[Versió catalana][Versión castellana] Ramon Sangüesa DESISLAB, Social Innovation Laboratory ELISAVA School of Design and Engineering rsanguesa@elisava.net Today, we are subjects of a society that operates to a considerable degree as an information economy in which algorithms transform raw (i.e., worthless) data into processed (i.e., useful) content. Indeed, this economy is … Read more
[Versió catalana] [Versión castellana] David Casacuberta Department of Philosophy Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona david.casacuberta@gmail.com In his famous essay of 1996, A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace, John Perry Barlow imagined a virtual utopia in which real-world events and problems, including governments, had become irrelevant. Today, driven by nostalgia, some people … Read more
[Versió catalana] Gunnar Sivertsen Research Professor Nordic Institute for Studies in Innovation, Research and Education (Oslo) gunnar.sivertsen@nifu.no 1 Introduction: Making the role of language visible English has increasingly, already for a long time, become the international language of science. Other languages that served as international before, are losing ground in … Read more
This article describes the historical evolution of the journal BiD through an analysis of three key stages: foundation (1998–2003), consolidation (2004–2012) and growth (2013 to the present). It examines aspects related to the editorial structure, sections, layout and inclusion in databases during each of these stages. Secondly, it analyses the present status of the 19 information science journals currently active in Spain based on four general characteristics (longevity, editor profile, inclusion in databases and open-access publication), and then compares these aspects to the situation 20 years ago through an assessment of three studies carried out at that time. Finally, it examines the evolution of the journal BiD and outlines its future challenges.
[Versió catalana | Versión castellana] Salvador Alsius Lecturer Department of Communication Journalism Universitat Pompeu Fabra salvador.alsius@upf.edu On the last night of August 1997, Diana, Princess of Wales, died after being in a car crash in the Pont de l’Alma road tunnel in Paris. Among the circumstances surrounding the event were … Read more
[Versió catalana | Versión castellana] Lluís Toledano Gaju Social consultant lluistgaju@gmail.com 1 A necessary introduction Writing a few words about the social sector is always stimulating and enriching. In fact, reflecting on this subject in greater depth is essential and almost a duty, because of the role that this sector … Read more
[Versió catalana] [Versión castellana] Ignasi Bonet Peitx Architect Library Architecture Unit Library Services Management Unit Barcelona Provincial Council bonetpin@diba.cat 1. Introduction: architecture and library A reflection on the architecture of the contemporary library requires first determining what defines the library at the present time, and the capability of architecture to meet … Read more
[Versió catalana] [Versión castellana] Les Watson les@leswatson.net 1 Introduction “Between the birth of the world and 2003, there were five exabytes of information created. We [now] create five exabytes every two days” (King, 2013). One important consequence of access to this massive increase in information production is that it creates more … Read more
[Versió catalana] Cristóbal Urbano Faculty of Library and Information Science Universitat of Barcelona urbano@ub.edu * Laudation delivered by Cristóbal Urbano, lecturer at the Faculty of Library and Information Science, during the ceremony in which Eugene Garfield was awarded the University of Barcelona’s honorary degree the Doctor honoris causa, on 14 June 2016 … Read more
[Versió catalana] [Versión castellana] Antoni Roig Lecturer Faculty of Information and Communication Sciences Universitat Oberta de Catalunya aroigt@uoc.edu As the title of an essay written in response to Martin Butler’s discussion of the “precarious alliances” that constitute participatory cultures, cultural theorist Henry Jenkins’s pithy “Participation? It’s Complicated” (Jenkins, 2015) makes the situation … Read more