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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]

More than feedback from our users, helping us to answer their questions and expectations: that's the main benefit of blogs for the present day librarian especially when, for a proper feedback from the library users regarding activities and initiatives, Facebook does a much better job. Nevertheless -- and when talking about the sharing of specialized knowledge regarding reading promotion and literature --, blogs owned by booksellers, critics and editors are of great value. In the blogosphere content is king and die credibility of the one producing it is quite fundamental for the validation of such information. Supplied with a series of links that respect the above written, we shall redistribute reading suggestions -- as an example --, in a faster, more assertive and securer way. Taking this into consideration, one can relax regarding the purported death of these digital moleskins. They're only in a process of metamorphosis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]