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Este artículo describe la experiencia de digitalización del Sistema de Bibliotecas de la Universidad de Las Américas (Chile) implementada con el objetivo de apoyar el proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje durante la pandemia. Se aborda la importancia de la preservación digital de las bibliotecas universitarias y la creación de un repositorio institucional. También, se definen las características de la máquina digitalizadora, así como de los programas utilizados. Los resultados obtenidos del análisis estadístico realizado muestran un aumento de los libros digitalizados por año. Finalmente, las conclusiones exponen que el proceso de digitalización impulsó la creación de una colección digital que apoya la formación universitaria, pues permite disponer de las bibliografías obligatorias de las asignaturas en curso en formato digital, ofreciendo un acceso ágil y rápido al contenido.

Las bibliotecas nacionales son instituciones esenciales dentro de cualquier Estado, pues refuerzan la identidad cultural y aumentan la visibilidad de la memoria escrita de su nación. Aunque estos recintos difieren en cuanto a las funciones y servicios que brindan debido al contexto histórico y social en el que se desenvuelven, la mayoría de estas instituciones coincide en que una de sus competencias más fundamentales es recopilar y almacenar la memoria documental de su país bajo el mandato del depósito legal. El presente estudio muestra una metodología para el análisis de legislaciones del depósito legal, basada en la obra Legislación sobre depósito legal, directrices (2000) de Jules Larivière, la cual conforma un punto de partida para el análisis comparativo de bibliotecas nacionales. Finalmente, se hacen algunas reflexiones sobre los indicadores presentados y se muestran algunos avances en la aplicación de este modelo.

La información obtenida a través de las tecnologías de la información y la comunicación, principalmente en las redes sociales digitales, ha traído grandes ventajas asociadas a la generación de una mayor cantidad de conocimiento y a la participación en múltiples ámbitos de la vida colectiva de los individuos. Aunado a ello, hay algunos aspectos en los que conviene ahondar para evitar solamente reconocer los elementos positivos de este fenómeno. En el presente trabajo se retoman tres de estos aspectos considerados poco abordados en los estudios existentes: el arraigamiento ideológico, entendido bajo la noción de path dependence, que dificulta el enriquecimiento de las posturas y de la opinión pública; la pérdida de los vínculos débiles debido a la cada vez mayor cerrazón de ideas suscitada en las redes sociales digitales; y la posible alienación política a través de la información oficial digital que no es acompañada por la consulta de otras fuentes o enfoques de análisis que enriquezcan la perspectiva de los ciudadanos. Las conclusiones apuntan a la necesidad de tener en cuenta estos y otros fenómenos en los estudios con el objeto de intentar mejorar los procesos de obtención de información digital de los ciudadanos.

El artículo presenta la construcción de una metodología para mapear los recorridos hechos en las bibliotecas universitarias como un aporte importante para la planificación de estos espacios, a partir de las trayectorias de los usuarios a través de los servicios de información ofrecidos en estos entornos de difusión del conocimiento. La metodología se caracteriza por un acercamiento desde el Design Thinking como un enfoque innovador capaz de configurar de manera más significativa el quehacer de la biblioteca a partir de sus preceptos y en la adaptación de estrategias aplicadas al entorno sistematizado bibliotecario; esta se planteó en cinco etapas: composición de los fundamentos teóricos, selección del modelo por aplicar, definición del perfil de los usuarios, elaboración y aplicación del instrumento, y análisis. Los resultados detallan aspectos metodológicos que revelan los recorridos a través de los servicios ofrecidos en dos bibliotecas universitarias y describen los procesos de atención en el chat y en las redes sociales de las bibliotecas, el autodepósito de documentos, la emisión de constancias de no adeudo y el préstamo de libros. Se concluye que la aplicación de Design Thinking en las bibliotecas universitarias ayuda a comprender su función, su rol organizacional y la perspectiva del usuario en relación con los servicios mejorando sus procesos y el prototipado de ideas surgidas desde la perspectiva de la innovación.

Las universidades difunden su producción científica a través de portales de investigación donde integran las publicaciones de sus investigadores, las cuales proceden de bases de datos bibliográficas como Web of Science. Este estudio examinó la correspondencia entre la información de los investigadores de la Universidad de Salamanca en Web of Science y en el Portal de la Investigación de la USAL. La metodología empleada fue mixta e incluyó técnicas de análisis automatizados y manuales para el tratamiento de datos de Web of Science que permitieron identificar las inconsistencias en los datos de publicaciones y autores. Se desarrolló una metodología en cinco fases que apoyó en la extracción semiautomática de identificadores ResearcherID de Web of Science de los investigadores que carecían de dicho identificador en el Portal USAL, así como en la validación de la corrección de los identificadores existentes. El método utilizado en el análisis y en la tipificación de incidencias son replicables en cualquier entidad de investigación. Las conclusiones determinan la consistencia de la información procedente de Web of Science, abogan por la autonomía de las plataformas institucionales de las fuentes externas y ofrecen soluciones para alcanzar la mejor calidad en los datos de una universidad en las plataformas comerciales de producción científica.

Background: Case reports are especially important in paediatrics, and CARE (CAse REport) guidelines help in standardizing the reporting in case reports.Objectives: To examine the actual use of CARE guidelines in journals in the field of paediatrics.Methods: Journals that publish case reports were selected from the databases of the Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC; Science Citation Index Expanded, or SCIE; and Emerging Sources Citation Index, or ESCI). All journals that publish case reports and mention CARE guidelines were included, and the ranking (quartiles) of those journals was also recorded. From all the journals in paediatrics that mention CARE in their instructions for authors, 5% of all the open-access case reports were selected (limited to 10 reports from any one journal), and every 10th case report was included in the analysis. The reports published between 2013 and 2023 were further analysed for their compliance with the 13-item CARE checklist.Results: Of 184 journals in the field of paediatrics category included in the WoSCC, 130 (71%) were indexed in the SCIE and 54 (29%) in the ESCI; 161 (87%) publish case reports; and 121 (65%) mention CARE guidelines in their instructions for authors. However, they differ in applying CARE guidelines (P = .001), and more journals included in the ESCI mention CARE guidelines than do those included in the SCIE. During 2013–2023, a total of 22,989 case reports were published in the 121 journals that mention CARE guidelines. Of the total, 6733 (29%) were open access. Our final sample comprised 326 (5%) open access case reports that were open access, of which 240 (74%) were in the journals included in the SCIE and 86 (26%) in the ESCI. On aver-age, these reports were given a score of 8.5 (SD 1.97; range, 2–13) out of the maximum possible score of 13. The highest compliance was observed for the informed consent item (99%), while the lowest compliance was found for the keywords item (22%).Conclusion: It is important for journals to ensure that during writing and editing, the case reports they publish adhere to CARE guidelines so as to eliminate biased reporting and improve their quality.

