Scipedia: Documents published in 2013

The need for end-user customization of the journal-sets of the subject categories in the Scimago Journal Ranking Database for more appropriate league lists. A case study for the library & information science field

Scipedia content — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 11:56:49 +0200

The open access SCImago Journal & Country Rank (SJR) service -built from data in the subscription-based Elsevier ’s Scopus database- offers bibliographic information and bibliometric indicators for nearly 20,000 journals and other serial publications for 1996-2011. Journals are assigned to 300+ pre-defined subject categories and 26 broad subject areas to produce league lists. The set of 134 journals assigned to the Library and Information Sciences (LIS) subject category and a sample set of 50 other LIS journals, scattered across several other categories, were analyzed in the latest edition (SJR - 2011). Recommendations are made on how SJR could be enhanced by its developers to include simple customization options in the interface to facilitate a more efficient look-up and more valid comparison of the standing of journals and other serials and to reflect the prevailing preferences at the institutions where the rank positions in journal league lists are used to inform career advancement and funding decisions. It is argued that extending the current three-year citation window to five years would be more appropriate for all disciplines, and would also make SJR comparable to metricsbased journal league lists produced from the open access Microsoft Academic Search (MAS ), Google Scholar Metrics for Publications (GSMP ), and Eigenfactor.org (EF) data and the subscription-based Journal Citation Reports (JCR), which pioneered the idea of a metrics-based journal league list.

UNE-ISO 16175 on document management in the paperless office: scope and limitations

Scipedia content — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 11:56:40 +0200

The UNE-ISO 16175 is analyzed to determine its scope and merits in the management of electronic records, enabling better archives management in organizations. There are analyzed its shortcomings or limitations that are generally resolved by other standards.

New technologies for analysis of business intelligence. Practical cases

Scipedia content — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 11:56:31 +0200

New internet-based technologies are transforming the business model around the world. The use of new competitive watch and intelligence platforms is discussed. We review the information sources used in combination with other data (e.g., financial and technological data) to create intelligence. Analytical tools allow the detection of connections between data so that the company can identify changes, adapt products to new customers, or anticipate market movements. Three practical cases are presented using the VicuboCloud solution to collect and analyze information for decision-making.

Museographic view of history or cultural heritage libraries: perspectives and reflections about collections and old books

Scipedia content — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 11:56:21 +0200

The paper analyses the similarities between cultural heritage libraries and museums. First, books are analyzed as heritage objects and museum artifacts. Secondly, researcher’s needs and interests concerning rare books are studied, as well as the knowledge and skills a librarian must possess. Finally, main functions and special features of heritage libraries are outlined.

Evolution of documents repositories. The SocialNet case

Scipedia content — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 11:56:12 +0200

Some concepts and technology trends such as digital identity, large sets of data (big data) open data and data visualization that can be applied to document repositories are briefly described. In this article it is presented SocialNet repository model as an example of innovative project designed in line with such trends.

Content management with Drupal: a review of modules specific to libraries, archives and museums

Scipedia content — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 11:56:02 +0200

Drupal is one of the most advanced platforms for content management. For product development, Drupal architecture uses modules that add specific functionality to its core. More than 20 modules are geared to the needs of libraries, archives and museums. This paper reviews the characteristics and development of these modules, including changes over time, number of versions, developers involved, active implementations, and other data.

Managing and disseminating research data

Scipedia content — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 11:55:52 +0200

The sharing of research data is a hot topic at the international level, especially due to the development of e-science, based on collaborative working methods that use technology in an intensive manner. The amount of digital data and of its sharing is growing fast, and a lack of proper management could limit the potential benefits to stakeholders (researchers, governments and public funding agencies, research managers and libraries, and finally the publishing sector). The aim of this review is first to place the sharing of electronic research data in the context of its appearance and of open environments; secondly, it describes the life cycle model of data preservation; finally, it describes several initiatives dealing with methodologies and technologies. In parallel, international developments and highlights needs that exist in Spain are described.

Strategies for disseminating a scientific journal. An experiment with El profesional de la información

Scipedia content — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 11:55:42 +0200

Starting from the theoretical foundations of the role of press offices in the transmission of the content of scientific journals, the article analyses an experiment carried out between November 2011 and November 2012 with El profesional de la información. The methodological approach, the sources, the dissemination targets and the selection and edition of the information are discussed. Moreover, an in-depth analysis of the characteristics of the achieved impacts is presented. Finally, future research is suggested to enhance the transmission and monitoring of scientific content through press releases and social networking sites.

Management of documentary archives at Radio Nacional de España

Scipedia content — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 11:55:28 +0200

In 2011, Spain’s public radio network, Radio Nacional de España, introduced a new content management system for its documentary archive, called ARCA. This new system allows those in charge of radio programs direct access to documentary content, and places documentalists at the center of the production process. In this article, the impact of the ARCA system on the professional routines of program production is analyzed. The article describes the typology of documentary archive content that can be used to improve programming quality, both in conventional broadcasting and in parallel broadcasting of added value on the radio web. Finally, the new system is analyzed, keeping in mind public radio’s role in maintaining the documentary and sound archive of the Spanish State and its autonomic territorial organization.

Content management as a strategic activity in broadcasting companies. Case studies about private radio networks in Spain

Scipedia content — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 11:55:19 +0200

We present partial results of a comparative analysis in three major commercial broadcasters in Spain -Cadena Ser, Onda Cero and Cope - to identify and analyze the structure of the departments responsible for content management, as well as the model and management tools used. The study applies a case methodology and takes a functional perspective, that is, a business model based on the core business of each company, i.e., informational, cultural, or entertainment content. For the second phase of the analysis, we conducted in-depth interviews with the heads of the executive team of each broadcasting company.

Automatic semantic markup in content management systems: integration and quantification

Scipedia content — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 11:55:10 +0200

A general overview of the different semantic markup formats and the existing technologies to incorporate explicit semantic information (microformats, microdata and RDFa) is provided. Services are described that automate, to some extent, semantic annotation processes (Sindice, Calais, AlchemyAPI and DBPedia Spotlight), while characterizing the complete cycle of this process in a particular CMS (Wordpress) using a specialized plugin (RDFaCE-Lite). Finally, in order to quantify the creation and connectivity of semantically marked content on the Web, the space formed by all Spanish universities (and a selection of 25 international institutions) is analysed with Sindice . Semantic page count and visibility indicators (inlinks, outlinks, internal and third party) are calculated for the sample. The results indicate limited presence of semantically marked content in the universities and highly isolated web visibility of this content.

Content management maturity as a synonym for obsolescence or opportunity?

Scipedia content — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 11:55:01 +0200

Technical solutions for content management have reached a high level of maturity. Under the heading of ECM (enterprise content management), several technical approaches for the management of unstructured information have been grouped. The acceptance of content management in different contexts is indicative of the value that these practices contribute to organizations. There is, however, a risk of interpreting this maturity as a synonym for being past its prime: we should consider whether there are still some opportunities for improvement and niches of activity on which to focus efforts, or if instead there is little room for innovation. The author contends that once we have laid the foundation for the deployment of such solutions and content management has become a familiar term for information technology (IT) users, there remain many opportunities related to: a) the analysis of data usage and user experience, including complex issues such as opinion mining, and b) the design of ECM solutions that combine best practices in the areas of IT and information management.

