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Citizen laboratories are an instrument that enables the direct participation of citizens in their community by facilitating collaboration between people through dialogue processes and experimentation and co-creation projects at different levels. The public library has found in the citizen laboratories a new way to connect with its territory, using its potential as a meeting and interaction space and as an agent of change. The objective of this work is to offer an approximation to what these initiatives are, how they work and what impact they have. To this end, professional practice has been analyzed, exploring three models (methodological approach) and two programs (experiential approach) of citizen laboratories in the context of the public library. Among the findings of the study, it stands out that there is no single methodology for these initiatives, but there are replicable models, while the analysis of the programs provides clues about the way in which they activate the social capital of the community. Finally, it is concluded that these laboratories are an effective formula for encouraging local participation and that they contribute to the redefinition and revaluation of the current public library, making them a practice to be included in the toolbox of library innovation.

The national digital skills plan approved by the Spanish government (2021) aims to train fifteen million people without basic skills for the environment created by technologies in all dimensions of life. To this end, it is funding one of its lines of action with almost 800 million euros and proposes, among other measures, a national network of digital training centres. The e-IRIS project has been designed to enable the digital inclusion sought by the Plan, based on an initiative of a group of universities, third sector foundations and companies. Therefore, the aim of this paper will be to describe the foundations of the e-IRIS project, the training actions and social innovation and participation actions designed, and the teaching-learning model proposed for its implementation, supported by a learning platform created specifically for the project. Taking the European Digital Competences Framework DIGCOMP[1] as a reference, and the Spanish public libraries as a learning framework, a training proposal has been designed that covers both the instrumental competences and those related to the critical and empowering use of digital tools, and a learning platform has been designed for its teaching and learning, and will be its benchmark. Depending on the degree of autonomy of the trainees, it will allow their initial assessment -with or without the support of face-to-face and online tutors-, the completion of activities according to different training itineraries, the obtaining of accreditations and the evaluation of results for the justification of the project. The project combines face-to face training -for the purposes of social inclusion, citizen participation and attention to vulnerable groups on which it will focus- with the use of the e-learning platform as a tool to support the organisation, tutoring and learning of the contents. This will allow us to assess the effects that communicative and information ecologies have on learning processes in a networked society.

Nowadays public libraries assume new challenges related with two of their functions: to provide access to information and digital literacy and to be a social space of its community. The aim of this paper was to analyze how Spanish public librarians perceive the social function and the digital inclusion function of their institutions, how they assume these missions and the competences that they consider most relevant for the implementation of these services. A qualitative methodology was applied, consisting in three focus groups with library staff of the Region of Murcia, taking into account for the classification of participants the number of inhabitants of the population in which they work as librarians. The analysis of the librarians' discourse reflected a mostly positive position towards these functions, although they described problems as insufficient training, the need of enough resources, and greater collaboration with other agents involved. To overcome these difficulties they highlighted the need for support from the Regional Library System through the Library Coordination Unit and the Regional Library.

In order to develop a validated model to teach key conceptsand values on the right to information and transparency to young people, the "IRIS" program was designed during the 2017-2018 academic year, which was applied as part of the "Philosophy" course of the First Year of High School students of six Secondary Education Institutes of five municipalities of the Region of Murcia. Its objectives were: a) Prepare and teach a Learning Unit on Transparency and Right to Information, in accordance with the standards of the Philosophy curriculum of the Region of Murcia. b) Identify initial perceptions of the students of the Region regarding concepts as Transparency and Open Government. c) Design a Contest on dissertations and videos on transparency and good governance, aimed at the students participating in the project. e) Evaluate results and identify recommendations to improve the program. After the evaluation we concluded that objectives had been achieved, and have proposed some recommendations to generalize and consolidate the acquisition of this citizen competence: a specific training plan for teachers, the inclusion of this standard on transparency in the autonomic curriculum, and that is necessary to develop a set of materials, texts and practical tasks to make easier the application to the teaching staff.

The main focus of this paper is to provide a review of the scientific production in Information Literacy and mobile technologies (Mobile Information Literacy) between 2006 and 2017, quantifying from the altmetric perspectives. The altmetrics imply a complementary approach that can shed light on specific aspects which are not easy to be addressed by more traditional scientific approaches, neither bibliometric nor conceptual. That is why, the altmetrics include relevant features, like visualization, document downloads, quotes, recommendations and markers. These aspects can contribute to explain the impact and relevance of the scientific literatura from a wider perspective. A analysis of most altmetric impact documents was carried out to manifest the main research trends in the subdomain of the Infomation Science. After we had carried out our altmetric review, we concluded that this perspective, applied to the IL and the mobile technologies have become a growing trend that is reaching a significant relevance, in addition to the traditional bibliometric analysis, and that covers, in a context of mobile learning and relation, which are in a unstoppable procces of spiral growing, new and very significant dimensions in the approach to the impact and significance of the scientific production.