Background: The project Cartografía de la Edición Académica Iberoamericana aims to analyze the production of academic books in Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries in the Americas. Following the path opened by similar studies in Colombia and Brazil, we present the results for Mexico.Objectives: To analyze academic books published in Mexico between 2013 and 2019 to examine the entities that published the books and their respective shares in the total output.Methods: A mix of quantitative and qualitative approaches was used to characterize the Mexican publishers of academic books based on data on ISBNs, the International Standard Book Numbers. The data comprised the information provided to the agency that assigns a unique ISBN to each book. We also used the Delphi method and formed discussion groups of experts. The groups were set up on the basis of responses to semi-structured questionnaires that sought to determine the criteria an entity must satisfy to be considered an academic publisher.Conclusions: Of the 196 533 ISBNs issued in Mexico between 2013 and 2019, 117 929 (60%) were issued for books dealing with academic subjects. Commercial publishers accounted for the largest share of those books (63 044 ISBNs, or 53.4% of all the academic books), followed by university presses (29 628 ISBNs, or 25.1%). The group of experts suggested that among the 1289 publishers that requested ISBNs for academic books, only 151 (11.7%) can be considered truly academic publishers; 678 (52.6%) cannot; and 460 (35.7%) were borderline cases, as they meet some but not all the criteria for them to be considered truly academic.

En un contexto marcado por la vigilancia digital y el tratamiento de los datos personales como un bien, es fundamental abordar los temas relacionados con la privacidad de los individuos. En este sentido, los bibliotecarios tienen la responsabilidad de desarrollar la alfabetización en privacidad en los entornos académicos. El objetivo general de la investigación fue presentar un panorama del contenido sobre alfabetización en privacidad desarrollado a partir de una muestra de universidades de todo el mundo, utilizando los métodos bibliográfico y documental. La investigación bibliográfica reveló la discusión y la orientación de las instituciones bibliotecarias con respecto a la alfabetización en privacidad. En la investigación documental, con una muestra de las 10 mejores universidades de cada continente, se identificaron 66 contenidos relacionados con la alfabetización en privacidad, presentando al continente africano como el más representativo en la oferta de contenidos. En la categorización de los contenidos, se identificó que el pensamiento crítico está más presente en los enfoques, mientras que solo cinco de los contenidos totales incluían las tres categorías: pensamiento crítico, tecnosolucionista y legislativo en sus enfoques. Se sugiere para futuros trabajos el desarrollo de prácticas en alfabetización en privacidad aplicadas en bibliotecas universitarias, abordando los tres temas mencionados, y la búsqueda de alianzas con áreas que abordan el tema en las propias instituciones.

The purpose of the article is to determinate the role of the external signs in the multi-volume editions in the book marking and to solve the practical problems of reconstruction of the original composition of the book collection of Kolyvan-Voskresensky mining plants (KVMP) for the period of the XVIIIth – early XIXth centuries. This topic is considered in continuation of such issues as the reconstruction of KVMP book collection, which has already attracted the attention of our predecessors, such as formation of the fund, its cataloguing, redistribution among official Altai libraries and others. For the first time one speaks not on mechanical fixation of certain features of the copies, but on the study of these characteristics “interaction mechanisms” under the conditions of redistribution of preserved copies among different Siberian repositories. The focus is only on the signs of the early period of the existence of the book collection: stamp imprints, textual and numerical service records, specific features of bindings etc. The emphasis on early signs is due to an appeal to the earliest accounting document – “Inventory of books of Barnaul State Library, compiled by P. K. Frolov” (1809). This makes it possible to show in detail the connection between the signs on the books and the articles corresponding to these books official document and to determine the original composition of different multi-volume editions or, on the contrary avoid combining volumes that do not correspond to each other into one set. The structure of the article is determined by analysis of numerous details associated with each copy from three state repositories: State Public Scientific Technological Library of the Siberian branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk State Regional Scientific Library, Research Library of Tomsk State University. The main object of the study is records of “ordinary” and “private” copy numbers, official numerical records, handwritten evidences on the inclusion of numerous drawings in book blocks as an integral part of these editions, different styles of crossing out typographical letters with ferrous ink and other signs. The features of stamp imprints are taken into account. In some cases the paramount importance of the binding characteristics is shown. The role of external signs in combining disparate copies as sets of multi-volume editions is recognized as leading. It is concluded that not just recording, but rather a thorough study of the external features of the extant sets and odd volumes of multi-volume editions is one of the basic conditions for the successful reconstruction of the book collection of KVMP.

The paper is devoted to the problems of improving the system of training and expertise of scientific personnel in the field of library and information sciences. The relevance is due to the decrease in the quality of dissertation research in library science, bibliography and book studies due to the insufficient readiness of young scientific personnel for research activities. The purpose of the article is to substantiate the competence–based approach as the methodological basis for the theoretical design of candidate exam programs and to offer practical tools appropriate for assessing the level of readiness of applicants for the degree of Candidate of Sciences for scientific work in the specialty 5.10.4 – Library Science, bibliography and book studies. The definition of the candidate’s exam in line with the competence approach is given, a system of competence guidelines in the training of graduate students on the specialty 5.10.4 is formed. The control and measuring materials of the candidate’s examination in the specialty 5.10.4, developed and implemented at the Moscow State Institute of Culture, are presented. They are ready for implementation into educational and expert practices of other universities and scientific organizations.

