100 melhores blogues de bibliotecários do futuro

seleccionados por Donna Scott

Technology and Education

Discover how technology is changing the way we learn in the classroom and in libraries.

1. Wired Librarian: Karen Kliegman is the Library Media Specialist at her elementary school and shares thoughts on library conventions, blogging, information literacy, and more.
2. Free Range Librarian: K.G. Schneider is Community Librarian for Evergreen open-source library software, and she blogs about writing, tech toys, and more.
3. Information Wants to Be Free: Meredith Farkas is the distance learning librarian at Norwich University. Learn about how libraries work in a distance learning environment from her posts.
4. Librarians Matter: This blog discusses how new technology systems can be used in libraries.
5. Libraryman: This young librarian likes stirring up new ideas and controversial new technology systems and trends for libraries.
6. LibrarianInBlack: Here, tech librarians will find all kinds of resources and discussions about keeping up with technology trends and developments.
7. ALA TechSource Blog: This multi-author blog contains information about ways to bring your library into the 21st century and beyond.
8. LITA Blog: The Library and Information Technology Association blogs here.
9. info-fetishist: Anne-Marie Deitering is the Franklin McEdward Professor for Undergraduate Learning Initiatives at Oregon State University Libraries, and she blogs about emerging web technologies and systems.
10. Theoretical Librarian: This blog reports on new technology systems and how they may or may not be able to be used in libraries.
11. iLibrarian: The OEDb’s Library blog is full of tech tips for librarians.
12. MichaelZimmer.org: For news and analysis on privacy, surveillance, new media, ethics and technology, check out this blog.
13. Peter Scott’s Library Blog: Peter Scott blogs about Google books, e-learning, web archiving, and more.
14. The Handheld Librarian: Librarians submit articles about computers and technology to this blog.
15. Blog without a library: Learn about library and tech news and trends from Blog without a library.
16. The Ubiquitous Librarian: Brian Mathews blogs about media, design, the future of libraries, and more.
17. Hey Jude: Follow this blog if you want to discover more about "learning in an online world."
18. Social Networking Librarian: Find out if social networking is something you want to encourage in your library or not.
19. Connie Crosby: This Canadian law librarian is up-to-date on social media, e-commerce and more.
20. Tame the Web: On Tame the Web, Michael Stephens and his guest bloggers cover library 2.0, librarians and leadership, and more.
21. Library clips: Here, a librarian blogs about wikis, blogging, and social media.
22. The Uncommon Commons: Visit this blog for "library and IT-related commentary" from an information commons "hub" librarian.
23. Disruptive Library Technology Jester: This blog comes from a library technologist who loves straddling the line between traditional librarianship and technology.
24. What I Learned Today: Librarians learn valuable web 2.0 and programming tips from this blog.

School and Academic Librarians

Librarians who work in schools and at colleges and universities will find plenty of resources for developing new programs from these blogs.

25. The Kept-Up Academic Librarian: Academic librarians visit this blog to keep up with the news and developments in higher education and libraries.
26. ALSC Blog: The Association for Library Service to Children blogs about children’s literature, technology, the Internet and children, and more.
27. YALSA: Get podcasts, technology posts and more from the Young Adult Library Services Association blog.
28. How the University Works: Academic librarians can better understand the changing landscape of the needs and demands of higher education here.
29. copy this blog: This blog tackles a range of issues relevant to higher education librarians including copyright, censorship, critical information theory, library policies, privacy, and more.
30. The Gypsy Librarian: The Gypsy Librarian covers topics relevant to wandering spirits and academic librarians.
31. Academic Librarian: Check out this blog from the Philosophy & Religion Librarian at Princeton University.
32. Library Grits: Dianne McKenzie is a lifelong learner and school librarian who shares tips for getting students involved in reading, research and technology.

Library Issues and Advocacy

From unions to the Library Bill of Rights to copyright issues to privacy and surveillance, these blogs cover important developments in the future of librarianship and information.

33. Ben’s Bytes: Ben is a public librarian in Wichita, KS, who blogs about the future of libraries.
34. Library Juice: Check out this intriguing blog for analysis and commentary "on the intersection of libraries, politics, and culture."
35. banned librarian: Librarians who support social activist groups and causes can find information, resources and allies here.
36. Librarian Activist: Keep up with the business and social trends impacting librarians.
37. Librarian.net: This blog covers everything from information developments, Library Bill of Rights, a day in the life of a librarian, book burning, and more.
38. collectanea: Learn about copyright issues, intellectual property and more.
39. Concerned Librarians of British Columbia: Stay current on the issues and crises affecting librarianship in Canada and beyond.
40. In the Library With the Lead Pipe: Six librarians from different niche industries maintain this blog to talk about the future of libraries, their jobs, and more.
41. The Green Library: Learn ways to make your library more energy efficient, user-friendly and generally green.
42. Library of Congress Blog: In addition to posts about Library of Congress news and exhibits, this blog has lots of great resources and stories about information literacy, technology, and the future of libraries.
43. Closed Stacks: Closed Stacks is a multi-author blog about library school, librarianship, technology, academic libraries, and more.
44. Designing Better Libraries: Find out how innovative design and new media can change the way your library operates.
45. The Society for Librarians Who Say Motherfucker: This community blog will help you stay in touch with the rants and ravings of librarians, patrons, technicians, library school students and more.
46. Resource Shelf: Librarians, journalists, educators and other information professionals can turn to this blog for news about their industries.
47. Library Law Blog: Learn about issues like privacy, public domain, new library technologies, and more.
48. Union Librarian: Librarians passionate about labor rights and the union should follow this blog.
49. Library Garden: Librarians with different perspectives blog about the future of libraries and the need to make them relevant again.

