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The lack of reference works that compile the early years of the rock-pop movement in Argentina has caused the invisibility of most of the pioneer musicians and groups. The official historiography has given little importance to the musical productions prior to the recording of the song "La Balsa" by Los Gatos in 1967, which led to a large part of this history remaining hidden. In recent years numerous academic studies have addressed this issue, giving a new look at the emergence of the origins and consolidation of the so-called "National Rock". We postulate that librarianship, through its search techniques and access to information, plays a fundamental role in the search and organization of documents to shed light on the diffuse origins of rock in our country. This individual project (in progress) aims to investigate this period, and generate a biographical repertoire on the origins of the rock/pop movement in Argentina, compiling soloists and bands that emerged between 1955 and 1973 that foreshadowed the future "National Rock". [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The COVID-19 pandemic impacted the daily work of all citizens, especially in our libraries, since, after the Social, Preventive, and Mandatory Isolation (ASPO), in a short time, they were forced to adapt their activities so that they could be carried out remotely. In the case described, although a great impact on the operation of the library was expected, according to the statistics after one year, it was noted that, although the transactions had decreased, the usual activities had developed normally and its quality had not diminished thanks to the technological advantage of the institution in general and of the library's reference service in particular. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article, developed within the framework of the FILO: CyT (UBA) programming, attempts to generate discussion on the theoretical-methodological foundation of its own object of study. In researching Between what was edited and what was read in the Facultad de Filosofía y Letras de la Universidad de Buenos Aires, a number of topics are addressed to reflect on the History of Publishing, the History of Graphic Design and the History of Reading in the same faculty during the period 1896-2019. In this context, the following topics are developed for future discussion, articulated by the History of Written Culture: the construction of an indispensable theory to carry out the project, the variety and diversity of the existing documentary sources in the faculty, and the methodology appropriate for this problem, among other aspects. Finally, it is pointed out the need to search for a conceptual configuration in order to compare it, discuss it and adapt it to other universities in Argentina interested in these cultural studies, high lighting the importance of establishing similar conceptual models to analyze the History of Publishing, Graphic Design and Reading in the university sphere, in academic settings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The following editorial analyzes some aspects that may possibly occur in libraries in a post-pandemic setting. Although the bibliography on this subject is already abundant and uncontrollable and, in addition, there is a risk of falling into a librarian prospective that exceeds reality, the Editorial attempts to analyze various topics of professional interest to libraries: the need to adapt to the new times in order to survive, the adequacy of a balance between the remote and the face-toface, the professionalization of domestic life, the crossroads of these institutions to convert themselves into teaching places, the new alliances of libraries with pedagogical purposes, the importance of reconfiguring the union identity of its professionals, among other issues. Thus, within this context, the post-pandemic constitutes a challenge to consolidate the growth of libraries and to promote new citizenship rights. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The main objective of this article is to expose the origins of the Mexican copyright's law in its three legal dimensions: Peninsular, Indian and Creole. In addition, it seeks to analyze and compare the similarities and differences between legal rulings dedicated to guarantee intellectual property provisions as found in the Collection of Laws of the Indies, and some of the contemporary legal system, either by influences or by similarities in development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

By means of inventories of two bibliographical archives of the Society of Jesus which were expropriated in Nueva Granada due to its expulsion in 1767 (the inventories of the Library of Colegio de la Compañia de Jesús de Santa Fe de Antioquia, and Colegio de Santa Fe de Bogotá) a descriptive analysis of those libraries is carried out, paying special attention to: the uses of books with pedagogical and spiritual issues, to their decorations, conceived by the Jesuits themselves within a strong counter-reformist thought; and the classification systems that were adopted in their inventories according to their performance in humanist and religious education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this article a re-reading of the present convergence of several fields of study is considered: The New History of Culture; the History of Books and Libraries; Bibliography, and; the History of Reading, among other areas related to the universe of printed culture. Reflections derived from that phenomenon are articulated from a particular discipline: Library and Information Science. The work is developed in two different parts that are strongly related: The "Meeting between the History of Books and the History of Reading" and a set of "Reflections on the New History of Books and Libraries". [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Analysis of bibliographic descriptions from a conceptual point of view based on the formal specification: "library" abstract data type. Other approaches are detailed using the entity-relationship model and XML language. We conclude the relevance of the abstract approach and its general applicability to a subject of constant change. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Bibliographical review on patents as a source of information for innovation in competitive environments, as well as a description of the advantages and limitations of their use as a source of information. The possible applications in the technical, scientific, commercial and legal fields are identified and classified. It refers to the work of the librarian related to the patents because its treatment requires knowledge of the profession. It is concluded that patents should be considered invaluable source of relevant information for competitiveness in organizations. However, their use has not been promoted accurately in developing countries like ours. This tendency should be corrected in order to make use of this resource for the development and innovation of our region. It covers the material published from 1977 until September, 2009, of Latin America and Spain. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Within the theoretical framework of the bibliographic dimension of disciplines (informative and bibliographic structures) and applying quantitative methods, the present research aims to analyze visibility and overlapping indicators of national medical bibliographic production in international multidiscipline or single-discipline databases. It is expected to prove that low visibility levels and high rates of overlapping could be the factors contributing to low dissemination and visibility of the work of Argentinian medical researchers in the international "mainstream". [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The chronological scope of this bibliographical review about Paul Otlet, covers the period 1975-2007. As it is usual in this type of works, it sums up and integrates works in Spanish, English, French, Italian, and Portuguese. Except for one case, texts or handbooks were not used. The formats included are monographs, articles from specialized journals, preprints, congress speeches, master's degree thesis, bachelor's degree dissertation. The analyzed contributions were grouped together in four parts: 1. The construction of an image: the biographical account; 2. History of Documentation and Information Science; 3. Use of available technology and in-advance technology; 4. Internationalism, cooperation, and standardization, with a section, 4.1. The Universal Decimal Classification (UDC), where only the aspects stressed were the ones related to the general section within which it was included. The article begins with an introduction that describes the motivations for its writing and ends with brief conclusions that explain some aspects applicable to the teaching of Library Science and Documentation in Argentina. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The scientific production of BIOCELL, a Latinoamerican journal specialized in Cell Biology, registered in the Science Citation Expandend™ for the period 1995-2005 is studied. The 351 obtained bibliographical records are analysed through different bibliometric treatments in order to show its productive contribution, the information sources that the authors have used in connection with the topic of their works and the most interesting sources that have been used to constitute the intellectual basis of the journal. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article tries to outline a brief classification of the different types of existing libraries in the present Argentine territory since the Hispanic domination to 1830. The typology adopted is, above all, a provisional approach greatly rectifiable. The contribution is aimed, in general terms, to whom start the study of the history of the books, libraries, and reading in Argentina. In that sense, the quoted bibliography tries to substitute the lack of study guides on the subject. The identified libraries belong to: institutions or religious corporations; private individuals; foreigners societies (i.e.: belonging to a society); educational institutes; and cathedral public libraries; conventual public libraries; public libraries; circulating libraries (and reading rooms); and libraries made to order or offered by businessmen. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]