In an increasingly interconnected world, understanding of cultures, traditions and systems of different countries is of growing importance. This article aims to acquaint readers of this journal with library systems in Namibia, shedding more light on its goals, history, and various branches such as the National Library of Namibia, the National Archives of Namibia, as well as special, academic, and school libraries. Through statistical data on services offered and user demographics, the author provides insights into the current landscape of libraries in Namibia. Additionally, the article addresses challenges faced by these institutions, ultimately concluding that while the library systems in Namibia has made significant strides since Namibia gained independence, further efforts are required for its continued development and enhancement.

The article examines the impact of the new geopolitical and economic realities, in which Russia exists after 2020–2022, on the country’s publishing system. The comparative dynamics of book publishing indicators for the market as a whole and for its main segments in recent years is provided. The ratio of new editions and reprints, as well as books by domestic authors and translated literature is analyzed. The imbalance in the repertoire policy of Russian publishing houses in favor of foreign literary products is shown, and ways to overcome it are proposed.

The article considers the issues of preserving and updating the ethnocultural heritage of the peoples of the Russian Federation within the framework of the activities of museums, houses of folk art, higher educational institutions, academic research institutes. Institutions for which the preservation of cultural heritage is not the main essential activity, but has recently been actively developing, are characterized. These are federal and national universities and research institutes of the Russian academy of sciences. Universities integrate successfully knowledge related to intangible cultural heritage into educational programs. Research institutes have become reference bases in their regions in the study and preservation of national languages as objects of intangible cultural heritage, national literature and ethnography. The prospects for such activities of libraries are considered, a new role of which is given in the Federal Law N 402-FL “On the intangible ethnocultural property of the Russian Federation”. The possibility of digitizing and forming digital collections of objects of intangible cultural heritage recorded in the form of texts and static images in libraries, as well as information objects existing in the form of temporary representation (recording of musical works, dances, folklore) has been identified. Particular attention in digitization in libraries should be paid to funds on national languages, collections of audio recordings of folk music and ethnographic collections. Examples of the practice of presenting intangible ethnocultural heritage on federal and regional portals/sites are given.

Augmented reality (AR) applications are getting popular since they integrate the real world and the virtual world. This paper focusses on AR applications for public and scientific libraries. There exist some projects and sample implementations of AR apps specially designed for libraries, but they are seldom found in practice. To identify whether there is potential for AR apps to be applied in libraries, the results of a qualitative study that has been performed among librarians working in public and scientific libraries in Austria and experts in augmented reality are presented. Searching for media, navigating to the correct location and displaying ancillary information, like ratings, reviews, secondary media, links, etc., has the highest potential for users according to the experts. AR apps for maintaining the bookshelfs of a library provide real benefit for librarians and are awarded high potential as well. Guided tours through libraries using AR-based apps lightens the load of the librarians to introduce new users to the library. The feasibility of an AR app for a library is demonstrated by introducing a prototype that supports library users with additional information on media and the library itself.

Assessing the state of the bookselling infrastructure by creating an interactive map of the country’s bookstores in order to identify the potential for its development and search for ways to optimize it is an important factor in improving the information exchange of the book industry. The article analyzes the results of the first stage (2023) of monitoring bookselling enterprises in the Siberian-Far Eastern region within the framework of the project “The map of bookstores of Russia” (“The Cultural Map of Russia. Literature. Reading”). The research methodology is based on a combination of comparative typological analysis of monitoring data and the landscape-reconstructing approach. Statistical data on the number of bookselling facilities and their availability in federal districts and cities of Russia are summarized. The information on the location and number of bookselling facilities in the cities of Siberia and the Far East is studied in detail, leaders and outsiders are identified. The representation of federal, regional, and local network formations and independent bookstores in the region is considered. The activities of leading enterprises operating in the region for many years and recently opened bookstores are evaluated. The all-Russian trends and regional features of the development of the bookselling infrastructure are determined. The analysis of monitoring data for bookselling facilities in Siberia and the Far East showed the following. The modern regional bookselling infrastructure, along with its inherent all-Russian features, is characterized by: expansion and strengthening of the position of the federal bookselling network “The City of Read”; significant growth of the Internet channel due to the ongoing consolidation of the main players and the growing popularity of marketplace platforms. At the same time the bookselling infrastructure has a number of regional features. They are the reduction in the activities of the oldest regional network formations, successful adaptation and expansion of local large and medium-size network formations; the emergence and successful operation of special children’s bookstores-clubs, as wekk as club-backroom format stores.

Dissemination and updating advisory bibliographic resources on scientific knowledge, promoting a deep understanding of scientific problems by the public are becoming most important tasks of the library. The purpose of the article is to show the possibility of using messages from the mass media as one of the sources for creating such bibliographic resources. The author presents the results of monitoring 146 Russian media using the Medialogy database (69 federal, 77 regional), conducted in March – April 2023. These analyzed media reports have allowed the identification of objects (organizations, persons, project names) involved in the communication of science and society. As a result of the study, a list of 334 messages served as the most notable informational occasions has been formed. These messages can be the objects of bibliographic description, as well as factual information for creation advisory bibliographic resources (lists, reviews, newsletters, digests, databases, guidebooks) aimed at increasing public awareness of the development of science and disseminating scientific literacy.

Information and communication technologies affect the library performance as a public good, intended to efficient and complete response to the social agenda of various socio-demographic population groups. The digital gap has an impact on a library within the framework of creation conditions for the social well-being of the population. The role of public libraries is increasing in reducing the digital gap, strengthening the material and technical base, technological infrastructure, identifying digitally disadvantaged groups of population that tend to use library computers and broadband Internet more frequently than those who are more advantaged. Attention is paid to digital inclusion which is considered to be the instrument for solving personal, social and professional needs of representatives of various population groups. The effectiveness of digital inclusion largely depends on the professional competencies of library professionals, on their ability to develop programs for library users to help them assess the digital readiness to enter the digital world. The network approach to training library professionals in digital literacy is characterized as the most flexible form that facilitates translation of positive experience to large groups of library specialists. The importance of partnership in promotion the necessity of digital literacy between public libraries with government authorities, universities, research centers and charitable foundations is stressed.