Research and Reference

These blogs serve as resources for reference and research librarians, as well as for librarians who want to learn about being published.

50. ACRL Insider: This is the blog from the Association of College and Research Libraries.
51. A Library Writer’s Blog: This blog contains resources for librarians who want to publish articles and network with the greater librarian community.
52. Blogging@NYPL: The New York Public Library blog highlights how libraries are sources of information and reference.

Innovation and Information

The future of libraries depends on the innovation of educators, librarians and technology professionals. Read all about what’s next from the people who are planning for the future.

53. Virtual Dave…Real Blog: This blog comes from Dave Lankes, associate professor at Syracuse University’s School of Information Studies.
54. The Googlization of Everything: Find out how Google has impacted the way we retrieve information.
55. if:book: Discover the future of the book from this blog.
56. The Travelin’ Librarian: Michael Sauers is the Technology Innovation Librarian for the Nebraska Library Commission and has written books and articles about technology and education.
57. Derivative Work: Laura Quilter is a librarian and information activist. Read her blog for news and developments about authority, autonomy and more.
58. Open Access News: Keep up with open information and open source by following this blog.
59. The Other Librarian: This blog comes from a regarded library innovator, Ryan Deschamps, e-Learning Services Manager at the Halifax Public Libraries.
60. DIY Librarian: Tara Murra is a blogging librarian who promotes "librarianship for the people" and covers topics like open source, alternative information systems, and more.
61. Musings about librarianship: Follow this blog to keep up with the new methods libraries can use to help patrons find information.
62. From the Library Director’s Desk: This tenured public library director helps other librarians learn how to harness the power of technology.
63. Stephen’s Lighthouse: Stephen is the SirsiDynix Vice President of Innovation, and he blogs about how libraries can embrace technology, the Internet and social media.
64. Open Sesame: This blog is all about open source and information.
65. No Shelf Required: Find out how the ebook movement impacts your library and your patrons.
66. jandawson.net: Recent posts from this blog cover the information age, innovation, and more.
67. The Brewin’ Librarian: Matt Hamilton writes about emerging technologies, next generation libraries, and more.
68. in forming thoughts: This young librarian writes about web tools and sites for librarians, library camp, and other new library trends and developments.
69. Information Literacy Weblog: This blog brings readers all the information literacy news from around the world.
70. The Keyword Blog: Become more fluent in the language of the information age when you visit The Keyword Blog.
71. Planet Cataloging: This aggregated blog network shares news about cataloging and metadata.
72. Extensible Librarian: This blog comes from the Assessment Librarian for the University of Pittsburgh.
73. Library Bazaar: Learn about library issues like social media and technology from Library Bazaar.

Reading and Literature Blogs

Keep up with new literature and get ideas for encouraging your patrons to read from these bloggers.

74. Booklist: The Booklist blog contains resources and reviews for audiobooks, book awards, book lists, and more.
75. book/daddy: Jerome Weeks is an experienced book critic and arts producer for the NPR/PBS station in Dallas-Fort Worth.
76. Critical Mass: Critical Mass is the blog of the National Book Critics Circle Board of Directors.
77. Blogs on Criticas Magazine: Librarians, educators and booksellers connect on this blog to learn about Spanish-language and Hispanic interest books, authors and more.
78. Welcome to my Tweendom: Young adult librarians can learn about new books and children’s authors here.
79. So Many Books: Get reviews of entire archives and collections from this blog, with a few posts about librarianship sprinkled in.
80. Bookslut: Bookslut is a popular blog that features interviews and book reviews.
81. Paper Cuts: The New York Times book blog is a great resource for keeping up with new authors.
82. Ready Steady Blog: Get book reviews, author interviews and more.
83. Bryan’s Book Blog: This book blog covers a range of genres, and relates classics to worthwhile movie versions.
84. The Book Lady’s Blog: This young bookkeeper reviews fiction, memoirs, nonfiction and other books.
85. Sammy and Beckett’s Book Blog: Learn about modern and contemporary authors, genres and trends from Sammy and Beckett’s Book Blog.
86. Mark’s Contemporary Literature Blog: Become well-versed in the contemporary literature your library needs to stock by following this blog from Mark Flanagan.

Media and Communication

Learn how librarians can collaborate with media and other communication tools and methods from these blogs.

87. Connectivism: Learn about networking and social media in an education and library context here.
88. Public Knowledge: Learn how to prepare for the future of digital media and communications by checking out this blog.
89. TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home: This blog covers publishing, media and e-books.

