La información ha sido un elemento esencial en la formación y desarrollo de la sociedad humana. Asimismo, las tecnologías de información y comunicación han influido principalmente en cuanto al acceso, cantidad, disponibilidad y tiempo de respuesta de los sistemas con respecto a datos. Por otro lado, la lucha contra la desinformación y la ambig…[Read more]

Unlike French stereo photographers, who flooded the market with Spanish views, the most important British publishers and photographers rarely made Spanish views. Quite possibly this was precisely because of the rapid market penetration of the French, such as Gaudin, Ferrier and others, and in spite of the leading British photographic houses, such…[Read more]

The first time that there is historical steadfastness of the presence of a photographer in a warlike conflict, as graphic correspondent is in the war of Crimea, in 1854-55. In the successive conflicts armed with importance that happen from this date, 1859 and 1860, with the reunification of Italy and other episodes in the British empire, the photo…[Read more]

This essay traces some of the contexts and media in which “Heracles-Hercules” – as a hero between virtue and hubris – was visible in European societies from the end of the middle ages onwards. It discusses whether this example of the reception, appropriation and transformation of classical myths in the early modern period can be understood as a…[Read more]

For two years, from 1788 to 1790, Duchess Anna Amalia of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1739-1807) exchanged her familiar surroundings with Rome and Naples. She undertook her furthest and most ambitious journey at the age of almost 49. For the only time the princely widow left Germany or the German territories of the Reich. During her stay, the Duchess…[Read more]

Los boletines de asociaciones profesionales son una herramienta para la difusión selectiva de la información. Estos boletines de bibliotecarios en Cuba tienen auge en la década del 30 del siglo pasado tras aparecer numerosas asociaciones gremiales de este tipo. Existe en la literatura científica publicada una carencia de fuentes que sis…[Read more]