Citizen science (CS) is a set of practices for organizing scientific research in a wide range of thematic areas using volunteers at various stages of the research process, them being not professional scientists. The article analyzes the activities of foreign libraries in order to implement CS projects. Both academic, research and public libraries abroad are involved in CS. Libraries (as well as archives and museums) are implementing crowdsourcing projects to create digital collections. Libraries help their readers who have decided to become volunteers navigate CS information resources on the Internet; create on their websites guidelines for using the necessary equipment and software to carry out CS projects; advertise, discuss, visualize and place in repositories the data collected by volunteers for such projects.

Journal and book editors in most disciplines are faced with a flood of meta-analyses, which critical reviews have shown are not always of sufficient quality. In the short run, editors could give targeted instructions to authors and make specific recommendations to reviewers to ensure that not only meta-analyses but also research syntheses more broadly, published under their watch, meet acceptable publication standards. In order to achieve satisfactory improvements in the long run, editors should foster fundamental changes in the way the publication of negative and non-significant results is handled.

Background: To enlist publishers and journals in promoting the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the United Nations and the International Publishers Association (IPA) launched the SDG Publishers Compact in 2020, and the European Association of Science Editors (EASE) published its Environmental Manifesto, a set of recommendations for journal editors on how to contribute to reducing a journal’s carbon footprint. It is important to monitor the impact of these initiatives on journal policies for developing future recommendations.Objectives: The EASE and the Higher Education Sustainability Initiative (HESI) SDG Publishers Compact Fellows developed a survey to assess the progress made by signatories to the SDG Publishers Compact, detect obstacles that prevent other publishers or journals from signing the compact, assess awareness and implementation of the EASE Environmental Manifesto, and identify other initiatives that promote SDGs.Methods: A multi-stakeholder group was formed, which included editors and both commercial and non-profit publishers, to design questions suited to journals and organizations at different stages of sustainability action. The survey was designed using SurveyMonkey, introduced in an online workshop, distributed through mail-ing lists to more than 2000 addresses, and promoted on social networks, and a total of 79 responses were collected and discussed.Results: Most respondents were representatives of smaller journals based in Europe. The majority were aware of the SDGs, but only half were aware of the SDG Publishers Compact, and only 17 (22%) were signatories to the Compact. Lack of awareness was the major reason for not joining the initiative, followed by lack of time or resources. Respondents focused mostly on quality education, and the majority were acting to achieve at least one SDG. Signatories to the compact mostly have a written environmental policy, have appointed an environmental officer, and are acquiring content related to the SDGs and promoting related activities. Non-signatories are also acting to minimize their environmental impact but have not considered the SDGs in their workflows. Both groups mainly do not have a dedicated budget to achieve the SDGs and have not completed a baseline of their activities. Activities undertaken to reach the SDGs had the most effect on community awareness. Half the respondents were members of EASE and were taking actions aligned with the Environmental Manifesto, mostly towards reducing their journal’s carbon footprint, and 25% are fol-lowing other initiatives aimed at achieving the SDGs as well.Conclusions: The survey showed that editors of small academic journals were not aware of the SDG Publishers Compact, although most of them are acting to achieve at least one SDG. Signatories to the Compact are implementing SDGs into their work-flows and practices, which shows the importance of the initiative. Greater efforts should be undertaken to make the editors of smaller journals aware of the Compact, encourage them to become its signatories, and provide them with more resources and metrics for monitoring their activities.

El objetivo de la investigación fue determinar el impacto de la alfabetización informacional sobre la calidad de los proyectos de investigación en una Escuela ISIL, así como demostrar la validez de la hipótesis propuesta, la cual sustenta que la aplicación de un programa de alfabetización informacional mejorará la calidad de los proyectos de investigación de los estudiantes del Instituto San Ignacio de Loyola. El estudio desarrollado se ciñe al enfoque cuantitativo y diseño cuasiexperimental de corte longitudinal aplicado a 60 estudiantes matriculados al curso de Taller de Investigación en esta escuela superior de rango universitario ubicada en la ciudad de Lima. Para el estudio se conformaron dos grupos, uno experimental y otro de control, a quienes se les aplicaron cuestionarios validados antes y después de la implementación del programa y que permitieron medir el nivel de aplicación de las herramientas básicas de la ALFIN como elementos fundamentales del proceso investigativo. Para la medición se diseñó una rúbrica para determinar el nivel de aplicación de los elementos básicos de calidad aprendidos en el curso analizado. Los resultados mostraron que el programa propuesto generó un impacto positivo, no solo en la calidad de los trabajos, sino que las alumnas y alumnos desarrollaron habilidades informativas que les permitieron acceder a información de calidad, así como a su evaluación y uso.

El artículo examina los retos a los que se enfrenta la preservación del patrimonio digital de la humanidad en el contexto de una emergencia mundial provocada por el cambio climático. Una parte importante del patrimonio documental creado o transferido a formatos digitales se conserva en e-archivos que utilizan tecnologías y desarrollan prácticas documentales que generan basura tecnológica y producen gases de efecto invernadero (GEI), cuyo rastro se conoce como huella de carbono. Este artículo, sustentado en una investigación cualitativa, expone las variables asociadas a la preservación digital que tienen un impacto sobre el cambio climático. Asimismo, sugiere la noción del e-archivo sustentable, como un sistema de información social y tecnológica, a través del cual se preservan, a largo plazo y de forma responsable con el medioambiente, los documentos digitales que la sociedad considera esenciales para su comprensión en el futuro.

La sociedad contemporánea se enfrenta al desafío de lidiar con el cambio climático y sus consecuencias en los ecosistemas, las dinámicas sociales y la salud mental. En este contexto han surgido estudios sobre la ansiedad generada por las preocupaciones ambientales y el cambio climático, la cual se denomina ecoansiedad. Debe mencionarse que, actualmente, existen cantidades masivas de datos o big data, las cuales han sido recopiladas y procesadas por instituciones fiables. El objetivo principal de esta investigación es comprender los niveles de ecoansiedad, preocupación y estado emocional fomentados por el acceso a cantidades masivas de datos en torno al cambio climático. La metodología utilizada es de carácter cuantitativo; usamos la Escala de ansiedad por el cambio climático de Clayton y Karazsia (2020), complementada con una Escala emocional ante el cambio climático y una Escala de preocupación ante el cambio climático. Los resultados apuntan a niveles bajos de ecoansiedad y a niveles moderados de preocupación y de estados emocionales, mientras que la dimensión de ajuste conductual es la que presenta los resultados más significativos.

