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In September 2022, the sixth edition of the ISO 2789. Information and documentation. International library statistics standard was published, replacing ISO 2789:2013. This text analyzes the novelties introduced in this new version, which principally have to do with digital resources and services and with the incorporation of data on research support, as well as other aspects. The standard maintains practically the same structure as the previous edition, although the incorporation of an annex regarding the measurement of digital uses is emphasized. Numerous definitions reflecting the new reality of libraries are also added. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An analysis of the impact of Covid-19 on the use of Spanish university libraries during 2020 versus 2019 is carried out in this paper. The results have been published in a web tool that allows for deeper analysis of the individual libraries as well as the libraries as a whole. This study is not an evaluation of the libraries themselves but consists of measuring, describing, and quantifying the negative impact that the health crisis had on them during 2020. Visits, loans, user training, and catalog visits are variables that were strongly affected, with a significant positive increase being identified only in visits to library web pages. The use of digital resources according to Counter-compiled data increased considerably in some private university libraries, where possible staff cuts were also identified. The paper concludes by outlining reflections that can be further studied with the experiences of people related to libraries and with additional research, including data for the following years after collection and publication. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This research aimed to respond a question regarding the level of Anxiety of university students at a private University in the northeast of Mexico based on gender, academic level and age. The study is based on a quantitative approach and used multidimensional library anxiety scale data collection. The sample included 391 students, and results indicated that the level of students' general library anxiety at the university where this research was conducted is low. The three dimensions that had the greatest impact on general library anxiety were the convenience of technology and online access, general library anxiety and research, and library service. Finally, we found no significant difference in students' library anxiety levels based on gender; postgraduate students had lower library anxiety levels than undergraduates, and students under 25 had a higher level of library anxiety than 25-year-old students or older. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Overview of the implementation of social web technologies in Spanish university libraries. The research made it possible to determine, among other issues, the reasons why these libraries use (or not) the social web, which 2.0 services are used more and less and for what purposes, obstacles faced by the libraries in carrying out a process of this type, etc. Furthermore, the study attempted to quantify the degree of adoption of these technologies with the help of new measures designed as part of the research process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective. The aim of this study is to develop and validate a specific instrument to assess the service quality of the public university library. Method. The scale was applied to 437users. A self-administered instrument (27 items) was designed to measure the service quality perceived by library users. It was submitted for review by a multidisciplinary group of experts who assessed its logical and content validity (Lawshe's Model). To determine the construct validity, a factor analysis was used with main components and Varimax rotation. Results. Two items were eliminated from the analysis because they showed a low correlation with the total correlation of the scale. The initial main-components analysis revealed four variables with an explained variation of de 63.038%. The scale has good inner validity and consistency. Consequently, final scale was accepted with 25 items. The global rating of the questionnaire had a Cronbach's alpha of 0.929. Conclusions. It is possible to affirm that the referred instrument is a valid and useful approach to evaluate the service quality of library under this specified context. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper we analize the role of the university library as a provider of quality information services that collaborate with the basic functions of the University and its commitment with society: teaching well prepared professionals in vast areas of knowledge who possess the capacity of acquiring all the new information that is produced in their field and in their working environment. Skills and abilities in the search and retrieval of information is a must in the formation of our students, if we want them to be immersed, not only in the informational context and in the new methodologies of information, but also in the steady process of scientific research that a good university education implies, process that any country needs for getting a sustainable development. Our proposal of informational literacy includes required application forms, interviews with professors and instructors of classroom courses, an interactive manual for the development of competence in the use of digital resources the university offers, and one on line course presenting the manual. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The action lines followed by the Central Library of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México to face the increasing demand of their services are presented in detail from the year 2000 on, together with their results. An emphasis was put on improving the technological tools and the efficiency in their use. Reading and working spaces were extensively improved. Finally, steps were taken to position the library as a cultural centre: several spaces were rehabilitated for temporal exhibitions related to the history of the Central Library, the book culture and reading; and a electronic information point presenting the most outstanding authors in the library collections was developed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study is aimed at analyzing and describing the cataloguing and indexing procedures in order to obtain the necessary subsides to the working up of a policy of documentary treatment. The partial results show that the cataloguers follow a systematized and consolidated methodology for descriptive cataloguing, but don't show methodology for subject cataloguing; the information retrieval presents failures relating to the search by subject; and the documentary language does not answer adequately the demand, due to the incompatibility between the terms used in the subject cataloguing and those used by the users. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]