Geo-librarian wanted: geographic data come to the library

Scipedia content — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 11:54:53 +0200

The increased proliferation and accessibility of geographic data are changing the landscape of services based on geographic information. From the analysis of recent job offers posted in American university libraries, we discuss what could be the role of the information professional in this new context, with respect to the management and dissemination of geographic data collections, looking for synergies for mutual benefit between academic libraries and their information professionals and the geographic data community that uses geographic information systems (GIS). In fact, this activity would be one more among the data curation or data sets preservation tasks needed currently in many disciplines.

Datasharing: a practical guide to share research data

Scipedia content — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 11:54:44 +0200

To associate research data to the published results favors their reuse by the scientific community, but this does not afford sufficient guarantees of preservation. To store them in databases solves this contingency and provides visibility, but in Spain there are not many services of this kind. For this reason, we describe, evaluate and discuss the pros and cons of foreign multidisciplinary data repositories that can be useful for researchers and information managers: Dryad, Figshare, Zenodo and Dataverse. It is still early to choose optimally and definitively one or the other application, so we conclude with recommendations to guide the user community and intermediaries.

Rich snippets: Semantic information to improve digital identity and SEO

Scipedia content — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 11:54:35 +0200

The article analyzes and describes rich snippets as a clear example of the real semantic web where metadata is being applied to improve the search engine results pages (serps). We describe the different types of Google rich snippets and explain how to implement people snippets due to their importance for the improvement of digital identity and their impact on the SEO by influencing the Author rank.

Social learning and the information professionals

Scipedia content — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 11:54:26 +0200

Social media have enhanced the innate human capacity for knowledge sharing. The so-called social media have emphasized the ‘social’ aspect, i.e., the collaborative and cooperative qualities, and social learning is one of the results. Information professionals, who have always been inclined to share information and innovations related to their discipline, have taken advantage of the possibilities that social learning offers. Strengthened by solid networking that has been fostered by years of initiatives like EXIT or E-LIS, librarians and information scientists improve their daily practice by learning collaboratively. From ground-breaking lists like IweTel or Públicas to blogs like Biblogtecarios or Dokumentalistas , each professional has been able to build her or his own personal learning environment. Various professional networking online environments are described, and special attention is given to the recent Social Biblio project and its active learning network.

Multicultural adaptation of open educational resources: factors in the OpenScout portal’s success

Scipedia content — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 11:54:15 +0200

This paper outlines the experience developed in the UNED (Spanish National University of Distance Education) to extend the use of Open Educational Resources for business and management education. UNED joined the European research project OpenScout --which offers value-added tools and services for learners, educators and technology providers- and participated in the design, creation, analysis and evaluation of a model of informal learning. OpenScout draws from a federated reposi tory of educational resources, using and re-using the existing materials and generating new ones, in a creative, collaborative, multilingual international initiative. The cultural adaptation process has been analyzed in the Spanish context. The main strengths of OpenScout, linked to the re-use of open contents in the educational process, are described. In addition, we discuss the project’s capacity for integration into larger virtual communities, seeking synergies from combined use with the most popular social networks.

National policy and international visibility. The Colombian case

Scipedia content — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 11:54:05 +0200

The positive and negative effects of policies aimed at encouraging scientific output by university professors in Colombia, in addition to those that apply to higher education institutions in the quality accreditation process and in national budget resource allocation, are discussed. Although Colombia reported the highest rate of growth among Latin American countries in the Scopus database and is improving its scientific communication practices, the country now has the challenge of combining these performance results with a greater emphasis on quality indicators. In order to achieve greater international visibility, policy adjustments related to improving scientific production are needed, as well as a more efficient incentives system for researchers and higher education institutions. New policy provisions are beginning to be focussed in this direction.

Information behavior research through social network analysis

Scipedia content — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 11:53:55 +0200

The field of information behaviour research is dominated by a constructivist vision focused on the individual as a generator of knowledge. Recently, a group of researchers have increased the criticism of this approach and advocate a social turn. From this point of view, methods such as discourse analysis are used to try to learn from the language of users how they generate and share knowledge in the social context. Other methods that could contribute to a better understanding of this aspect include social network analysis. The article describes how this method has been applied to the study of information behaviour, shows a practical application and discusses the professional and methodological implications.

Information management and its evaluation in local government communications

Scipedia content — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 11:53:46 +0200

The management of information is of special importance in municipal institutions because citizens hear about their local government’s achievement of political objectives through messages identified as public communication. The municipal communication structures are essential in these processes, which are designed to shape positive perceptions of government action. However, these structures have undertaken very few initiatives to examine the treatment of news events in the press. In this paper we present a tool to analyze the media agenda concerning municipal affairs, based on political and administrative management of municipalities, in a context in which the management and evaluation of information is added to the standard functions of the communications office.

What is happening to library and information studies in Spanish universities?

Scipedia content — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 11:53:38 +0200

This article aims to provide an overview of the current state of library and information science (LIS) education in Spanish universities. Data have been gathered from official statistical sources (Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports and National Institute of Statistics) and universities’ annual reports, in order to complement data provided by members of the Spanish Network of Information and Documentation University Centers and Departments (RUID). Among other issues, a general decrease in the demand of LIS undergraduate studies and a slight increase in postgraduate studies are observed. Finally, the article presents several reflections on the challenges that these studies are currently facing, and suggests strategies that may be followed to strengthen not only LIS education but also the profession as a whole in this country.

Education and learning about information and documentation: roots, challenges and action lines

Scipedia content — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 11:53:29 +0200

The evolution of training and education in information and documentation is reviewed, starting with the first systematic professional education initiatives in the 19th century. Some of the current key challenges and future action lines are discussed: clarifying the mission, the ecological niche and strategic objectives of the discipline; taking care of the disciplinary core and addressing the peripheries; building and looking after the brand and main stakeholders, relocating the student as a prime client; negotiating a permanent observation point to allow the design of curricula based on the labour-market and student needs; programming the educational levels within the framework of life long education; rebuilding and pursuing the interdisciplinary dimension of information studies; modulating technological training according to social changes and student profiles; and ensuring operational quality and addressing the continuous evidence-based improvement of the pedagogical methods. The reflection focuses on the Spanish case, but incorporates an international perspective.

An apropos kinematic framework for the numerical modelling of Friction Stir Welding

María Jesús Samper — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 13:22:24 +0200

This paper describes features of a fully coupled thermo-mechanical model for Friction Stir Welding (FSW) simulation. An apropos kinematic setting for different zones of the computational domain is introduced and an efficient coupling strategy is proposed. Heat generation via viscous dissipation as well as frictional heating is considered.

The results of the simulation using the proposed model are compared with the experimental evidence. The effect of slip and stick condition on non-circular pin shapes is analyzed. Simulation of material stirring is also carried out via particle tracing, providing insight of the material flow pattern in the vicinity of the pin.

Continuum FE models for the analysis of a representative bay in Mallorca Cathedral

María Jesús Samper — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 12:58:47 +0200

From the theoretical point of view, systems composed by masonry arches or vaults would require, during construction, the simultaneous activation of all structural elements in order to reach the optimum balance of thrusts. This is not obviously the case of complex ancient masonry constructions, whose long and gradual building process may have contributed to their deformed condition and even to damage.In this paper, the possible influence of the construction process as well as that of later long-term deformation on the final condition of the building is investigated in the case of a complex and large historical structure, namely Mallorca Cathedral. A FE code has been specifically developed for the present study. The code is able to account for construction processes through sequential-evolutionary analyses, with the description of masonry mechanical damage and long-term deformation. The representative bay of the cathedral is analyzed taking into account different construction phases, as emerged from historical research. The response of such substructure to transverse earthquake equivalent forces is then investigated. In this case, the damage model is improved with a local crack-tracking algorithm. This numerical strategy models the tensile damage as distinct cracks, leading to a better prediction of realistic collapsing mechanisms.