Professional Blogs

Follow these library association and librarian blogs for official information and to find out what it’s like to work as a modern day librarian.

90. Librarian’s Rant: This reference librarian attempts to keep up with the changing library landscape.
91. The LibVocate: This blog promotes librarianship and information literacy.
92. ALA Weblog Service: The American Library Association blog covers news in politics, libraries, education, and from all other ALA blogs.
93. AL Inside Scoop: Follow the blog from the American Libraries magazine here.
94. The Days and Nights of the Lipstick Librarian!: This hip librarian is anything but the stuffy old stereotype.
95. Lauren’s Library Blog: Lauren Pressly is the author of So You Want to Be a Librarian and blogs about the future of libraries.
96. Accidentally Curious: This young librarian discusses modernizing your library and making it more appealing to a new generation of readers and researchers.
97. Attempting Elegance: Jenica Rogers-Urbanek is a library director and self-proclaimed geek who likes sharing what it’s like to work as a librarian.
98. 025.431 The Dewey blog: Brush up on your Dewey Decimal classification knowledge here.
99. Bilingual Librarian: Read this blog to learn about the collections and systems that make the world’s top libraries so special.
100. Head Tale: This librarian blogs about everything from library science to writing to the "spirit of librarianship."

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IV Congreso de la CiberSociedad

Crise analógica, futuro digital
entre 12 e 29 de Novembro de 2009

Congresso online "Living Congress", onde se discute as comunicações enviadas pelos participantes. O tema este ano é "Crisis analógica, futuro digital"
Os grupo de trabalho são a estrutura central do congresso e são eles que convocam e albergam as comunicações e a maior parte dos debates do congresso.
Os eixos temáticos são 6: Educação, Cultura, Política, Economia, Comunicação e Ciência. Dentro de cada um desenvolvem-se sub-temas.
O prazo da entrega das comunicações (texto completo e inédito) até 5 de Outubro.
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Banned Books

Um retrato das bibliotecas, nos EUA, que continuam a sofrer pressões dos utilizadores para retirarem livros de consulta:
(notícia de 19 de Agosto 2009)

"The cartoonist Hergé is popular again, as is his adventurous reporter Tintin, who will be featured in a Steven Spielberg movie due out in 2011.
But if you go to the Brooklyn Public Library seeking a copy of “Tintin au Congo,” Hergé’s second book in a series, prepare to make an appointment and wait days to see the book.
“It’s not for the public,” a librarian in the children’s room said this month when a patron asked to see it.The book, published 79 years ago, was moved in 2007 from the public area of the library to a back room where it is held under lock and key.

The move came after a patron objected, as others have, to the way Africans are depicted in the book. “The content is racially offensive to black people,’’ a librarian wrote on Form 286, also known as a Request for Reconsideration of Library Material [pdf].

In particular, the patron took issue with illustrations that she felt had the Africans “looking like monkeys,’’ but other elements of the book have also drawn criticism over the years — from the broken French that the natives speak to their general simple-mindedness.
Libraries often have policies that allow patrons to complain about content they find objectionable. New York City libraries have received almost two dozen written objections since 2005. But the book about Tintin (pronounced Tantan in his native Brussels) was the only challenged item to have been removed from the shelves, library officials said.
The objection was reviewed by a panel, in keeping with the library’s policy. It determined the book no longer belonged on the open stacks, but rather should be tucked away in the Hunt Collection, which are kept in a vault-like room accessible only to staff members.
“This is a special collection of historic children’s literature that is available for viewing by appointment only,” the library said in a letter explaining its decision.
The decision to get rid of a book, or restrict access to it, goes to the very heart of a public library. “Policies should not unjustly exclude materials and resources even if they are offensive to the librarian or the user,’’ says the Web site of the American Library Association, which adds, “Toleration is meaningless without tolerance for what some may consider detestable.”
So the Brooklyn library, like most others, routinely offers access on its shelves to hot-button works like Hitler’s “Mein Kampf,” or Henry Miller’s “Tropic of Capricorn,” which has a naked couple on its cover.

The library association said it knows of up to 700 formal book challenges a year in the United States, but it acknowledged that its tallies are incomplete. The New York Public Library, with branches in Manhattan, Staten Island and the Bronx, fielded written objections on 10 items since 2006, including on “Never Enough,” a novel by Harold Robbins, and “Godless: The Church of Liberalism,” nonfiction by Ann H. Coulter. Neither book was touched.
The 11 written objections to Brooklyn’s collection include complaints about “Beloved,” by Toni Morrison (sexual content), and “Looking for Alaska,” by John Green (obscenity and denigration of religion).
In general, librarians are trained to tackle any complaints about books with a polite demeanor. But they are also instructed to stand firm in defending the book’s presence in the library.
On the rare occasions when a formal objection is upheld by library officials, a book may be removed or put in a less accessible area; that way, the challenged item remains in the library’s collection, although it is harder to find.
“You do walk a fine line, making sure your materials are accessible, while being respectful of community standards,’’ said Alice Knapp, a former president of the Connecticut Library Association.
At a library run by Ms. Knapp, she said there was a complaint from a member of her own staff about Alan Moore’s “Lost Girls,” for sexual explicitness. Ms. Knapp considered reclassifying the novel as an “823,” a call number that would effectively hide the book inside the vast literature department where erotica was parked, or leaving it where it was, grouped in plain sight with other “graphic novels.” She chose to tough it out.
Why? “It was in constant circulation,” she said. “The reviews for it were outstanding, and then we decided we bought it to be used, going back to the idea that books should be used. That’s why we’re buying them.”

