18 articles in this issue
Monográfico XVI Jornadas de la Facultad de Ciencias de la Documentación “Los estudios de usuarios de información”.
Sin resumen
Isabel Villaseñor Rodríguez
Irene Martín-montalvo
It presents a study about the users satisfaction made in July 2006 in order to provide qualitative data for the elaboration of the Plan Director de la Red de Bibliotecas del Instituto Cervantes. The article summarises the used methodology and the analysis... see more
Mª Teresa Valdehita Mayoral
The article is about the users of the Archive of a public university of an international scope. The UNED is implanted in all the Independent Communities trough sixty Centers Associate. With presence in twelve countries of Europe, America and Africa by mea... see more
Maribel Riaza Chaparro
Since its early stages, at the end of 70’s, O. S. Caja Madrid libraries has been progressively adapted to Society evolution (changes). Therefore, users research has been used as a worthy tool to fit the services that these libraries offer to its members. ... see more
Cristina Escudero-gómez, Montserrat Solís-muñoz, Margarita Alonso-durán
To know the opinion of the users of the Hospital Puerta de Hierro Library with regard to services offered. Development: Observational, cross-sectional study performed in 2002, with a 28 questions questionnaire: 5 closed queries, 3 open queries and 20 gene... see more
Rita Dolores Santaella Ruiz
Taking as source of intelligence more than 13,000 consultations carried out by Administration public to his archives and requests made by investigators, present article shows yield of file, since it is source of intelligence as much for the organism that ... see more
Manuela Sevilla Mompó
Throughout the last years we have witnessed a debate about new model of public library our society requires. The current public library is not considered as an institution of a purely cultural character, but one that must favour its revitalizing character... see more
Patricia Hernández Salazar
One of the educational and investigating preoccupations of most academics of a disciplinary area is to find the bonds between the discipline subfields, these bonds represent the conceptual relations that conform a theoretical frame. The community of libra... see more
Martha Alicia Añorve Guillén
Those, whose work is realted to the organization of archives should ask themselves in the very first place about the purpose of their organization, that is, the role of the archives in our society. International Organizations (UNESCO and ICA- Internationa... see more
Carmen Martín Moreno
The brief review of the history of user studies set out in this paper serves as an introduction to their definition and important role in information centres, as well as to the methods available for gathering information on users. The resulting overview o... see more
María Luisa Lascurain-sánchez
User studies, acknowledged as an effective tool for acquiring an understanding of user characteristics in organizations’ information an evaluation processes, have evolved considerably in both theory and methodology. Their use is uneven in the professional... see more
Javier Salvador Bruna
A través del análisis cuantitativo de las citas recibidas por los diez autores en activo más influyentes durante el decenio 1996-2006 en el área de Biblioteconomía y Documentación, se analizan las obras y temáticas más influyentes del periodo. Mediante la... see more
Antonio Pulgarín Guerrero, Laura Marroquín Martínez, José Luís Herrera Morillas
El objetivo del trabajo es estudiar y difundir de forma global el fondo antiguo de la Biblioteca de la Real Sociedad Económica Extremeña de Amigos del País (R.S.E.E.A.P.). Para ello se lleva a cabo la recopilación de los datos bibliográficos del fondo cor... see more
Susana Menéndez Seoane
Este artículo presentará un breve recorrido sobre las acciones que el Estado español ha desarrollado en el campo de la planificación de Bibliotecas Públicas desde la promulgación de la Constitución de 1978. Para ello tomaremos como punto de partida los ca... see more
M.J. Ayuso Sánchez
Se revisan las interrelaciones entre comunicación científica, eprints y el acceso abierto a la literatura científica. Se muestran algunas iniciativas de alcance internacional en el ámbito de las colecciones digitales de información científica. Se analizan... see more
Concepción Mendo Carmona