An orthotropic damage model for the analysis of masonry structures

María Jesús Samper — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 12:43:01 +0200

This paper presents a numerical model for nonlinear analysis of masonry structural elements based on Continuum Damage Mechanics. The material is described at the macro-level, i.e. it is modeled as a homogeneous orthotropic continuum. The orthotropic behavior is simulated by means of an original methodology, resulting from the concept of mapped tensors from the anisotropic field to an auxiliary workspace. The application of this idea to strain-based Continuum Damage Models is innovative and leads to several computational benefits. The suitability of the model for representing the behavior of different types of brickwork masonry is shown via the simulation of experimental tests.

Institutional publication of e-books: towards a socially useful model

Scipedia content — Tue, 02 Apr 2019 16:27:00 +0200

This work presents trends and models for electronic publishing of nonfiction books, with emphasis on education resources. The context of institutional publishers (universities, cultural centres) is outlined, from the point of view of global online publishing strategies that try to improve productivity by combining technologies and open licenses, innovations in format, and content repurposing and reuse.

Book citation index: A proposal of best practices for publishers

Scipedia content — Tue, 02 Apr 2019 16:26:44 +0200

The presentation of the Book citation index, the new tool for bibliometric assessment of the ISI / Thomson Reuters, has generated deep concern about its inclusion criteria that perpetuate the biases of the citations databases already produced by this company. Given the importance this product may have for the description of scientific activity in disciplines such as social sciences and humanities, we propose a series of recommendations for book publishers with the aim of promote the indexation of their works in this database. A key proposal is to group the books in collections and then to build series in a similar fashion to scientific periodicals. Following this procedure and for guarantying formal quality, it is suggested to set up international committees for the collections, reviewers for each individual title, and additional information that can be added to the database like authors affiliation, extended summary, at least in English, keywords or the cited bibliography following international standards. As a final recommendation it is proposed the open access through any available channels.

Nine common errors in the application of mobile technology in libraries

Scipedia content — Tue, 02 Apr 2019 16:26:24 +0200

Libraries are trying out mobile technologies and looking for applications of smartphones and tablets that can improve library services and professional practice. Through the analysis of the first experiences, professional literature and direct contact with professionals, some common errors have been detected. They are listed and explained in this text in order to serve as a starting point for professional discussion and reflection.

2012 en 60 noticias

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 10:58:37 +0200

Resumen de las noticias más destacadas de 2012.

Informes anuales: Sistemas de información

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 10:58:28 +0200

Informes aparecidos en 2012 sobre el tema indicado.

Informes anuales: Mercado, industria y sector información

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 10:58:21 +0200

Informes aparecidos en 2012 sobre el tema indicado.

Informes anuales: Comunicación científica

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 10:58:11 +0200

Informes aparecidos en 2012 sobre el tema indicado

Informes anuales: Gestión de información

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 10:58:03 +0200

Informes

Informes anuales: Bibliotecas

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 10:57:56 +0200

Informes aparecidos durante 2012 sobre el tema indicado.

Online journalism in 2011-2012

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 10:57:48 +0200

Radiography of the state of digital media in 2011-2012 paying special attention to the situation in Spain, but with references to the international situation. The main points are: the crisis of the media, pay-for-content, data journalism, fact checking, apps and products for reading devices, micromedia and crowdfunding.

ISO-THES: Enlarging Skos through the thesaurus standard ISO 25964

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 10:57:40 +0200

The publication of the new ISO 25964 thesaurus standard has coincided with a high level of deployment of the Skos ontology developed by the W3C and should solve the problem posed by the differences between them. There are currently works in progress to create a Skos extension that would use many of the functions provided by the data model of the new standard.

Authority control ontologies in the field of linked open data

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 10:57:32 +0200

Based on the approach of the role that documentary languages develop in the linked open data environment, two ontologies for publishing authority control files are briefly analysed: Mads/RDF and the GND ontology. We consider the need to contemplate the linked open data reality in a more inclusive and global perspective, in which not only datasets are interconnected, but also controlled vocabularies and description models.

Integrated information systems on universities: the Infoaces project

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 10:57:25 +0200

Infoaces (Integrated information system for higher education in Latin America) is a new project to design a university information system. The main types of university information sources and the main features of Infoaces are described, paying special attention to the system of indicators/markers and the information platform.

The prevalence of the concepts on the terms in the vocabularies for the semantic web

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 10:57:18 +0200

Lexical representation of information has adapted to the conditions imposed by the Web on information generation and traffic. Systems based on controlled words or terms now coexist with others that have a conceptual and therefore semantic nature. The latter have experienced a decisive progression toward concept management, as thesauri have become semantic networks made possible by domain ontologies. The challenges arise in the processing of these concepts, their associative links, and their interoperability.

Schema.org: cataloguing revisited

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 10:57:11 +0200

Schema.org is an important initiative that advances in two directions: on one hand, towards information retrieval normalcy on the world wide web, where fields and vocabulary control are used to improve recall and precision in addition to other logical, vector and probabilistic tools; and, on the other hand, the democratization of the semantic web or, in other words, the launch of a semantic web that can be easily adopted by any willing web master, which now can be almost any person with access to the internet.

Thinking digital: DOI usage in Spanish journals, a subject still pending

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 10:57:04 +0200

This note aims to highlight the expanded use of the Digital Object Identifier by Spanish journals, which despite its implementation is still a pending course. The doi is a basic tool for digital document control, allowing secure permanent citations between documents. Therefore it should be considered a quality publishing factor for electronic journals. The doi system has been adopted as ISO 26324:2012, and more than 200 Spanish journals are applying it via the CrossRef consortium. Its extension affects bibliographic citation practices and several documentation areas should be interested in it.

Authority control ontologies in the field of linked open data

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 10:56:57 +0200

The concept of "big data" is explained as a system of analyzing large amounts of data to discover trends, patterns, correlations and even causality to generate predictions. This discipline can be adapted to the context of the daily work of the information professional dealing with "small data" and web analytics. Examples are provided of tools that support the management and analysis of huge amounts of publicly available data.

The financial system as an information system that definetely can be improved

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 10:56:49 +0200

Key features of the financial system as an information system which links markets’ stakeholders are highlighted and discussed. These features are related to the 2008 subprime crisis, and they are contextualized in sociotechnical changes at the end of the 20th century. Ways to improve the system and prevent future crisis are briefly explored, taking into account information behaviours, which differ from mainstream economics.

Open data, big data: where do we go?

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 10:56:42 +0200

The "open data" movement is becoming more popular in different contexts: public administration, science and companies; therefore, it is important to know its scope. The term has generated a lot of expectations related to transparency at all levels, data reuse and free access. This review discusses some of the expectations generated by this movement.

