An overview and analysis on the Information Literacy activities and programmes organized by the Universidad de Málaga Library is offered, from their beginnings in 1991-92 to the current programmes. The goals, methodology and main outcomes are presented as well as some conclusions.

We analyse and reflect on the workshop developed in several secondary schools, under the title “Beyond copy and paste: do original works and improve your grades!” and whose objectives have been to assume the importance of gathering reliable and adequate information, knowing some sources of information and documentation useful for academic work,…[Read more]

PowerPoint of the webinar given at the Andalusian School Libraries Conference on the newest trends and proposals in relation to media and information literacy.

Starting from a review of the recent bibliography, we reflect on the role of libraries in promoting innovation. Training in media, informational and digital competencies is considered as a playing field in which librarians, educators and Administration have to come together, contributing their experience from complementary perspectives. Based on…[Read more]

Starting from a review of the recent bibliography, we reflect on the role of libraries in promoting innovation. Training in media, informational and digital competencies is considered as a playing field in which librarians, educators and Administration have to come together, contributing their experience from complementary perspectives. Based on…[Read more]

For almost as long as there has been recorded information, there has been a perception that humanity has been overloaded by it. Concerns about “too much to read” have been expressed for many centuries, and made more urgent since the arrival of ubiquitous digital information in the late 20th century. As society fully experiences Floridi’s Fourt…[Read more]

Art Style | Art & Culture International Magazine is an open access, biannual, and peer-reviewed online magazine that aims to bundle cultural diversity. All values of cultures are shown in their varieties of art. Beyond the importance of the medium, form, and context in which art takes its characteristics, we also consider the significance of…[Read more]

Art Style | Art & Culture International Magazine is an open access, biannual, and peer-reviewed online magazine that aims to bundle cultural diversity. All values of cultures are shown in their varieties of art. Beyond the importance of the medium, form, and context in which art takes its characteristics, we also consider the significance of…[Read more]

Open citation data, open peer-review, and open access produce essential materials to transition toward meaningful reform in scientific research assessment. Current research assessment tools notably include, but are not limited to, citation-based measures (Journal Impact Factor, h-index) and article level metrics (download counts, social media);…[Read more]

Often collaborators come together to teach digital humanities (DH) in the hope of modeling for students what the humanities can be — generous, collaborative, publicly engaged. At times, though, collaborative DH pedagogy in fact reproduces power structures inherent in academic institutions, placing faculty, students, and staff in the same strict c…[Read more]

An unknown portrait of Trinidad Grund y Cereno del Campo enriches the short iconography of this woman, a true character from the 19th century in the history of the city of Malaga (Spain). The photographer Pedro Fernández had an ephemeral studio on calle Nueva, but in this case he moved to the garden in which Trinidad posed with a young lady and a…[Read more]

In this paper, I explore organisational space through the analogy of the hedgerow. This is a locale of difference that signifies the boundary it simultaneously enacts; a trickster landscape of ‘semiotic uncertainty’; a place of unease but also one of congregation and exchange. I report on my research into the liminal spaces of organisational…[Read more]

En la construcción del conocimiento se evidencian enfoques dominantes y emergentes, manifestándose estos en las formas de investigar y socializar el conocimiento. La constitución del campo de los estudios sociales acerca del desarrollo comunitario en América Latina y el Caribe se encuentra en un proceso constante de cambios y contradicciones. Se…[Read more]

Las bibliotecas públicas son instituciones que contribuyen al desarrollo de las comunidades donde están situadas. Los servicios de punto de encuentro como servicio de información comunitario, constituyen una vía para el desarrollo de los usuarios. La ausencia de servicios de punto de encuentro, ha caracterizado a casi toda la red de bib…[Read more]

For this poster, we propose to highlight how the Florida Digital Humanities Consortium (FLDH) used the virtual environment necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic to reinvent itself through the creation of new content and outreach opportunities.

FLDH is a collective of 16 institutions in the State of Florida that seeks to highlight the digital…[Read more]

This review examines the exhibition catalogue for the exhibition, originated by the Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles in 2019-20, which traveled to the Hessel Museum at Bard College in 2021.

Within the field of Library and Information science, the treatment of LGBTQ+ topics in the Library of Congress subject headings is an emerging concern. Although changes have been implemented to the subject headings throughout the years, the hierarchical, oppositional nature of the system undoubtedly promotes heteronormative ideals. Moreover, the…[Read more]

Existe en el orden teórico y metodológico una escases de literatura científica publicada sobre las relaciones de comunicación científica escrita, como objeto de análisis de la sociología del conocimiento para analizar los campos de la ciencia. Se plantearon como objetivos: 1) identificar desde la sociología del conocimiento el sustento teórico…[Read more]

Los estudios de vigilancia favorecen la identificación de las últimas tendencias de un objeto para la toma de decisiones. La revista Centro Azúcar no tiene referentes del comportamiento de su perfil temático a nivel internacional. Se adolece de un estudio de vigilancia científica que facilite información relativa a las tendencias de la temát…[Read more]

Las videotecas de las televisoras locales son centros de información y socialización de contenidos. Favorecen el procesamiento y conservación de la información audiovisual para su posterior recuperación. El procesamiento de la información audiovisual en la televisión local es un área que ha sido poco abordada desde la producción científi…[Read more]