This article offers a critical analysis of the use of the term “archive” in discussions about visual arts in Ibero-America between 2011 and 2022: Why has this term gained currency in the Ibero-American art world during the last decades? What is it used for? How do artworks function when they are understood as archives? What are the main themes in these discussions? We propose to frame our analysis in four inter-pretive hypotheses. 1) The use of the term “archive” in discussions on contemporary Ibero-American visual arts can be understood through the model of the machine, that is, in terms of certain functions the archive performs. 2) Archives in Ibero-American visual arts have three basic functions: collecting, montaging and mobilizing. 3) Ar-chives are communitarian machines: they emerge from communities, create commu-nities, and require communities for their operation. 4) Archives are time machines: they shape our memory and our future. Understanding archives as machines allows us to see how artistic practices and discussions about archives in Ibero-American visual arts are linked to shared aspirations to come to terms with violent pasts and histories of exclusion, with the need to strengthen public deliberation, and the will to defend democracy. In this region, the relationships between art and archival have made it possible to read history against the grain and to coordinate the work of artists, archi-vists, communities and cultural managers with the concrete demands of social move-ments and their need for recognition. The poetics of archive in contemporary Ibe-ro-American art is oriented towards creating the new, not towards repeating the past.

En este artículo se expone cómo se creó una colección de registros de un territorio específico en Medellín, Colombia. Para ello, se hizo un breve recuento de la historia del barrio Moravia y el sector El Morro; luego, se presentó el entretejido metodológico y conceptual; después, se exteriorizó cómo se construyó el inventario de fuentes a partir de los videos del territorio, al describir los campos y criterios con los que se clasificaron y refirieron las piezas audiovisuales. Se presentan los resultados de los procesos de selección aplicados y como anexo se reúnen los 42 videos en una tabla resumen, con el fin de evidenciar el trabajo de documentación y elaborar un estado del arte audiovisual. Se cierra con una reflexión respecto a la importancia de una bibliografía especializada de videos que como memorias mediáticas expresan la cultura del recuerdo local, y permiten valorar prácticas, saberes y resistencias de residentes del barrio, habitantes de la ciudad y extranjeros a través del cine y video como parte de los soportes de información para la historia, susceptibles de convertirse en patrimonio fílmico.

En este artículo se analizan las relaciones entre memorias subalternas, narrativas oficiales e instituciones de la memoria a partir de dos experiencias localizadas en la región del Magdalena Medio en Colombia, a saber, La Casa de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos de las Mujeres en el Magdalena Medio agenciada por La Organización Femenina Popular y La Casa de Memoria Histórica de San Vicente y El Carmen de Chucurí creada por las Fuerzas Militares de Colombia de Colombia. Se examinan los repertorios de memorias y las narrativas de lucha, denuncia y resistencia en el marco del conflicto armado por parte de la Organización Femenina Popular en contraste con la visión heroica, salvadora y victimista de las Fuerzas Militares de Colombia de Colombia, en el marco de la existencia de una transición de un régimen victimo-memorial a un régimen memorial plural en el que se experimenta una mayor democratización y descentralización de la memoria pública. De igual forma, estas instituciones de la memoria emergen como un espacio para comprender el sufrimiento a través de narrativas polifónicas que privilegian la emoción sobre la razón histórica. La exposición permanente de las instituciones de la memoria se convierte así en un relato en el que el dolor de las víctimas se entrelaza con las múltiples interpretaciones del pasado.

Los archivos digitales surgieron como una alternativa para almacenar, organizar, conservar, acceder y compartir información en formato digital. Su uso generalizado en diferentes ámbitos, como la educación, la investigación, la industria y la administración, ha transformado la manera en que se maneja la información y ha mejorado su eficiencia y su accesibilidad. El objetivo de la investigación fue analizar la producción científica sobre archivos digitales en Latinoamérica según Scopus en el periodo 2018-2022. Se realizó un estudio descriptivo con enfoque cuantitativo y un análisis bibliométrico a través de indicadores centrados en describir la producción científica para determinar el impacto de estas publicaciones, con base en la recopilación y análisis de datos bibliográficos. Los resultados del estudio mostraron la existencia de un constante interés en este tema, considerando la cantidad de publicaciones recuperadas. Destaca la productividad científica de Brasil en la región y el predominio de artículos de revista. Se evidenció el progresivo crecimiento en la cantidad de investigaciones en el periodo analizado, y la preponderancia de trabajos en idioma inglés. Los hallazgos confirmaron la estrecha relación entre las temáticas más citadas y el campo de los archivos digitales, lo que reafirma el valor de la investigación en el contexto actual.

En este artículo se presenta una modalidad de evaluación formativa con el objetivo de plantear otra mirada sobre los procesos de enseñanza desde la aplicación de estrategias para el aprendizaje significativo. La experiencia se ha puesto en práctica en la unidad curricular Planeamiento en el Área de la Información, dictada en las licenciaturas en Archivología y en Bibliotecología en Uruguay. Mediante un parcial de carácter procesual, se busca que se comprendan los contenidos del curso a través de su aplicación a un plan estratégico. Se analiza su desarrollo en el periodo 2021-2023 y se integra la mirada de los estudiantes y de las docentes de la unidad curricular. Estos insumos se integran a su vez en la evaluación de la herramienta del parcial que el equipo docente realiza y a partir de allí se hacen ajustes y modificaciones. El paradigma de la cognición situada —en el que el estudiante es activo protagonista de su propio proceso de aprendizaje— y el aprendizaje cooperativo como forma de integrar saberes desde la construcción colectiva constituyen la base teórica. En las conclusiones se comparten argumentos que permiten calificar esta modalidad de evaluación como una buena forma de poner en tensión los aprendizajes desarrollados en el aula, de cara a la formación de profesionales críticos.