Critique of the digital world: a categorization proposal

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 10:56:34 +0200

Web criticism in general and search engines criticism in particular have increased in parallel to the importance they gained over time. This paper proposes a categorization of these weaknesses of search engines and the web in order to provide a conceptual clarification. These shadow zones are classified into three levels: technological (issues that directly depend on the technology, whether the limitations in indexing, the list of results or relevance calculation), cognitive (the problems of access and interpretation of the contents by the user) and political (privacy, censorship and other matters affecting people's rights and freedom). In conclusion, we highlight the importance of transversal and interdisciplinary approaches to understand the full complexity of these questions.

Adaptations and reactions of the library sector to the crisis of public funding of culture

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 10:56:27 +0200

We describe how public funding for cultural and library services in Spain decreased in 2012. Therefore, we analyze the impact of this problem on library services, and explain some ways to reduce the damage, such as user contributions and crowdfunding (i.e., social microfinancing). We conclude by arguing that in any case public funding remains essential for stability of these services, and that library associations and librarians must demand it.

News on intellectual property in the global digital environment

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 10:56:20 +0200

Review of trends in copyright and author rights. The Web has helped to highlight the differences between the Anglo-Saxon (common law) and Latin (civil law) worlds, and at the same time has spurred movement worldwide toward more homogeneous policies between countries. The progress is described.

A few dark shadows in the information society

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 10:56:11 +0200

We speak about the "information society", but very often without any critical consideration. This article considers whether we can really say that we live in the "information society" and raises questions regarding the information that we receive from big business, political powers and stakeholders, inequalities between countries and social classes, and other topics such as net neutrality or social networks.

Records management policy: is it a technical question of interoperability?

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 10:56:02 +0200

This article questions the appropriateness of considering records management policy in the regulatory context of the National Interoperability Framework, thereby reducing it to a technical question limited to electronic documents. A records management policy is a strategic issue of key importance in the context of e-Government projects.

Reflections on Spanish scholarly journals

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 10:55:55 +0200

The current ease of online publishing has led to an excess of e-journals, all struggling to attract manuscripts and to survive, and most often without success. This fragile situation for journals means that when one of them does climb up in the quality rankings it is likely to be absorbed by a large foreign publisher. The article reflects on the academic world's dependence on international commercial databases, and questions the Spanish government's expenditure on subscriptions to them. Finally, a recent campaign conducted against Elsevier is described.

Altmetrics: not everything that can be counted, counts

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 10:55:48 +0200

In 2012 there were many proposals for new indicators associated with social web tools. These indicators have been termed as altmetrics (or alternative metrics) and are presented as an alternative to the evaluation of scientific activity. In this paper some possible limitations of the new indicators are presented. More specifically these shortcomings are: 1) a large number of information sources and indicators that make it difficult to establish their classification and relevance; 2) some indicators that have no statistical validity because they generate poor results; 3) the difficulty of determining the meaning of the new metrics –what are we assessing, scientific or social impact?; and 4) the evanescent and ephemeral nature of these new sources and indicators.

Coverage of scientific publishers in Book citation index in social sciences and humanities: is history repeating itself?

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 10:55:40 +0200

In 2010 Thomson launched a new citation index devoted to books: the Book citation index. This new database has opened new possibilities for analyzing fields such as the Humanities and Social Sciences from a bibliometric point of view. However we still know little about their coverage and especially about the scientific publishers that have been taken into account in the construction of this citation database. In this paper we analyze the BKCI coverage: countries, languages, concentration of publishers and finally we compare the database with Scholarly publishers indicators (SPI), produced in Spain by CCHS/CSIC. The conclusion is that Thomson is making the same mistakes as before: a clear Anglo-Saxon bias, a large concentration of publishers and an absence of a number of reputable publishers.

Counting down for e-resource statistics: Counter 4

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 10:55:32 +0200

The main features of the new Counter 4 guidelines for collecting, processing and disseminating statistics on electronic resources usage are analyzed. The new guidelines will be mandatory in 2014 for providers who want to keep the label "Counter compliant". With the publication of the Counter code of practice for e-resources: Release 4 (Counter 4), the current guidelines Counter 3 (for journals and databases) and Counter 1 (for books and reference works) will be merged in the new code, which also will cover multimedia e-resources and advance integration efforts with the Sushi (Standardized usage statistics harvesting initiative) protocol.

Life cycle management of data and records: bridging the gap

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 10:55:19 +0200

Two types of information in organizations are defined: structured (i.e., data in relational databases), and unstructured (i.e., documentary). The need for software to manage both kinds of information is emphasized, moving towards a convergence of information lifecycle management / data lifecycle management (ILM / DLM) and records management (RM) models.

Information management in organizations in 2012: perspectives and trends

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 10:55:12 +0200

The increase in technological capabilities in information handling has raised a number of security and privacy issues with growing importance at the corporate level. On the other hand, aspects such as the implementation of the ISO 30300 series and innovative procurement projects pose new challenges and opportunities for document management and competitive intelligence, respectively. All this points to the issue of how to reformulate intermediation and the corresponding professional role in the organizational environment.

Bibliotecario, trae tu propio smartphone a la biblioteca

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 10:55:05 +0200

Los bibliotecarios se sitúan por delante de sus bibliotecas en el uso de dispositivos móviles, especialmente smartphones. De esta manera muchas bibliotecas están siendo capaces de poner en marcha las primeras iniciativas relacionadas con la movilidad de los contenidos. Este sistema, que en el ámbito bibliotecario ha surgido de manera espontánea, recibe el nombre de BYOD (bring your own device) y está siendo objeto de atención por parte de las empresas, que lo ven como una vía para ahorrar costes y plantean la necesidad de políticas adecuadas por los riesgos que puede entrañar para la seguridad. Se plantea la aplicación del sistema BYOD en bibliotecas, posibles ventajas e inconvenientes y algunas cuestiones sobre su implantación.

GLAM-Wiki: Wikipedia as an opportunity for cultural institutions

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 10:54:58 +0200

This article explains how libraries, archives, museums and other cultural centres are involved in the Wikimedia Foundation's free knowledge projects, such as Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons. It also describes activities that strengthen openness in topics of interest to cultural institutions and generate enthusiasm through article edit-a-thons and other participatory initiatives.

My library hurts

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 10:54:49 +0200

Children in many cases do not yet visit libraries but should become library users in the near future. They are growing up in a highly technical environment in which information needs are increasingly being met directly online through different devices and without visiting libraries (even virtually). This article warns about the need to be aware of this situation in order to build a library model than can remain useful over time.

Pinterest and libraries

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 10:54:42 +0200

Pinterest is a virtual panel where the user organizes subjects with visual contents that are on the Network, in order to share them. Although the use in Spain is low at the moment, Pinterest has become the world's third social network, with high impact in the marketing plans of companies, and in a double sense: attracting web traffic to the business and strengthening its brand image online. The Pinterest "Pin It" button is already part of other spaces and social networks, as well as library catalogs, and it works well on apps. Libraries have launched the use of Pinterest for different objectives: promoting their facilities, collections and services, filtering resources (content curation), creating content in collaboration with users or training in digital skills. A marketing plan that optimizes the use of the tool and the return on investment (ROI) is essential to the success of any of these new tools. To support this planning, specific applications are mentioned that can assist the monitoring of Pinterest activity, along with examples of libraries' use.

