technologies (IT) and search for new business models. In this context, digital [...]

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We show the results of a study about the presence of multimedia content in the leading Spanish online newspapers, over a period of six months (October 2009 to March 2010) [...]

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The present article analyzes the presence and the type of use of the platforms and resources of the web 2.0 in the principal online newspapers of Latin America. The results [...]

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The digital media has proven successful with a specific type of information which is of great interest to those readers, accustomed to using diverse technology that furnishes [...]

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The conceptual relationships between what has been called citizen journalism, participatory journalism and crowdsourcing journalism in the context of the evolution of user-generated [...]

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We review the development of research in Online Journalism in Spain from the mid-90s to the present, presenting an overview of research carried out on this subject and describing [...]

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This article aims to offer the state of the art of international research in online journalism. This work focuses its attention on four of the main features of the field. [...]

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Although the comic has been with us much longer than other arts considered as such without prejudice, there are currently no appropriate search tools that allow us to study [...]

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Review of concepts related to costs, prices and value of information, overview of the global information market, takeovers in 2009 and trends on strategies to sell informa[...]

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Innovation is a continuous need to improve and to adapt to changes, and even anticipate them, to maintain or increase competitive advantage over those with activities similar [...]

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Accessing the Web from mobile devices sometimes entails difficulties due to the technical and physical characteristics of these appliances. There are several methods for improving [...]

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The year we left behind was marked by a growing interest in mobile devices as a way to access content, from searching the internet to reading e-books. While we are in a time [...]

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Review of new technologies based on touch screens, voice and gestures for user interfaces. Several models and prototypes are described. The importance of usability (size, [...]