En este estudio se propone un relevamiento de los temas que fueron agenda de la bibliotecología argentina durante las décadas de la profesionalización (1940-1950). Se tomó como documento de análisis la Bibliografía bibliotecológica argentina, de Nicolás Matijevic (1969), que recopila información publicada entre el siglo XIX y 1967. En primer lugar, se comparó la producción bibliográfica del período de profesionalización con la etapa anterior y la inmediatamente posterior. En segundo lugar, se revisaron y ponderaron los principales temas trabajados por los bibliotecarios. Finalmente, se describen las características elementales de la literatura bibliotecológica durante los años de la profesionalización. Entre otras conclusiones, se destaca la aparición de nuevas temáticas entre las preocupaciones principales de los bibliotecarios, como su propia formación y la bibliotecología y la documentación como disciplinas.

This article attempts to review the relations between the Republic of Korea and Cuba at the present stage, after the establishment of official diplomatic ties between the two countries. Until recently, Cuba and Syria were the only UN member states with which South Korea did not have formal relations. But in early 2024, a breakthrough occurred in Seoul's diplomacy, and after years of negotiations, relations between Seoul and Havana were established. Due to the f act that Cuba is traditional and one of the closest foreign policy partners of the DPRK, this event acquired a special meaning in the context of inter-Korean relations. And in South Korea, both in the media and in academic and political circles, it was presented as a political and diplomatic “blow” to North Korea. Why did Cuba decide to establish relations with South Korea right now? What was DPRK's reaction to this step? Could the establishment of relations between Cuba and South Korea increase tensions on the Korean Peninsula? And what are the prospects for the future relations between Seoul and Havana?

Global events of recent years indicate that it is the turn of the Developing World to take the lead in international relations. China, which positions itself as the «largest developing country», a «member of the Global South», but at the same time a «responsible world power», cannot stay away from this trend. The article examines the reasons for the recent rise of the Developing World to the forefront of international life, which include: the cumulative economic growth of the South, the increase in its political importance in the balance of power on the world stage, the growth of self-esteem of the South, whose stance, being consonant with the interests of the East, contributes to the loss of the West's ability in dictating conditions to the world majority, etc. In addition, the author considers important to determine the semantic content of the terms «Global South», «third world», «developing world» for a better understanding of the essence of the great global phenomenon that these definitions have denoted at different times. It seems that these definitions not only reflect the realities of the times that gave birth to them, but also undergo internal upgrade, becoming not just a «signboard», but also a characteristic of the phenomenon they designate. The main burden of the article falls on the analysis of the Chinese factor in the modern evolution of the Global South. It is characterized through the prism of why the importance of the South for China is growing and how Beijing is trying to provide relations with «southern» countries with additional qualitative support. The article also attempts to identify new challenges facing China in the processes of its further «rooting» in the Developing World. The article ends with a number of conclusions, among which is the author's opinion on whether the reformatting of relations between China and the Global South is taking place as a reaction to an increase in its global weight, or whether they are «simply» undergoing a stage of timely optimization.

Current international relations are facing “profound changes unseen in a century” . The evolution of the international order is the most important characteri stic of this process. As a representative thought of China's understanding of the evolution of the international order, “Xi Jinping Thought on Diplomacy” is considered the main guiding principle of contemporary Chinese diplomacy. It prominently reflects China’s fundamental views on international relations, major-country politics, and international institutions, and will also have a significant impact on the development of China-Russia relations. The main characteristics of the current evolution of the international order are the formation of a complex bipolarity in the power structure, changes in dominant ideas, and diversification of multilateral cooperation systems. Faced with major changes in the international order, China believes that the world is enter ing a period of turbulence in which the process of power transition will continue, during which China needs to further participate in global governance. The Xi Jinping Thought on Diplomacy advocates the leadership role of the party in China’s foreign policy decision-making and points out three core concepts: a community with shared future for mankind, major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics, and a new type of international relations. In the future development of China-Russia relations, both countries will continue to uphold a comprehensive strategic partnership and coordination for the new era. At the same time, when faced with changes in dominant ideas, China and Russia can engage in closer cooperation on how to build “a community of shared future” in the new era. In response to the changes in multilateral systems, China and Russia can promote further alliance, thereby developing “new types of international relations” at the multilateral level. As major countries in the international system, the effective expansion of China-Russia cooperation will bring great geopolitical and geo-economic benefits to the Eurasian region. In addition, the interaction and cooperation between the two countries will inevitably shape the new pattern of the international politics in the 21st century.

The article analyzes the spread of modern firearms in Japan during the Bakumatsu transition period (1853–1868), as well as their use during the civil war of 1863–1868. In the 1840–60s, the world experienced one of the largest revolutions in military technology, which completely changed the very approach to warfare. Japan, forced against its will to end its 200-year isolation from the outside world in 1853, was also affected by th e global trend toward rearmament. Faced with external pressure, the Japanese government attempted to modernize its armed forces, but the weapons that flooded the country were used not to repel foreign aggression, but during the civil war, which resulted in the Meiji Restoration of 1868 and global changes in Japanese society.

Shipbuilding is a typical strategic industry and, due to its high importance, is known as a complex one. The authors, based on foreign primary sources, for the first time in Russian scientific literature explore the path that the shipbuilding industry of the PRC has taken from “emergence from nothing” to the position in the largest shipbuilding country in the world, i.e. five main stages of development. The article describes the key steps taken towards the formation of the industry, both at the level of the creation of ministries and departments, and at the level of the emergence and development of scientific centers. The important government documents related to maintaining and stimulating the development of shipbuilding are studied in sufficient detail. The authors analyze the achievements and weaknesses of the modern Chinese shipbuilding industry. It is shown how China gradually rose to a leading position in the world shipbuilding from stage to stage, and what efforts were made by the state along this path.

The DPRK has historically directed significant efforts and resources to strengthening its defense capabilities, due to ongoing security challenges to the country. The article examines the origins and features of militarization in the economic model of the DPRK and reveals its specifics at the present stage. The study is based on the analysis of official North Korean statements and publications, as well as academic works of Russian and foreign researchers. In the 21st century, in a hostile military-political situation, the DPRK maintains a large army, and the development of the military-industrial complex remains a priority, with a focus on the implementation of high-tech nuclear and missile programs. The militarization of the economy will continue to be an integral feature of the DPRK’s economic model for the foreseeable future. It involves, on the one hand, the diversion of significant resources for military purposes, and, on the other hand, provides the country's leadership with the opportunity to solve national economic tasks by mobilizing the army and the military-industrial complex.