Reinventing the library: The resource center for learning and research (crai) at Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 10:54:34 +0200

Libraries need change to adapt to new times. In recent years, academic libraries have been introducing the "resource center for learning and research" model, implemented in various ways. This thinkepi note explains the "centre de recursos per a l'aprenentatge i la investigació" (crai) at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili in Tarragona, a model inspired by cooperation and finding synergies with other university services. This new model has involved a thorough restructuring of the traditional library services to integrate into the crai.

The collection, dissemination and control of publications and author profiles in academic institutions: a library task

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 10:54:27 +0200

Bibliographic control by academic libraries is currently of major importance. We describe the problems that arise and the planning required in the collection, tracking and dissemination of publications by university researchers. Open access platforms can be used to disseminate publications data, interacting with institutional archives and the CV of each researcher. In addition, libraries can regularly review and unify researcher profiles in bibliographic databases, improving the researcher's h-index and assisting in the collection of bibliographic data. Finally, it is useful for academic libraries to participate in and disseminate the Orcid project's unique identifier for the authors.

Can my library help with Europeana?: the need for a change in perceptions

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 10:54:20 +0200

The Spanish city of Burgos hosted the VI National congress of public libraries and the Europeana conference, October 9-11, 2012. The events shared venues and registrants under the theme of "Public library: individual memory, global heritage". Building the European memory requires the involvement of citizens and Europeana is working hard to achieve it. The difficulties encountered by public libraries attempting to become involved in the project are described, pointing out some of the things they can do to integrate local memory into the larger repositories.

Social web metrics

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 10:54:13 +0200

Libraries have been using social media for a long time to meet specific goals, however it is essential to use metrics to know the success or failure reached. The goals that business and libraries pursue in any social media plan are the same: increase confidence in the brand (reputation), achieve user/customer satisfaction (engagement), increase sales (increased use of the library and user collaboration) and ultimately reduce costs. But when we have to measure these goals is not enough to measure the ROI (return on investment), and other metrics are necessary, such as the IOR, impact on relationships, or ROC, return on collaboration. Definitely we must focus on the perceived value by the users, in terms of their investment in the library of their time, energy and confidence. We present a proposal of measurement based on four objectives, which address both the metrics for each goal and the most appropriate measurement tools.

Demonstrating the value of libraries in the Social Web

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 10:54:06 +0200

Libraries have for years been using social media to offer their services and collections, and receiving a number of benefits that must be quantified. In times of economic crisis it is essential to show evidence of success resulting from the resources invested. To measure and evaluate those results, libraries should have a marketing plan for social media, in which measurable and achievable objectives are defined, target populations and the social media to be used are established, an action plan is elaborated, and indicators –both quantitative and qualitative- are defined, thus demonstrating whether the objectives have been achieved and the return on investment (ROI).

Digital humanities: a mere label, or a field that the documentation sciences should bet on?

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 10:54:00 +0200

This paper aims to reflect the growing importance of the term "digital humanities", whether defined as a disciplinary field, a training profile or a movement linked to open access. Although closely related to library and information science, digital humanities is often used in projects without the collaboration of libraries. Developing specific support centres is one way to facilitate libraries' cooperation and participation in digital humanities projects.

Time management as a dimension of information literacy

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 10:53:51 +0200

The aim is to propose that libraries include courses on "Time management skills" within their educational and information literacy services. We consider that users need these skills because of several factors that force us to spend too much time in informational processes, including the excess of content, our habit of 24/7 connectivity, the excess of tasks to be done, and the ubiquity of information. Finally, we suggest some of the issues to be included in the training: skills and tools that help to organize time, and especially attitudes and values to decide how, when and how to spend time on the demands of information and communication.

Learning communities: a trend for 2013

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 10:53:44 +0200

Three types of communities are defined: learning, interest and practice. Their characteristics, operation, commonalities and differences are discussed.

Review of the profession and academic studies in 2012

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 10:53:36 +0200

The main trends observed in the library and information science labour market and university education in 2012 have a general tone of survival with resignation. The economic crisis has caused many layoffs and left libraries without funds. New documents on professional ethics are mentioned. In the labour market, there is employment loss in the public sector. The decline in university enrolments that started in 2002 seems to have stopped and there has been a slight recovery with the new graduate title

The role of information professionals in interpreting the results of journal league lists for research performance evaluation

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 10:53:29 +0200

This paper discusses some of the key content and software features which must be analyzed by skilled librarians/information professionals to deliver reliable, accurate, and appropriately comprehensive set of bibliographic data and bibliometric indicators about the status of the journals listed in the promotion, tenure and grant applications, as well as in journal desiderata for purposes of collection development in academic and special libraries.

Séptimo Anuario ThinkEPI

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 10:53:21 +0200

El Grupo de Análisis sobre Estrategia y Prospectiva de la Información (ThinkEPI ) es un proyecto creado en mayo de 2005 con el objetivo de contribuir a dinamizar la comunidad de bibliotecarios, documentalistas, comunicadores y expertos en información en general, así como a intentar que estos profesionales que “añaden valor a la información” sean más visibles ante la sociedad.

Sumario

Scipedia content — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 10:53:14 +0200

Numerical modeling of friction stir welding processes

María Jesús Samper — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 13:39:13 +0100

This work describes the formulation adopted for the numerical simulation of the friction stir welding (FSW) process. FSW is a solid-state joining process (the metal is not melted during the process) devised for applications where the original metallurgical characteristics must be retained. This process is primarily used on aluminum alloys, and most often on large pieces which cannot be easily heat treated to recover temper characteristics.

Heat is either induced by the friction between the tool shoulder and the work pieces or generated by the mechanical mixing (stirring and forging) process without reaching the melting point (solid-state process).

To simulate this kind of welding process, a fully coupled thermo-mechanical solution is adopted. A sliding mesh, rotating together with the pin (ALE formulation), is used to avoid the extremely large distortions of the mesh around the tool in the so called stirring zone while the rest of the mesh of the sheet is fixed (Eulerian formulation).

The orthogonal subgrid scale (OSS) technique is used to stabilize the mixed velocity–pressure formulation adopted to solve the Stokes problem. This stabilized formulation can deal with the incompressible behavior of the material allowing for equal linear interpolation for both the velocity and the pressure fields.

The material behavior is characterized either by Norton–Hoff or Sheppard–Wright rigid thermo-visco-plastic constitutive models.

Both the frictional heating due to the contact interaction between the surface of the tool and the sheet, and the heat induced by the visco-plastic dissipation of the stirring material have been taken into account. Heat convection and heat radiation models are used to dissipate the heat through the boundaries.

Both the streamline-upwind/Petrov–Galerkin (SUPG) formulation and the OSS stabilization technique have been implemented to stabilize the convective term in the balance of energy equation.

The numerical simulations presented are intended to show the accuracy of the proposed methodology and its capability to study real FSW processes where a non-circular pin is often used.

Reviews

Scipedia content — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 12:54:40 +0100

Visual stories: Conflicts and cultural exchanges in media

Scipedia content — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 12:54:08 +0100

Digital Media in Ecuador – Future Perspectives

Scipedia content — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 12:53:40 +0100

The advances in technology, especially in the field of communication, cause mass media to constantly evolve- and thus not to perish. Indeed, this occurs in situations that are marked by a series of media transformations and changes that have affected journalism as a profession and mass media as a process. The studies that have resulted from these changes have been positive and negative. This paper analyses the digital media panorama in Ecuador, the characteristics of journalism culture and the specific usage of web content. It describes the trends of the main digital media in the country, which have been selected for a case study. The article takes as a core reference ‘ten digital trends in media communication’ proposed by Cerezo-Gilarranz – a specialist in digital strategies. We then focus on the deficiencies of Ecuadorian mass media, which is mainly due to a lack of control over technological environments and the scarcity of links between business and journalism projects that have technological and innovative support, such as the usage of social networks and others. The final result is a detailed guide to the weaknesses and strengths of each digital medium that has been studied. Furthermore, this work highlights reliable trends so that the selected media can orientate towards digital environments. This is achieved by making use of technological tools for creating business and service opportunities.