Michael Ravnitzky, a lawyer who blogs about intellectual freedom, said that when he worked at the library in college, he learned firsthand how some librarians coped with problematic books: they stashed them in a cage in the back. When anyone would ask about them, he said, his colleagues would say, “Oh, these are books that might be damaged or stolen.”
Public school libraries also face these quandaries. The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Texas, for example, makes annual inquiries, and the group found 102 formal challenges in 43 school districts during the 2007-8 school year. Twenty-seven books were banned, including Kay Thompson’s “Eloise in Paris,’’ whose heroine visits a museum with nude artwork.
Restrictions were imposed on 29 more titles. Lucy Micklethwait’s “I Spy: An Alphabet in Art’’ (nude artwork) became a “parent checkout book only” at Carol Holt Elementary in Arlington, Tex. “Public schools have different responsibilities because they serve different populations” than adult libraries, said the principal, Kelly Campbell.
“The Million Dollar Kick,” Dan Gutman’s tale of a young soccer player, will stay in the librarian’s office at Hassler Elementary School in Klein, Tex., until the parents who objected to it no longer have children at the school, according to the civil liberties group.
Joanne King, a spokeswoman for the Queens Library, said that no formal challenges had been filed there in many years.
“Our staff does a good job of explaining how materials are selected for the collection, and they practice active listening,’’ Ms. King said. “Once the customer has had a chance to express their concern and know they’ve been heard, they seem to feel satisfied.’’
For fans of Hergé (a k a Georges Remi), who created Tintin in 1929 and died in 1983 with the last story unfinished, the tempest is nothing new. The Tintin stories, loved for the main character’s derring-do and the exotic locales, have also been criticized for material that offends racial, ethnic and religious groups. In response, Hergé revised many illustrations, though vestiges remain.
In Tintin’s Congo adventure, recent versions have revised panels in which the hero had lectured the natives on their colonial ties to Belgium. Now he teaches them arithmetic.
It’s too early to tell whether queasiness about the stories will have any effect on the Spielberg movie, whose makers say their work will not draw from any objectionable material. And librarians say the Tintin works remain popular with children.
For librarians facing such problems with any book that might offend, the following advice was offered, in an Internet posting, by Joy A. Johnson, who was a librarian in the town of St. Marys, Ohio. She told colleagues looking to avoid complaints and the “unpleasant publicity” that often ensues to talk to the patron.
“This has happened several times in my library,” she said, “usually with the patron starting out very angry. But after library policy was politely explained and the customer’s viewpoint acknowledged they didn’t request that the material be withdrawn. This won’t work in all cases, but it might be worth a try.’’

Fonte: The New York Times

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Censura nas bibliotecas - Perú

Las bibliotecas y la censura: retomando una discusión a propósito de la presentación del libro de Abimael

Alonso Estrada Cuzcano

La acción armada de Sendero Luminoso causó la muerte de 60.000 peruanos aproximadamente y fue considerado el movimiento terrorista más cruento de America Latina que mereció la condena de toda la comunidad internacional. Del accionar de Sendero podemos dar fé quienes sufrimos en carne propia los hechos producidos en los 80s: comunidades campesinas desaparecidas, asesinatos selectivos, torres voladas y apagones diarios. El Presidente Gonzalo fue el pensamiento guía de este movimiento sanguinario y a su propio entender era la cuarta espada del comunismo mundial.
Ahora se acaba de presentar un libro de Abimael Guzmán (Presidente Gonzalo) titulado “De puño y letra” y a consecuencia de la novísima publicación se alborotaron muchos sectores de la sociedad peruana encabezados por el Ministro de Justicia Aurelio Pastor quien señalo que el libro hace apología de terrorismo. A consecuencia de la publicación se hizo una denuncia penal al editor a través del procurador público. Este hecho generó corrientes de opinión a favor y en contra, incluso el ministro analiza actualmente la posibilidad de incautar toda la edición.
Pero como afecta este problema a las bibliotecas: ¿deberíamos aceptar en nuestras colecciones este tipo de libros?. Pienso que el problema nos atañe directamente y el asunto tiene un nombre claro: CENSURA. Aquí no vamos a discutir acerca de ideologías o posiciones políticas, sólo señalaremos los principios que rigen la ética del profesional de la información.