Three qualitative methodologies that can be applied to the study of the vulnerable users of public libraries are described and proposed: The interview, the participant observation and the discussion group. In order to validate these methodologies, it is described the process of using them in a research carried out in the Regional Library of Murcia, in which we researched the motivations and main uses, the social interaction in the library, the effects of the crisis in the library organization and in these users and their degree of competence and digital empowerment. It was concluded the usefulness of these methodologies for user studies, identifying factors that are beyond statistical techniques, such as the different discourses on socialization that take place in the library and the valuation that vulnerable users make of relationships and learning Performed in the same.

We describe some of the adverse conditions of the information professionals sector -which includes information managers, archivists, librarians, museologists and documentalists- to present some possibilities to articulate the collaboration of their professional associations. We especially explain the alternatives provided by the recent Real Decreto 949/2015 of October 23, of the Regulation of the National Registry of Associations (BOE of October 24, 2015), and we propose to articulate the process through the implementation of a Sectorial Round Table with those involved in this process of confluence and improvement of the professional organization in Spain.

In the nowadays social context, that has bien determinated by economic recesion in Spain, it is made an apology of librarian activism, to improve new services y for to play a valued role for users

We studied the characteristics of young people as users of information, their informational behaviour and their communication's processes, with particular emphasis on the social web, in order to conclude the information literacy that they need.

Report of the situation of the information specialists (librarians, archivists and documentalists in Spain, offering the current state and a prospective view on new trends and professional matters. The study was carried out in 2011 and includes three parts: a quantitive analysis including data and figures on the archives, libraries and museums in Spain; a qualitative analysis, based on a survey on the present and the future of the profession; and an Delphi study of Spanish experts in archives, libraries and information management. This study offers an outlook on the information profiles used in Spain and perceptions about the future of the sector, professional development and the needs of the collective.

Study of the social image of library professionals , its evolution and the ways to achieve its update.

We describe the most significant initiatives of libraries to develop a function of social cohesion and integration, in order to provide innovative, participatory and compensatory services to reduce inequalities in access to and use of information.

We studied how future librarians are prepared in Mexico and in Spain in order to deliver Information Literacy's Services when they are studying at their degrees of LIbrary and Information Science

We describe some of the major initiatives in Spain to implement educational services of university libraries through which librarians can teach digital and information competence to students and faculty members

Analysis of the evolution of forms of communication in today's world, to describe what chance have librarians to support users of the "connected generation" in their processes to influence and cooperate.

We analyze the situation in 2004 of the Regional System of Archives and Libraries (Murcia), to identify the main shortcomings. According to them, action proposals are made to guarantee the right of public access to information, culture and education in Murcia.

College students have deficiencies in their formation as the limited use of the library and information, and a very memoristic learning. We believe that university education must innovate to train young people with a critical mind where information plays an important role. Information literacy of students becomes, thus, an essential element. We studied two groups of students from two universities in two countries on two different continents to determine how to use the new information technologies, electronic resources and the role to be played the teacher in the educational process. We found differences between students of the University of Murcia in Spain and the National Autonomous University of Mexico, but also similarities.

We analyze the European Space for Higher Education as an opportunity to improve Information Literacy Services of the Spanish University Libraries. However, we justify that is necessary a change in the teaching culture of Universities to make possible this opportunity

Several library promotion initiatives are described. MatPromo, an image database of library promotion tools, is introduced.

Based primarily on the "Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education" ALA (2000) describe some of the most significant experiences of information literacy that are being implemented in Spain, made by both university libraries, in person or through tutorials mode web, or through collaboration of librarians with teachers.

Some requirements and ways that information technology (ICT) can be used as a resource for entertainment, communication and culture of the community of people with disabilities are described. The importance of the issue is that communication, access to culture and the enjoyment of leisure time is right for this important sector of the population. The methodology is based on analysis of cultural practices and leisure, in detecting barriers to these practices for the disabled, and the search and reasoned presentation of ways of overcoming these barriers by leveraging the potential of ICT and especially the Internet, mentioning among them the realization of accessible sites, the use of technical aids, technological literacy and empowerment portal services for this sector.

A training program on access and use of information developed with seniors in the "Hall of Elders" of the University of Murcia is described. This teaching was done by designing a course called "Access and Use of Information in today's society", which was held in the third year of the "Diploma" studying at the University of Murcia people between 50 and 80 years old. The contents of the course included the teaching of search skills, location, analysis and use of information from all kinds of sources, including technology literacy-related skills such as using e-mail, databases and Internet exhibitions covering teaching methods, group work, analysis of institutions and practices in the use of information technology. Once designed and delivered, the evaluation of the results was performed using the methodology of the survey, concluding a positive assessment of these learning.