Critical Analysis of Government vs. Commercial Advertising Discourse on Older Persons in Spain

Scipedia content — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 12:53:02 +0100

The elderly population has increased considerably in recent years and it is estimated that by 2050 32% of the Spanish population will be old people. This group is underrepresented in the media and does not attract much research interest. To put this right, we present an analysis of the representation of older persons in advertisements appearing in magazines aimed directly or indirectly at seniors in Spain. A content analysis estimated the frequency of appearance of the images and words that represent the elderly, and a discourse analysis enabled this study to investigate the presence of stereo types and discourse relations between advertising and theories of ageing. The results show that the older people who appear in the ads are mostly men portrayed as consumers of entertainment products who are at the beginning of their period of old age. A marked gender stereotype is observed. The differentiation between the institutional and commercial advertising discourse is also clear. The study analyses such advertising over three decades, covering the period in which the age distribution of the population has been inverted in Spain. Throughout this period, the frequency of ap pearance has been very low. Old people are clearly an invisible collective in magazine advertising.

College Students’ Views about Journalism Education in Spain

Scipedia content — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 12:52:22 +0100

The paper presents the results of a survey of 1,552 journalism students from five public universities in Spain during academic year 2011-12. The research addresses two objectives: how students evaluate journalism as a degree subject and whether they believe they need this qualification to be a journalist. The results indicate that most students believe the journalism courses are adequate, but almost 25% consider them unnecessary. Students acknowledge the quality of the training received at the specialist faculties but the percentage in Spain is lower than in other countries in the study. A multiple linear regression was used to discover the variables that explain this evaluation. The most influential variable is the course enrolled on, followed by the functions the respondents assign to the faculty. The paper has used data from the largest sample on this subject taken so far, which also includes all courses and data on graduates completing their first university course in journalism as part of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA). This study can be a valuable starting point for further research to inform decision-making on the subject. This research is part of the «Journalism Students Project» with participants from seven countries: Australia, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Spain, Switzerland and the United States.

Media Literacy for Older People facing the Digital Divide: The e-Inclusion Programmes Design

Scipedia content — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 12:51:44 +0100

This article is based on the fact that the Spanish population is aging, and is second only to Japan in its total number of senior citizens. Given this situation and the omnipresence of new technologies in everyday life, the use of Internet and ICT for older people is essential. The latest report by IMSERSO shows that only 15.6% of people aged be tween 65 and 74 connected to the Internet in the 3-month period measured. The data seem to show that there is a generational digital divide to be overcome. The studies that have addressed this issue have focused more on regional and specific aspects of the relationship between age and Internet use intensity, and these studies use age ranges as criteria. Other studies have introduced variables such as seniors’ economic situation or educational level. With this in mind, public policies have sought to reduce this generational digital divide through a number of media literacy and e-learning projects but without success due to their poor methodological approach. This paper proposes a number of new methodological approaches to tackle the design of digital literacy programs for older people based on criteria such as degree of autonomy and the possibilities for enjoying everyday life, proposing the development of programs based on contextualism, incrementalism, motivation and absorption processes.

Educational Possibilities of Social Networks and Group Work. University Students’ Perceptions

Scipedia content — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 12:51:23 +0100

The change in classroom methodologies has in many cases come with the emergence of the Internet and 2.0 tools (mainly social networks). The development of a constructivist approach focused on group work means that students’ training can be improved by this type of resources as they foster important aspects such as socialization, information searching and the achievement of a common goal, etc. This work aims to analyze the information and communication technology (ICT) university learning processes and student preferences for working either inside or outside the classroom at the universities of Córdoba, Sevilla, Huelva and the Basque Country. Our objectives are focused on knowing: the students’ feelings on social software and its influence on collaborative and group work;) the social network tools they use and, if there are any differences between these universities in terms of collaborative work perceptions. The instrument for data gathering was a four-dimensional questionnaire. The main results are: students are interested in group work as a type of classroom methodology; students have little knowledge of technology tools (except for social networks). These results provide a reliable diagnostic instrument for the variables that comprise this tool.

Researching on and with Young People: Collaborating and Educating

Scipedia content — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 12:49:57 +0100

This paper reports on collaborative research on and with young people. In this study five groups of students in the final year of their Compulsory Secondary Education (CSE) from five different schools developed five ethnographic studies about how they communicate, express themselves and learn inside and outside school, with the support and collaboration of teachers and members of our research group. The paper begins by discussing the dimensions of collaboration in education, taking into account the contribution of collaborative and cooperative learning, and the potential of digital resources, situating earlier influences and characterizing the work realised. Then there is a description of the research carried out on and with the young people we invited to perform as investigators. The results focus on the description and conceptualization of the different types of collaboration that have emerged while carrying out the ethnographic studies in each of the schools using digital technologies. Finally, we discuss the implications and limitations of the work as a contribution to anyone interested in researching on and with young people, collaborating, educating and using digital resources.

Adolescent Students as Media Fictional Characters

Scipedia content — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 12:49:36 +0100

Media fictional narrations on adolescents as characters and target are used by teenage audiences when looking for references for their identity building. As a starting point for Media Literacy activities to help teenage students in this process, this research focuses on the representations of adolescent students proposed by different kinds of media fictional narrations. Three European narrations have been chosen in order to analyse and compare different genres, codes and values: the television series «Física o Química» and the films «Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix» and «The Class». A classic narrative analysis approach has been applied in order to encourage teachers to use this kind of Media Literacy activities by employing methodologies that they are familiar with. The results show that such a methodology could facilitate the comparative analysis of important coincidences between these examples (such as the importance of friendship and couple relationships) and also underlines meaningful differences (like the orientation towards the future). The conclusion reached is that the comparison between such different kinds of media fictional narrations is a useful educational tool for improving Media Literacy skills and helping teenage students in the identification of the values and images they really want to choose as reference and inspiration for their own identity building.

Media Literacy and Information Literacy: Similarities and Differences

Scipedia content — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 12:49:10 +0100

In knowledge society, there is currently a call for cultivating a combination of media literacy and information literacy. This, however, requires cooperation from these two separate fields of study, and uncertainty regarding their boundaries hinders a smooth merger. It is unclear whether they are subsets of each other or separate entities. In this study, we have explored the relationship between these two fields by empirically mapping out their territories and discussing their similarities and differences. We have made use of the Web of Science database to delineate the content and boundary of these two fields. Our findings from 1956 to 2012 show that the two fields have different authors, university affiliations, and journals; they also differ in terms of academic origin, scope, and social concern. Information literacy has a closer tie to library science, while media literacy is more related to media content, media industry, and social effects. Due to their different academic orientations, the two fields adopt different analytical approaches. We have found that media literacy is not a subset of information literacy as some scholars have suggested, although the two fields have similarities. They share the same goal, and their publications overlap in terms of subject areas, countries of origin, and titles. The two fields could find common ground by cooperating together to contribute to the promotion of new literacy in knowledge societies.