La historia como ejemplo
En 1889 Clorinda Matto de Turner publico Aves sin nido y según “la autora misma, en un artículo que publicó en Perú Ilustrado el 14 de febrero de 1891, … se había introducido en lo mas profundo de la gangrena social para cortarla y salvar el miembro malo”, la novela no sólo presenta al indio como protagonista del relato sino que también denuncia los abusos e injusticias sociales cometidos contra ese grupo; por supuesto, incluye a los sacerdotes como corruptos lo que le valió la persecución y boicot de la Iglesia Católica, que prohibió la circulación del libro (Basadre Grohmann, 2005). La autora fue excomulgada el 11 de julio de 1891. Hay un hecho adicional, las masas enervadas hicieron una pira con sus publicaciones y hoy este acontecimiento es considerado vergonzoso debido a la quema pública de libros en el Perú..

Modernidad, libertad y censura
Desde la aparición de de Internet es muy difícil prohibir algún tipo de publicación y hay algunos casos memorables que lograron evadir la censura gracias a este nuevo medio.
Recordaremos dos casos muy polémicos: el primero es el libro editado por la periodista Alejandra Matus titulado Libro Negro de la Justicia Chilena (1999), que fue censurado e incautado pero que, pese a la férrea censura del poder judicial chileno, se pudo difundir a nivel mundial a través de Internet. El segundo caso ocurrió en España (2007) con la revista satírica El Jueves, embargada por decisión judicial porque mostraba en la carátula una caricatura de los príncipes en actos indecorosos o irreverentes (este delito esta tipificado en los artículos 490.3 y 491 del Código Penal); sin embargo, la carátula de la revista apareció rápidamente en Internet sin que nadie pudiera evitarlo y además tuvo un efecto inmediato, que fue la cobertura internacional a través de la prensa (Veamos este enlace de ejemplo).

Principios fundamentales
La constitución peruana señala toda persona tiene derecho “A las libertades de información, opinión, expresión y difusión del pensamiento mediante la palabra oral o escrita o la imagen, por cualquier medio de comunicación social, sin previa autorización ni censura ni impedimento algunos, bajo las responsabilidades de ley” estos principios surgen de la DUDH (art. 19º).
Los gremios bibliotecarios recogen estos principios, por ejemplo la ALA en la Declaración de los Derechos de las Bibliotecasdice: “En su misión de proveer información sin restricciones, toda biblioteca debe enfrentarse a todo acto y tipo de censura” este es un principio fundamental” (apartado III). Mientras que la Declaración de la IFLA sobre las bibliotecas y la libertad intelectual afirma que “las bibliotecas deben adquirir, preservar y hacer accesible la más amplia variedad de materiales, que reflejen la pluralidad y la diversidad de la sociedad” y no deben regirse por “criterios políticos, morales y religiosos” y además concluye que “Las bibliotecas adquirirán, ordenarán y difundirán los recursos informativos libremente y se opondrán a cualquier forma de censura”.

Dilemas éticos
Pero la ética, en los profesionales, debe partir del insumo fundamental: el mensaje, la información. Hauptman (1988) señala que la “provisión amoral de la información” es una posición oficial profesional en muchos gremios. Los dilemas que generan el suministro de información en bibliotecas comienzan a ser más frecuentes, si tomamos en cuenta que el desarrollo científico y tecnológico se realiza a través de la información científica y quien investiga muchas veces no toma en cuenta cómo puede afectar su descubrimiento a la sociedad. En líneas generales, según Hauptman (1988), los bibliotecarios no somos censores más bien suministradores de información.

Epilogo
Los investigadores e historiadores han revisado toda la documentación generada por Sendero Luminoso y las publicaciones sobre este movimiento se encuentran en muchas bibliotecas universitarias. Sólo así se ha podido reconstruir una cruenta etapa de la historia peruana que la CVR no ha dudado en señalar como “un trance difícil, penoso, de auténtica postración nacional”. Los discursos y documentos de este movimiento están integramente en red y son de fácil acceso. Repito la pregunta: ¿deberíamos aceptar en nuestras colecciones este tipo de libros?. Dejo algunas ideas para la polémica…

Referencias bibliográficas
Basadre Grohmann, Jorge (2005). Historia de la republica: 1822 – 1933. Lima: El Comercio. t.10.
Hauptman, Robert (1988). Ethical challenges in librarianship. Phoenix: Orix Press

Opiniones de Hugo Neyra:
Director de Biblioteca Nacional Hugo Neira dijo que libro de Abimael Guzman tiene interes histórico
Fonte :http://blog.cirio.info/?cat=4

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Banned Books Week 2009

26 de Setembro - 3 Outubro

Banned Books Week (BBW) é um evento anual que celebra a liberdade de ler. Realizada durante a última semana de Setembro, Banned Books Week destaca os benefícios do livre e amplo acesso à informação, enquanto chama a atenção para os malefícios da censura que é a retirada dos livros das bibliotecas, nos Estados Unidos.
A campanha chama a atenção para a importância da liberdade intelectual, a liberdade de acesso às informações e à livre expressão de ideias, mesmo que elas podem ser consideradas ortodoxas ou impopulares.
Os livros apresentados durante Banned Books Week foram alvos de "bannings", de retiradas e censura nas bibliotecas.
Felizmente, enquanto alguns livros foram proibidos ou restritos, na maioria dos casos, os livros não foram proibidos, tudo graças aos esforços de bibliotecários, professores, livreiros, e membros da comunidade para manter os livros nas colecções das bibliotecas.