The Chinese government is focusing on Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques for numerous sectors, such as healthcare. The achievement of AI initiatives depends on the adoption and attractiveness of AI by way of physicians, nurses, decision-makers, and patients. This study aims to explore essential achievement factors for implementing AI initiatives inside the healthcare industry. The research analyzes the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) and identifies the broadly applied factors, together with the perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness, attitude towards use, and behavioral intention to use. A systematic evaluation of 34 related studies among 2020 and 2023 was carried out to discover the most popular elements. The authors also used Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM). The data was collected through surveys from 154 employees within the health and IT sectors in China. The findings demonstrated that perceived usefulness and ease of use of AI projects are definitely influenced by management, organizational, operational and IT infrastructure factors.

The article is dedicated to the reasons and process of choosing a company name in Xiaomi Corporation, whicn can be translated as “A small grain of rice”. Unlike many Chinese companies, Xiaomi Corporation’s choice of name was associated not only with a marketing move that would allow the company to successfully enter the international market and stand out from other brands, but also with the desire to demonstrate “its history”, which, by using certain symbols, would reflect such significant aspects of Chinese culture as respect for traditions, connection with historical memory, etc. The experience of Xiaomi Corporation shows how strongly traditions and history can influence modern ideas about the creation and development of a brand.

The review introduces the collection of the archival documents covering cultural ties between the USSR and PRC from 1949 to 1960. The published materials are stored in seven Russian and two Chinese archives. The major part of the documents is published for the first time, which confirms the particular value of this publication as a result of the joint effort of the Russian and Chinese experts. The book addresses the history of the formation of relations between the USSR and China in the 1950s by means of cultural diplomacy. The archival materials display the mechanisms and results of the exchanges of Soviet and Chinese delegations of writers, artists, musicians, athletes, actors and scientists. The publication is aimed at researchers, students, academics and all those interested in Russian history, history of international relations, Oriental studies and Sinology. The review argues that the materials introduced in the volume provide new sources for the in-depth study of cultural diplomacy as a part of Russian-Chinese relations, as well as the cultural history of the PRC in the early period.

Public libraries have become one of the biggest powerhouses for the production of knowledge and information by having various sources and references that their effective and efficient management can have a significant impact on the development of users' information literacy. The aim of the current research was to investigate the role of knowledge management in improving the information literacy of public library users and providing a suitable model. The research method was a combined method using the metacomposite technique, content analysis and Delphi to identify and categorize the components of management-knowledge and information literacy, and then the survey method. The statistical population included 284 librarians and 45582 users, 181 librarians and 497 users were selected by multi-stage cluster sampling. The data collection tool included two researcher-made questionnaires for knowledge management and information literacy, derived from the theoretical and experimental background of the research, which was approved by the expert team. The method of data analysis was structural equation modeling. The findings of the research showed that the level of establishment of four components of knowledge management in public libraries of Khuzestan province is higher than average. Also, the level of users' enjoyment of the eight components of information literacy is also higher than average. As a result, a proposed model, while confirming the main and sub-hypotheses of the research, showed that the implementation and establishment of knowledge management has been effective in improving the information literacy of public library users in Khuzestan province.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of senior managers 'brand-centered leadership on brand commitment among employees in the presence of mediating variables of employees' knowledge of brand, psychological contract and brand-to-staff fit between Karaj Capital Bank employees. The research method is descriptive and correlational. The statistical population of this study is 60 employees of Karaj Capital Bank. Because of the limited population of the population, a census or integer was used to select the sample. The research was conducted through the design and distribution of a questionnaire in the form of a face-to-face researcher. The validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by content validity and its reliability was confirmed by Cronbach's alpha method. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data. The data were analyzed by SPSS and PLS software. The results of data analysis showed that brand-centered leadership of senior executives through staff knowledge of brand has a positive and significant effect on brand commitment. Brand-based leadership by senior executives through psychological contracting has a positive and significant effect on brand commitment. Brand-based leadership by senior executives has a positive and significant effect on brand commitment through employee-brand fit.

The purpose of the study is the effect of information technology capabilities on the relationship between individual, group and organizational factors with knowledge retention in Khuzestan Steel Company. The study was practical in terms of purpose and descriptive-survey in terms of data collection. The research population was 15,000 employees of Khuzestan Steel Company, of which 555 were selected using simple random sampling. The data were collected using a questionnaire based on previous studies in the five-point Likert scale using the field distribution method. The face validity of the tool and its reliability were confirmed using Cronbach's alpha (α=0.737). the data were analyzed by SEM in Amus software. Based on the results of the bootstrapping analysis, the full effect of individual factors on knowledge retention and maintenance (β=0.331) and the indirect effect with the mediating role of information technology capabilities (β=0.156); The full effect of group factors on the retention and maintenance of knowledge (β=0.342) and the indirect effect with the mediating role of information technology capabilities (β=0.080); and the full effect of organizational factors on knowledge retention and maintenance (β=0.631) and the indirect effect with the mediating role of information technology capabilities (β=0.118) are significant at the level (P

The purpose of this paper was to analyze the functionality of the GILS standard in the development of the smart government. This research was conducted using documentary and observation methods. The statistical population of this research was the metadata elements of the GILS as well as the components of the smart government. A survey tool was used to collect the required data for the research. The findings of this research showed that the main components of the smart government are grouped into 18 axes with 75 partial components. To create a smart government, components like information technology, cyber security, transparency and access, digital identity, privacy and data security, interoperability, ethical and legal considerations, and digital empowerment have been proposed. The elements used in the GILS standard are placed in eight general categories, which are: simple description elements, subject description elements, URIs, resource formats and technical features, administrative details, administrative metadata, source/reference and access/copyright conditions. Each of these categories consists of several main and sub-elements. the findings of the research revealed that the GILS can be used in the development of a smart government in various dimensions. One of the strengths of this standard, which increases its functionality in the smart government, is the use of appropriate descriptive and management metadata to access government data. Determining and describing the required metadata. using metadata, storing metadata, managing and maintaining metadata, determining access and permissions are among the most important applications of the Government Information Locator Service in the smart government.

