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This research discusses the documentary analysis of comics in a semiotics framework in order to guarantee library retrieval by users. Comic cataloging presents difficulties due to their being a resource that integrates both verbal and non-verbal language. The objective of this exploratory, qualitative and applied research is to look into the relationships that can be established between cataloging and semiotics of culture, in order to contribute to the theoretical and epistemological grounds of the organization and representation of information in comics. Through bibliographic procedures, the results are traced by means of the content analysis method. The concepts developed by the semiotics of culture can contribute to cataloging, mainly in the processes of document reading, subject analysis, and subject cataloging. The results demonstrate that the concepts of cultural semiotics allow defining aspects of the semiosphere of the author and the cataloguer, since both permeate the construction of the bibliographic record of comics. In conclusion, the cataloger, as a mediator, is in charge of understanding the cultural codes that make up the semiosphere of comics, thus assuring the user the conditions to satisfy their informational needs, through translation and transcoding. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article aims to analyze the school library and children as users, from concepts produced to the challenges that remain. It is based on the principle that the school library is an environment whose concept has been transformed throughout history, being for children a space of circulation and production of knowledge, information, knowledge and new relationships in this field, reading and research the central focus. This is a theoretical study, therefore an investigation of a bibliographic nature. Concludes on the importance of the school library in the formation of the child, from the approach with books, literature and research. However, this environment still needs to overcome old challenges that include re-signifying its space and collection from the public that attends it, especially the children. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

With the aim of improving the document access service, two actions are described, one framed within the process of continuous improvement of the quality management system through the project to simplify the classification of the racks and the other, within the framework of the innovation process through the development of a bibliographic GPS. Both are aimed at minimizing the difficulty for users to locate bibliographic material in the open shelving system of the Jean Sonet sj Library at the Catholic University of Córdoba, a situation that has been detected since the library moved to the new building by offering direct access to the shelves. A er the execution of the aforementioned actions, a lower incidence of consultations in the public service sector on the location of documents has been observed; in turn, the evaluation of the users of this service was highly positive. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

It is believed that hybridity applied to public libraries can improve information management processes. The research problems are: can information management be influenced by the concept of hybridity? How can hybridity contribute to the improvement of information management processes in a public library? Therefore, the objective is to analyze how hybridity can contribute to the improvement of information management processes in a public library and, through this analysis, to propose guidelines for information management based on innovation and with hybrid characteristics. For this, it is a qualitative research, exploratory and practical and theoretical. It was found that more than a process aimed at identifying needs, mapping, collecting, organizing, storing, accessing and sharing information, efficient information management in libraries based on the premises of hybridity can be defined as a management philosophy that aims to articulate people, tools and ideas for creating projects that will provide greater comfort and access to information for users. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The present article explores the content and style of the message from the regulations of the public and private university libraries of the province of Córdoba (Argentina). The aim was to know the structure and the normative aspects that include. The regulations were studied from their web pages considering aspects, content structure, writing style and relevance of messages. This investigation started with the perception that the words and sentences chosen tended to indicate restrictions and limitations with a negative tone. Diversity on styles was observed and the use of negative expressions was corroborated in high percentages. Regarding the thematic structure, an arbitrary differentiation was detected that shows it as independent units that do not always have the necessary coherence and cohesion. The primary basis on which they base the elaboration of the regulations was not determined with certainty, however some reasons could be pointed out from the type of mandates they establish: order the librarian #s task; guide the library users on the available resources, indicate their proper use to achieve equitable, efficient and democratic use or fit within strict rules. In this way, the need to investigate the fundamentals of the elaboration of these regulations is raised, which, together with the findings presented, seem to be the cause of ignorance and difficulty of application. Finally, it was possible to elaborate a series of recommendations that are included in this article. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The results of a study about the opinions, needs and interests of the users of the hospital libraries of the central area of Portugal are presented. This research was carried out with the purpose of knowing if the resources and services of the libraries of the hospitals contribute to the quality of the care provided to the patients, to the practice of the research and to the continuous training of the professionals. For this purpose, a survey was carried out to 121 users of the libraries of seven hospitals in the central area of Portugal. The results highlight the strengths and weaknesses of library services, often little known, and whose assessment varies depending on the type of user and the initiatives developed by the libraries themselves. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Formative content oriented to users' studies in library and information science curriculum: a study of multiple case. The work discusses user's information studies through bibliographical critical review and its conceptual historical evolution. It maps the foundations of the area, as well as its reflection in the curriculum of undergraduate courses in Library and Information Science at the University of São Paulo (USP), São Paulo State University (UNESP), Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC) and University of Brasilia (UnB). The obtained data indicates that the user's studies should be taken into account in the Librarian curriculum programs and in the definition of Information Services offered by the library. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This final paper aimed to analyze the real ergonomics of a university library from Florianópolis and compare it with the ergonomics perceived by the user to perform an ergonomic diagnosis. In order to meet this goal two specific goals were established such as: describe the physical and environmental aspects of the library related to the real ergonomics and verify the actual perception of users about the library. As a theoretical approach, aspects of ergonomics and environmental ergonomics were contextualized and linked to the library and the university library. Referring to the methodology, the Ergonomical Assessment of the Built Environment was used as a reference. The study subjects comprised a sample of 15, among students and library staff. In the results obtained, when related to the physical-environmental analysis of the library, it was found that there are some aspects that differ from the regulatory standards and that also fall short in relation to feedback from users. Aspects such as lighting and noise were cited as unsatisfactory, but the temperature factor was analyzed as satisfactory. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The new context points to more dynamic and complex tasks for the librarian work. The paradigm in the communication process was the mediation provided by the librarian, being one of the actors in the transfer of information and mediation in the construction of knowledge. The role of the librarian was to intermediate actions of communication of information, acting on the structure of the process, and between the emitter/ producer of knowledge and the receiver/consumer of knowledge. With the new technological paradigm, the phenomenon of disintermediation in traditional relations of communication and ownership of knowledge is advocated by some authors. The role of mediator librarian in the channel of communication flow has been questioned since the user can be emitter and receiver of messages, a producer and a user of the information. The purpose of this paper is to discuss issues relating to the performance of the model of the professional of information in the knowledge society seeking answer whether in this society the model of communication responds users' needs, rescuing the social role of librarian and defining the characteristics of this work. The methodology used is the theoretical research through the construction of a frame of reference on brokering. The results show that the process of ownership of information and knowledge are committed without the mediation of a professional because the tendency is aggravated by the limitation of reading. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]