Banned Books Week é patrocinada pela American Booksellers Association; American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression; the American Library Association; American Society of Journalists and Authors; Association of American Publishers; e the National Association of College Stores. Apoiada pelo Center for the Book in the Library of Congress.

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Novo número El Profesional de la Información

El Profesional de la Informacion
Volume 18 Number 5 / September - October 2009

La ciencia y nosotros | Luis-Javier Martínez

Las universidades públicas españolas en Google Scholar: presencia y evolución de su publicación académica web | Enrique Orduña-Malea, Jorge Serrano-Cobos, Nuria Lloret-Romero

Google Scholar como herramienta para la evaluación científica | Daniel Torres-Salinas, Rafael Ruiz-Pérez, Emilio Delgado-López-Cózar

Utilización de las bases de datos de patentes como instrumento de vigilancia tecnológica | Antonio Hidalgo-Nuchera, Santiago Iglesias-Pradas, Ángel Hernández-García

La base de datos ISOC como sistema de información y fuente para el análisis de las ciencias humanas y sociales en España | Teresa Abejón-Peña, Angeles Maldonado-Martinez, Luis Rodríguez-Yunta, María-Cruz Rubio-Liniers

Retrieval of very large numbers of items in the Web of Science: an exercise to develop accurate search strategies
Ricardo Arencibia-Jorge, Loet Leydesdorff, Zaida Chinchilla-Rodríguez, Ronald Rousseau, Soren W. Paris

Estrategia para mejorar la difusión de los resultados de investigación con la Web 2.0 | Daniel Torres-Salinas, Emilio Delgado-López-Cózar

Meridià: un portal para la difusión de la ciencia desde una óptica integral y cooperativa | Llorenç Arguimbau, Aldara Cervera, Robert Latorre, Mercè Martí

Servicio público de televisión y patrimonio audiovisual: el proyecto VideoActive | David Fernández-Quijada, Montse Fortino

Evolución de los servicios de redes sociales en internet | Marcos Ros-Martín

Agregación de índices bibliométricos para evaluar la producción científica de los investigadores | Francisco Herrera, Enrique Herrera-Viedma, Sergio Alonso, Francisco-Javier Cabrerizo

OSTI-DOE, la fuente de información sobre energía. Entrevista a Karen Spence | Fernanda Peset, Tomàs Baiget

Manual de indización: teoría y práctica (Isidoro Gil-Leiva) | Adolfo Alonso-Arroyo

Prácticas de las bibliotecas universitarias argentinas (Mercedes Patalano) | L.-Fernando Ramos-Simón

Bibliotecas, em férias

Biblioteca Nacional Al-Assad, Síria
Agosto 2009

Biblioteca Nacional de Ammam, Jordânia
Agosto 2009

As fotografias foram cedidas pela amiga e bibliotecária Cândida Marcelino, a quem agradeço muito.
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IFLA 2009

O mês de Setembro, e o recomeço da vida profissional, tem sido muito intenso! Tenho estado a colocar as leituras em dia e só agora actualizo o meu Bloglines.
Destaco para já a ida do nosso colega Júlio Anjos à IFLA, em Milão, nos finais de Agosto, e o diário que manteve das conferências e mesa redonda em que esteve presente.
Pode ser lido no blogue bibliotecário 2.0, categoria IFLA2009.

Um contributo atento, actualizado e focado nas temáticas mais discutidas. Excelente partilha.
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Novo portal da Cultura

Foi lançado um novo portal de cultura online, o culturaonline.pt. O site apresenta-se como “um conceito inovador no panorama nacional”, uma rede social participada pelo Ministério da Cultura.
Em comunicado, o ministério afirma que se trata de uma “lógica de revelação inovadora e interactiva que potencie, de forma efectiva, a adesão e a vivência da cultura por uma comunidade vasta e coesa”. Este novo portal de cultura, que representou um investimento de 700 mil euros, “pretende assumir-se como motor para a mudança de paradigma da divulgação cultural em Portugal”.
Entre os objectivos, destacam-se o da promoção de visita aos espaços e infra-estruturas culturais, através de conteúdos digitais tridimensionais com divulgação on-line gratuita. A criação de uma rede social cultural, “tornando os cidadãos participantes activos na dinamização da oferta cultural – através da divulgação de conteúdos, podcasts, personalização na plataforma, blogues, entre outros.
Há ainda funcionalidades tecnológicas que serão introduzidas no início de 2010, “orientadas para a captação de investimento e consolidação de um modelo de negócios auto-sustentável” – merchandising online, pagamentos electrónicos, catálogos 3D e uma loja museológica online.

Montolieu, a aldeia dos livros

De regresso de férias, ainda a recomeçar tudo, edito uma lembrança da aldeia dos livros Montolieu, em França, que visitei em Agosto passado. É uma pequena aldeia dedicada aos livros, artes gráficas, encadernação, feitura de papel, alfarrabistas, tipografias, museu do livro, etc.