Inter-organizational knowledge sharing is crucial for the scientific, social, and economic development of societies. Knowledge sharing processes and systems are challenged not only by individual and organizational factors but also by social, technical, and political inter-organizational contributors. The majority of existing researches have focused on situations such as interactive supply chains, virtual organizations, and multinational organizations, so that it can be said that Inter-organizational knowledge sharing is neglected in collaborative processes. This paper examines inter-organizational knowledge sharing in a collaborative project in which independent public organizations work together for providing social care for students. This research aims to investigate the impact of the variables of knowledge worker, peers, inter-organizational knowledge-sharing system, organization, and coalition on sharing knowledge in multiple inter-organizational relationships. This quantitative correlational study employed a 44-item questionnaire, which was distributed among the system users in Alborz province. The sample size was calculated using Cochran’s formula, and for sampling, proportional stratified sampling method was used. The SmartPLS3 software was used to develop a confirmatory factor analysis model and structural equations, while SPSS software was employed for descriptive statistical tests. In this study, the impact of the knowledge worker, peers, sharing system, organization, and coalition on knowledge sharing via interorganizational knowledge sharing systems was confirmed, among which the variables of the knowledge worker and peers exerted the greatest impact on knowledge sharing which shows the main priorities of managers to improve knowledge transfer functions in this system.

The purpose of this research was to design the business ontology of Ehya Sepahan company based on semantic web data models. This research was conducted using qualitative analysis and design method The population of this research was all the entities of Ehya Sepahan company, i.e. data resources, human resources, organizational posts, the desired processes of the organization and various departments of the mentioned organization, as well as the classes and attributes in the organizational ontology. Observation and documentary methods and checklist are utilized for gathering required data.The findings of this research showed that the entities of Ehya Sepahan company are devided to internal and external entities. On the other hand, the findings revealed that most of the attributes considered for company entities are presented in the schema.org standard. So, all the mentioned attributes for Organization, Person, Website, Product entities in the schema.org are consistent with the attributes needed to describe the company entities. On the other hand, the investigation of organizational ontology showed that this ontology has 9 entities and all these entities were used to design the ontology of Ehya Sepahan company. As a result, a suitable ontology was implemented for participating in the Knowledge discovery and Representation (KDR) software. In general, it can be stated that organizational ontologies are one of the efficient tools for accurate description and knowledge discovery of data entities of organizations that can be used to facilitate and speed up processes and decisions in the organization.

Purpose: The purpose of this research is to identify the key components of knowledge technology mastery from the point of view of experts.Methodology: In order to collect information, library and field methods have been considered. First, the performance evaluation components of knowledge technologies were obtained by Delphi method. Then, to compare these components, a questionnaire was distributed among faculty members and doctoral students of information science and epistemology in Tehran state universities, and AHP method was used to analyze the data. Spss 25 and Expert Choice 11 software were used for data analysis.Findings: In the Delphi phase, 10 main financial indicators, system quality, system infrastructure, knowledge technology service quality, knowledge technology architecture, user interface, user satisfaction about the system, the value of work results, perceived benefits and benefits of the system , being up-to-date was detected. the financial component is in the first degree, system quality in the second degree, system infrastructure in the third degree, user interface in the fourth degree, knowledge technology architecture in the fifth degree, knowledge technology service quality in the sixth degree, user satisfaction about the system. In the seventh grade, the value of the results obtained from the eighth grade card, and the perceived advantages and benefits of the system and being up-to-date were ranked in the ninth grade.Value: The results of this research can be used to evaluate the performance of knowledge technologies.Conclusion: through evaluation, it is possible to help advance and improve the performance of the organization.

Celem artykułu jest przedstawienie różnych sposobów zarządzania informacją w wybranych krakowskich bibliotekach akademickich. Do badania wyłoniono cztery z książnic naukowych w Krakowie, tj. Bibliotekę Jagiellońską, Bibliotekę Główną AGH, Bibliotekę Główną Uniwersytetu Pedagogicznego oraz Bibliotekę Politechniki Krakowskiej. W artykule zostały porównane i poddane analizie usługi oferowane przez biblioteki dla różnych grup użytkowników. Omówione zostały przede wszystkim usługi świadczone przez jednostki odpowiedzialne za udzielanie informacji naukowej. Wśród nich znalazły się między innymi: kwerendy, analizy bibliometryczne, szkolenia grupowe, a także spersonalizowane kursy. W artykule zostały przedstawione także rozwiązania, jakimi dysponują wyłonione na potrzeby badania instytucje, których zamierzeniem jest podnoszenie kompetencji informacyjnych użytkowników dzisiejszych bibliotek.

W artykule poddano analizie jedną z publikacji autorstwa Danuty Mostwin, wydaną przez Instytut Literacki w Paryżu w 1961 r., czyli książkę pt. Ameryko! Ameryko! Jej fragmenty zostały wcześniej opublikowane jako opowiadania, zapowiadające fragment większej całości, na łamach paryskiej „Kultury”. Następnie została wydana jako tom w serii „Biblioteki Kultury”. Kolejnym etapem było jej udostępnienie, również we fragmentach na falach Radia Wolna Europa oraz wybranych tytułach prasowych. Do książki odnoszono się również w licznych recenzjach prasowych i pogadankach radiowych. Współcześnie, dzięki digitalizacji źródeł Instytutu Literackiego, funkcjonuje w wersji elektronicznej na stronie internetowej – portalu paryskiej „Kultury”. W przeprowadzonych pracach posłużono się metodą analizy zawartości wraz z analizą porównawczą. Podczas badania materiałów prasowych i źródeł archiwalnych wykorzystano analizę genologiczną. Na przykładzie wymienionej publikacji zwrócono zatem uwagę na obecność książki w przestrzeni medialnej, akcentując wymiar historyczny, a także odniesienia do współczesnych możliwości, które pozwalają na jej dotarcie do czytelników.