Empowering Media Citizenship through Educommunication

Scipedia content — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 12:48:20 +0100

This article analyses the different meanings of the citizenship concept (political, legal, social, economic, ecological and intercultural) in order to justify the current media citizenship concept, which is particularly useful and valid for media education. The ultimate goal is to rebuild the social, ethical and political dimension of educommunication on a practical and philosophical foundation. With this in mind, we have analysed two very powerful and current ap proaches, the ethics of dialogue and ability, mainly because of their links to communication and their contribution to the human development concept, which is on the media education agendas of international organizations such as UNESCO or the European Commission. From the philosophical foundation proposed, the criteria for evaluating and reconstructing the practical dimension of educommunication are: civic participation, freedom as development and critical autonomy, which are also considered goals of the educational systems in pluralistic and democratic societies, especially from a model of deliberate and participatory democracy. The paper concludes with a positive evaluation of interdisciplinary approach in the study of media education, an educational project that is crucial for the revival of civil society and the empowerment of citizens in the current communicative context.

Primary School Second Grade Teachers’ and Students’ Opinions on Media Literacy

Scipedia content — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 12:47:58 +0100

In this study, interviews were conducted with teachers of media literacy to determine the needs of media literacy teaching in the classroom. As a result, we see that teachers need in-service training for classes in media literacy; the media literacy lesson is adequate in terms of content but inadequate as an activity. Students indicated significant changes in their perceptions of media after taking these lessons. A «Media Literacy Level Scale» and a «Media Literacy Attitude were applied to determine students’ level and attitude. The information on students was obtained through the «Private Information Form». As a result, a positive, low-level and significant relationship was found between the students’ attitude levels on media literacy lessons and their media literacy levels. The study’s conclusion is that there is no significant difference between the media literacy classes taken by the primary school second grade students and their attitudes and levels on media literacy. Also, no significant difference was found between the educational levels of the parents of these second graders and their attitudes and levels on media literacy. However, there was a significant difference between the students’ daily newspaper reading habits and the frequency of listening to the radio and their attitudes on media literacy classes and media literacy levels.

Design Thinking and Collaborative Learning

Scipedia content — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 12:47:16 +0100

This paper presents design thinking as an alternative approach to conduct research on collaborative learning with technology. The underlying premise of the paper is the need to adopt human-centered design principles in research and design of computer-supported collaborative tools. Two research results are described in order to discuss the possibilities and challenges of applying design methods for designing and researching collaborative knowledge building tools. The paper begins by defining collaborative learning with new technologies as a wicked problem that can be approached by adopting a design mindset. Design thinking and particularly research-based design relies on a shared, social construction of understanding with the people who will later use the tools. The key phases in researchbased design (contextual inquiry, participatory design, product design and software as hypothesis) are described and exemplified through the presentation of two research results. The two prototypes presented are the fourth version of the Future Learning Environment (Fle4), a software tool for collaborative knowledge building and Square1, a set of hardware and software for self-organized learning environments. Both cases contribute to the discussion about the role of artifacts as research outcomes. Through these cases, we claim that design thinking is a meaningful ap proach in CSCL research.

A Community of Practice: An Intervention Model based on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning

Scipedia content — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 12:46:49 +0100

This paper describes the results of a research study on the establishment of a Community of Practice through social eLearning and Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL). The sample consisted of 20 adult women of gypsy origin of various ages, educational level and work activity residing in Extremadura (Spain). The study makes a contextualization and then describes the design, implementation and evaluation of a training scheme in social eLearning about Equal Opportunities and Social Leadership. This is followed by an analysis of the content of the course forums, according to the dimensions of the «Community of Inquiry» model (CoI) which is one of the most promising theoretical perspectives on e-learning and collaborative and constructivist approaches developed in hundreds of studies during the last decade. And finally, the study evaluates the learning experience, using triangulation as procedure for data analysis. The most important research results are: a) the validity of the design and implementation of the training, b) the forming of an effective Community of Practice for Roma women in virtual learning environments, and c) the significant changes in the participants that can favor the cultural promotion of women. It provides a new model of ICT-based educational intervention in CSCL, aimed at improving training for and promotion of sociocultural groups in situations of social exclusion.

Exploring Student and Teacher Perception of E-textbooks in a Primary School

Scipedia content — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 12:45:22 +0100

The potential of technology in digital society offers multiple possibilities for learning. E-books constitute one of the technologies to which great attention has to be paid. This article presents a case study on the perceptions held by a teacher and his students on the use of e-textbooks in a Primary education classroom. It examines students’ meaning-making practices and the perceptions that teachers and students have towards their engagement in learning activities in this context. In the analysis of the data generated, the classroom is considered a multimodal learning space, where virtual, physical and cognitive environments overlap, allowing students to negotiate meaning across multiple contexts and reflect upon it. Results show that e-textbook users’ perceptions greatly depend on the institutional culture in which they are embedded. While the adoption of e-textbooks does not necessarily mean a transition from traditional textbooks to e-textbooks, students and teachers may develop a more demanding range of criteria which must be met by e-textbook providers. By doing this, e-books become a real alternative to free internet resources. Although e-textbooks favor a communicatively active style of learning, there are still real challenges to be overcome by publishers so that e-textbooks do not become the next forgotten fad.

Meaning Processes mediated through a Protagonists’ Collaborative Learning Platform

Scipedia content — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 12:44:59 +0100

The use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in the classroom requires the creation of contextualized proposals which foster in students collaboration and the use of resources to hand. This paper shows the results obtained in the analysis of the signification process which teachers and students have built through their participation in a project implementing collaborative didactic designs using ICT, in particular social networking. Focus groups were formed with 102 students and interviews with 21 teachers took place in two stages (pre- and post-), and they participated in 21 learning experiences developed at 12 schools in southern Chile. Main results reveal a positive assessment of the experience related to the motivational effects of the use of ICT and social networking among students; a considerable change in the didactic interaction inside the classroom; an interest in the possibility of collaborating with students from different contexts and from different regions; a lack of knowledge of the Web 2.0 resources available on the part of teachers, and some negative considerations on the inappropriate use of the Internet. In conclusion, the meaning-creation process of the protagonists enabled this study to gain relevant qualitative information related to didactic, technological and logistic factors in the development of learning experiences through a virtual learning platform.

ICT in Collaborative Learning in the Classrooms of Primary and Secondary Education

Scipedia content — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 12:44:20 +0100

Digital technologies offer new opportunities for learning in an increasingly connected society, in which learning to work with others and collaborate has become an extremely important skill. This article presents the results of a research study into the conceptions and practices of working teachers regarding collaborative learning methodologies mediated by information and communication technologies (ICT) in Elementary and Secondary Education schools. We analyze data concerning ICT contributions to collaborative work processes in the classroom, from the point of view of teachers at schools accredited with a high level of ICT by the Regional Government of Castile and Leon. We furthermore take into account the limitations of these tools, as well as teachers’ conceptions of collaborative learning strategies. The methodology is based on the content analysis of interviews of teachers from a representative sample of schools. The results indicate that teachers think that ICT have great potential for enhancing collaborative activities among students and for developing highly relevant generic skills, although they are also aware of the difficulties that both students and teachers face in educational practice.