Imagens no Flickr

Possui um programa de animação cultural muito específico para os bibliófilos, bibliotecários e amantes do livro, com exposições, museus, ateliês, espectáculos, encontro com escritores, sessões de poesia, e tudo o que possa imaginar à volta do livro e das artes gráficas.
Como foi possível construir nesta aldeia uma "aldeia de livros e de artes gráficas"?
Um dos mentores oferece-nos os ingredientes:

-De l'audace, beaucoup d'audace
- De la passion
- Du savoir-faire
- Des libraires exotiques
- Des bouquinistes bien frais
- Des sous et des clous
- Quelques idées (à renouveler)
- Des bijoux de famille

Para ter umas férias alternativas, bem perto de Carcassonne e de Toulouse, na região dos Cátaros. Aqui.
Boa viagem!

II Encontro Virtual de Bloggers 2009

CONVOCATORIAL OFICIAL

El 2008 fue el nacimiento de la primera edición del evento virtual de bloggers hispanos. Este año 2009 queremos hacer de este proyecto una tradición e invitarlos a participar del “II Encuentro Virtual de Bloggers por el Día Internacional del Blog”.

Queremos destacar que los objetivos del evento siguen siendo los mismos:

El objetivo del proyecto es generar un espacio para bloggers en ocasión del día del blog donde se discutan, expongan, compartan, – interactivamente – temas en torno a la blogósfera, las Tics, la Web en general; y aportar de esta manera, en algo, a su desarrollo integral y evolución.

Para alcanzar dicho objetivo, diadelblog.com contemplará múltiples espacios dinámicos como foros en línea, video-conferencias, conversatorios, exposiciones de libros sobre la blogósfera, artículos recomendados (biblioteca para bloggers), guía de eventos blogs a nivel internacional, etc.

Para este año estamos preparando, gracias a la colaboración de diferentes instituciones, novedades en torno a la modalidad de uno de los espacios de interacción. Desde México, Ecuador, Argentina y España tendremos la participación de reconocidos catedráticos de la blogósfera y la Web en conferencias desarrolladas en tiempo real.

Las video-conferencias serán llevadas desde cuatro sedes universitarias. Por el momento contamos con el apoyo de la Universidad Católica de Santa Fe (Argentina), El Tecnológico de Monterrey (México) y aún nos encontramos en gestión con universidades de Ecuador y España. Estamos abiertos a que otros países de Hispanoamérica a través de una universidad se integren en el programa de video-conferencias.

Este año además, estaremos dispuestos a gestionar auspicios con el fin de poder ofrecer reconocimientos para los blogs y bloggers destacados de este año, seleccionados por los mismos visitantes. Cabe recalcar que éste es un proyecto sin fines de lucro.

Al igual que el año pasado esperamos contar con el patrocinio estratégico de organizaciones internacionales como la Federación Latinoamérica de Facultades de Comunicación (Felafacs), Radio Netherland Trade Center (RNTC), Idealistas.org, Taking IT Global y muchas otras organizaciones que compartan nuestro objetivo.

Seguimos poniendo énfasis en la alfabetización digital, esperamos contar este año nuevamente con el apoyo del equipo de Rosario Bloggers desde Argentina, para organizar un taller virtual durante el día del evento, sobre la utilización de herramientas Web 2.0, creación y mantenimiento de blogs.

Queremos también aprovechar este post para hacer una convocatoria oficial a todos quienes quieran colaborar con las distintas tareas del evento como: actividades de comunicación y difusión, logística del evento, diseño, aspectos técnicos, moderación de foros, moderación de secciones, auspicios, cobertura del evento, etc. Como saben este es un proyecto colaborativo gestionado por todos para todos.

Todavía estamos definiendo detalles del evento que los pondremos a consideración de todos ustedes. Sí deseas colaborar (según tu tiempo y conocimientos) puedes integrarte a nuestro Google Group.

Agradecemos de antemano la difusión que cada uno de ustedes pueda hacer del evento y las ideas que puedan aportarnos para mejorar el proyecto o innovarlo. Todas las sugerencias son bienvenidas.

Para estar en contacto con nosotros y seguir de cerca la novedades puedes seguirnos a través de twitter, o en nuestro grupo en facebook.

Gracias a todos por su apoyo y los esperamos este 30 y 31 de agosto en el II Encuentro Virtual de bloggers por el día internacional del blog.

Boas férias

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regresso a 1 de Setembro

eLibrary

eLibrary é um software livre que permite catalogar, etiquetar e pesquisar facilmente numa base de dados. O utilizador, após o download, pode criar a sua biblioteca pessoal. O software pesquisa automaticamente na web a capa do livro e outras informações, só com o preenchimento, pelo utilizador, do nº de ISBN.

Características:

• árvore de etiquetas baseada em XML que se pode editar no interface do utilizador e de forma manual.
• Pesquisa e ordena por título, autor e editor.
• Directório de alerta de novos livros que vai dando instruções para acrescentá-los.
  
• Password de acesso à web aos meus livros de qualquer lugar.

Download
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Wiki Colecções Digitais

Acaba de ser lançado um wiki sobre Colecções Digitais : digitalização e preservação digital.
Trata-se de um verdadeiro guia de recursos para os profissionais de informação dos países de língua portuguesa que queiram desenvolver e implementar programas de digitalização e preservação digital nas suas instituições.
O site em questão foi criado em 2009, no âmbito do seminário Organização da Informação e do Conhecimento Digitais, leccionado pela Professora Doutora Maria Manuel Borges do mestrado em Informação, Comunicação e Novos Media da Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Coimbra.

Propõe-se um conjunto de documentos de apoio, todos eles disponíveis na Internet, sobre digitalização, preservação digital, metadados, propriedade intelectual e direitos de autor. Apesar da maior parte da bibliografia sobre o tema se encontrar em inglês, houve a preocupação em oferecer informação em português, espanhol e francês.
Apresenta um conjunto de empresas portuguesas prestadoras de serviços na área da digitalização, complementada com informação sobre tecnologia e equipamentos disponíveis actualmente no mercado.
Apresenta-se, ainda, uma recolha de projectos de digitalização de conteúdos culturaisv(bibliotecas, arquivos e centros de documentação) existentes actualmente nos países de língua portuguesa. Os projectos seleccionados correspondem apenas àqueles cujos documentos digitalizados se encontram disponíveis online.
Como se trata de um projecto em aberto a todos os interessados por estas matérias, foi utilizado na sua construção a ferramenta colaborativa Wikidot.com.
Esta aplicação possibilita a construção de um website que permite a edição colectiva dos seus conteúdos, permitindo a participação de todas as pessoas na criação, revisão e integração de conteúdos.
Disponível em: http://coleccoes-digitais.wikidot.com/
Responsáveis pelo projecto: Carla Ferreira, Leonor Lopes e Sérgio Mangas. Parabéns!
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Presidência na Second Life

Os Viveiros do Jardim da Cascata são uma nova área da ilha da Presidência no Second Life que pretende assinalar na plataforma digital o projecto de reabilitação arquitectónica da área no Palácio de Belém. Este novo espaço tem como propósito recriar a experiência deste espaço nobre do Palácio a todos os visitantes, desde as fontes que funcionarão como as reais, os edifícios e as estátuas até ao jardim Francês. Toda a envolvente real dos Jardins da Cascata foi fotografada de forma pormenorizada de modo a permitir a realização à escala do Second Life de uma experiência interessante e interactiva. A utilização no desenvolvimento dos modelos tri-dimensionais das texturas originais dos jardins, edifícios e estátuas, permitiu a construção de réplicas realistas dos objectos, construções e do espaço real. O jardim francês foi construído a partir dos desenhos originais mantendo as texturas das suas sebes. As estátuas são complementadas por informação histórica e os jardins reproduzem fielmente as fontes recuperadas. Os interiores dos edifícios agora recriados permitem ter a experiência digital da arquitectura da época.
O espaço interior aos novos edifícios, extendendo aquele já existente na ilha dedicado ao Museu da Presidência, acolherá exposições museológicas, entre outras iniciativas culturais. Os viveiros vão contar com reproduções animadas das aves em liberdade que vão envolver o espaço e com os quais os visitantes poderão interagir.
Para assinalar a inauguração será transmitida em directo para o Second Life a estreia da ópera “Dido e Eneas”, espetáculo que associa a Presidência da República Portuguesa à vasta comunidade dedicada à ópera no metaverse Second Life.
Fonte: Comunidade Cultural Virtual

Novo blogue Informação para a Internet

Filipa Caldeira (Biblioteca da Universidade Portucalense, Porto) iniciou há poucos dias um prometedor blogue Informação para a Internet: sobre as Bibliotecas 2.0 .
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Twitter para bibliotecas

O Twitter é uma nova tecnologia que permite enviar uma curta mensagem numa conta partilhada com outras pessoas que estão marcadas como nossos seguidores. Também há formas de manter as mensagens em privado e enviá-las só para alguns, mas a palavra de ordem é partilhar e as mensagens são maioritariamente públicas.
A popularidade é muito alta...
Como utilizar o Twitter e torná-lo de grande utilidade nas bibliotecas?
Alguns twitters de bibliotecas portuguesas:

Biblioteca Pública de Évora
Biblioteca do Instituto Politécnico de Beja
Biblioteca da Escola Secundária de Alcaides de Faria
Bibliotecas da Universidade de Aveiro
Biblioteca da Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Biblioteca da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto
Biblioteca Municipal de Espinho
Biblioteca Municipal de Celorico de Basto
Biblioteca Municipal de Grândola

Ficamos a saber muito sobre o mundo de cada biblioteca, somos melhor informados, e de certeza, que só ao visualizar rapidamente estas mensagens, encontramos algum link ou documento que nos interessa, mesmo não sendo utilizadores directos destas bibliotecas.
Aguardo todos os dias boas notícias. Sejamos seguidores...
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