Collaboration and Social Networking in Higher Education

Scipedia content — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 12:43:47 +0100

This paper presents an exploratory analysis of the experience of educational innovation in the configuration of a social learning network in a subject for the Education degree course at the University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain). This innovation is based on the premise of student-centered teaching (independent learning, self-regulated, authentic and breaking boundaries between formal and informal areas) enriched with collaborative activities. The study aims to analyze the intensity and relevance of the student´s contributions in this collaborative framework. We used learning analytics tools with two types of techniques: social network analysis (SNA) and information extraction, to measure the intensity, centrality and relevance of collaboration among students. The results obtained allow us to confirm: 1) The consistency and coherence between the pedagogical approach and the option of using a social network in university education; 2) A dense network with a high level of interaction, a moderate degree of centrality and a low centralization index (structure moves away from star), with a group with the capacity to influence the rest (degree of betweenness); 3) High level of relevance to the content analyzed; 4) The usefulness of learning analytics techniques to guide teacher decision-making.

Audioblogs and Tvblogs, Tools for Collaborative Learning in Journalism

Scipedia content — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 12:43:26 +0100

The aim of the present submission is to show the results of the study carried out with 199 students of journalism degree from the University of Valladolid. This experience evaluates to what extend blogs promote individual and group competences and skills, with the goal to determine the advantages and disadvantages of collaborative learning in the virtual environment of the blogosphere. New hybrid weblogs, audioblogs and tvblogs, have been used for practical on the subjects of News on Radio and News on Television for two consecutive courses. The experience has shown great usefulness not only in building the horizontal knowledge about the journalistic work from the classroom, the labs, and in their individual work outside the university environment, but it has also contributed positively to their community integration, enhancing negotiated decision-making and respect for the work of the others. These multimedia logs have enabled students to participate in the creation of content, in the production process, corporate design, bringing out and social media distribution, while learning to organize every element in harmonious and consistent way in order to create an independent audiovisual product related to other webs that can be used as documentary, specialized or critical complement. This collaborative experience has joined creativity, initiative, self-assessment and knowledge of online news production.

Construction of the Foundations of the PLE and PLN for Collaborative Learning

Scipedia content — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 12:42:56 +0100

In this article we approach the topic of collaborative learning by means of the creation and maintenance of personal learning environments and networks (PLE and PLN) and their integration within institutional virtual learning environments (VLE) as strategies to enhance and foster collaborative learning. We take an educational point of view: the student learns independently and carries out activities in groups to achieve common goals. Our aim is to experiment with didactical methodologies of integration between the institutional VLE and PLE, and to analyze the university students’ construction of PLE. Due to its importance in facilitating and fostering collaborative learning, special emphasis is placed on the construction of the personal learning network. We performed a design-based research on an academic course for Primary teachers. The results show that the students construct their PLE and PLN using newly acquired knowledge and that an appropriate methodological integration takes place between these environments and the institutional VLE for integrated learning. As conclusion, we propose an integrative methodological model for collaborative learning as a good practice.

Planning Collaborative Learning in Virtual Environments

Scipedia content — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 12:42:33 +0100

Collaborative learning has a strong presence in technology-supported education and, as a result, practices being developed in the form of Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) are more and more common. Planning seems to be one of the critical issues when elaborating CSCL proposals, which necessarily take into account technological resources, methodology and group configuration as a means to boost exchange and learning in the community. The purpose of this study is to analyze the relevance of the CSCL planning phase and weigh up the significance of its key design components as well as examining group agreement typology and its usefulness in team building and performance. To do so, research was carried out using a non-experimental quantitative methodology consisting of a questionnaire answered by 106 undergraduate students from 5 different CSCL-based subjects. Results prove the usefulness of the planning components and the drafting of group agreements and their influence on group building and interaction. In order to ensure the quality of learning, it is essential to plan CSCL initiatives properly and understand that organizational, pedagogical and technological decisions should converge around a single goal which is to sustain the cognitive and social aspects that configure individual and group learning.

Collaborative Construction of a Project as a Methodology for Acquiring Digital Competences

Scipedia content — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 12:41:45 +0100

As a result of the emergence of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) we are currently experiencing a period of major changes. Higher education plays a key role in helping students to acquire the competences which enable them to be autonomous in both academic and professional environments, where ICT literacy and collaborative processes are considered crucial. This study analyzes students’ perceptions about how the collaborative construction of an online project facilitates the acquisition of digital competences. It examines the methodological approach, within the context of the Open University of Catalonia, of the subject: «ICT Competences». This subject is conducted fully online at the UOC, and learners are required to engage in a collaborative project organized in 4 phases: starting, structuring, developing and concluding. Based on an evaluation research approach, quantitative and qualitative data from a survey have been triangulated. The results support the pedagogical methodology which forms the basis of this subject and indicates that collaborative projects facilitate the acquisition of digital competences, highlighting those linked to digital teamwork and digital attitude. The conclusions reinforce the importance of Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) processes, the need to put forward pedagogical proposals for the acquisition of both digital and collaborative competences and the relevant role of the teacher in this process.

Revolution in Education: Computer Support for Collaborative Learning

Scipedia content — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 12:41:20 +0100

From Infoxication to the Right to Communicate

Scipedia content — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 12:41:06 +0100

Reviews

Scipedia content — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 12:40:56 +0100

Visual stories: From the entertainment society to the knowledge society

Scipedia content — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 12:40:28 +0100

Intimacy and «Extimacy» in Social Networks. Ethical Boundaries of Facebook

Scipedia content — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 12:40:14 +0100

The current paper aims to analyze how certain Facebook settings, model of new Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), have turned into an infringement of some existing privacy Ethical principles. This totally changed and modern paradigm has its clearest expression in recent Web 2.0., and omnipotent Communication Technology, and implies the reconsideration of each Ethical Principles, especially those related to Intimacy and Image Protection. Our research explains not just how these areas are affected by technological changes but also the way these imperative ethical principles are violated because users ignorance and confidence. This carefree attitude and the increasing communicative relevance have given networking precedence over Intimacy protection. The result of this action has been denominated «Extimacy» according to the author Jacques Lacan, a concept which can be translated as public Intimacy through networking activities, namely, exposed Intimacy. The goal we aim to achieve is to illustrate the different ways our Privacy can be damaged by some Facebook measures (as Privacy Policies Change, collecting tendencies of consumption, the use of private data and revealing users confidence). Likewise these arguments will be endorsed by international researches focused on Facebook privacy violations, which we are going to expose to understand how citizens can carry out different actions to defend our Intimacy and Image Rights.

The Influence of Social Networks on the Adolescents’ Online Practices

Scipedia content — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 12:40:01 +0100

The aim of this article is to study in depth the changes taking place in the habits of adolescents using online communication, particularly due to the dramatic arrival of social networks in their daily lives, and the sociocultural implications of these processes. The research methodology focuses on a selfadministered questionnaire applied nationally. Based on the results of a survey of a representative national sample of 2,077 adolescents (12 to 17yearolds), this study has sought to update the information about online practices among Spanish adolescents, specifically with regard to the remarkable development of social networks. Similarly, the behavior of both regular users of social networks and of nonregular users has been compared, with the aim of detecting the influence of social network use on general online life, and we have considered the following variables: gender, age, funding type of the educational establishment and social class. Among the main conclusions of the study, we emphasize a more intensive use of the Internet as regards time and activities by those who are more frequent users of social networks, and especially the activities they carry out to keep in touch and share content with their equals.

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