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April 29, 2008
Spanish publishing statistics 2007
The National Statistics Institute (INE) has published data for the year 2007 on publishing in Spain. The press release issued by the INE stresses that the total number of copies published was 226.9 million, a decrease of 11.3% over the previous year. Another highlight is that the number of titles published increased by 10.0% in 2007 to reach 72,914 books and pamphlets, which represents the highest figure in recent years. This figure includes mainly first editions (68,439 titles), as well as reissues (4,475 titles). The INE reported that, by category of items, more than a quarter of the titles published belonged to literature, history and literary criticism. The data are surprised that the continued rise of editing textbooks, which grew by 7.0%, by contrast, the publication of books for children decreased by 2.6%. Public institutions are responsible for 13.4% of the titles published. The INE allows online consultation on the detailed statistics of the Spanish edition since 1999.
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Permanent link: P.URL | Category: Book and publishing Statistics | Published: April 29, 2008
April 26, 2008
Tribute to public libraries professionals
Among the various events organized this week by public institutions to celebrate the Day of the Book have drawn attention to two surveys municipal librarians that have taken place in Murcia. The municipality of Molina de Segura gave the name of Mercedes Mendoza its public library. Mendoza was the librarian of the center for 34 years, until 2000. As explained in the newspaper The truth, all municipal groups agreed this tribute which was adopted in October 2007. Moreover, the council of Yecla has named a square-ups as Librarian Francisco Azorín Albiñana. The news published in the newspaper La Azorín was true that the primary responsibility of the Municipal Public Library since its inception in the year 1944 and until the year 1966. Subsequently developed his career in the National Library and was always very connected to this town of Murcia. These two acts join tributes similar localities that want to recognize the work of its municipal library, as happened Almagro, whose library is named after Manolita Espino, head of its public library for 26 years.
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Permanent link: P.URL | Category: News Professionals | Published: April 26, 2008
April 24, 2008
Yearbook 2008 Spanish libraries
Yesterday, the day the book was presented at the National Library of the Yearbook of Spain Spanish Libraries 2008, edited by the Foundation Alonso Quijano, also responsible for the magazine My library. The presentation was led by Raul Cremades, president of the foundation, and was attended by Manuel Carrion, Juan Sanchez, who spoke under his heteronym Mateo Gomez, and Conchi Jimenez, coordinator of the yearbook that was presented. Carrion ended his speech with the phrase "Felicitémonos all" and thus should be understood that the work yesterday showed the reader for the first time. This is a publication with a two-pronged. On the one hand it wants to offer the state of affairs in the Spanish libraries, which have commissioned reports to up to 66 different specialists and responsible for library systems. On the other hand, have met and discussed about a thousand of professional interest resources available online. The Yearbook is intended to continuity, but even that was not the case, already represents a milestone in the professional Spanish edition because it has never been collected in a single publication an overview of Spanish libraries, which is described by its own responsibility and institutional managers. In rare reports of pages each is given the activity of the National Library of the projects in which the Bureau is working Coordinating Librarian, the state of affairs of public and school libraries, community by community, as well as reality of university libraries, scientific and specialized Spanish. The information resources that are offered have been carefully selected and commented, so the Yearbook also becomes a work of reference required consultation. The publication opens with the results of a survey of librarians Spaniards, who has been analysed by Juan Sanchez. The edition is 5000 copies, of which only will go on sale thousand, and the rest will be distributed to libraries.
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Permanent link: P.URL | Category: Book and publishing Information resources | Published: April 24, 2008
April 18, 2008
Social web for information professionals
The initiative SEDIC to create a community of practice on social web of information for professionals has resulted in a successful call. The project part of the goal of bringing professional speaking of archives, libraries and documentation centres to participate in a proposal for shared learning. The response has been overwhelming: nearly 1,500 registered users. Through the blog community and for eight and a half weeks will be offering content on Web social, beginning with a theoretical approach and continuing with the various technologies and tools of the social web, with special attention to services more useful in the information units. The program includes a theoretical context, a publication on blogs, syndication news, wikis, desktop applications, file sharing, social networks and many other technologies on the web 2.0. Along with the blog community has been created wiki Library and + 2.0, which provides resources on social Web more useful for information professionals. The apprenticeship system part of the messages that will be added daily to the platform of the community. Registered members will exchange their views, suggestions and experience through the comments. Both the blog and wiki are open, so that the community will generate information resources that will be useful to anyone interested. This is a collaborative learning initiative that builds on the technology of participation to share the knowledge of information professionals of this broad community.
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Permanent link: P.URL | Category: Social web | Published: April 18, 2008
April 17, 2008
Yearbook of Children and Youth Literature 2008
The SM Group has presented the Yearbook on the 2008 book for children and teens. This publication includes statistical information, trends and an analysis of the sector during the year 2007. The yearbook also presents data from the literature for children and teens in Catalan, Basque and galician, as well as their presence in several Latin American countries. The full text of the Yearbook can be downloaded from the Web SM. In the press release by which it has disseminated the publication of the yearbook for 2008 provides some data as outstanding children's literature and youth continues gaining presence in the publishing industry Spanish, with nearly 60 million copies and rising billing 14'8%. It stresses that the fantasy genre is still booming thanks to the publication of new titles and the closure of trilogies of success. According to this source, 64'2% of those under 14 read by choice.
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Permanent link: P.URL | Category: Book and publishing Publications and documents | Published: April 17, 2008
April 15, 2008
FESABID renews its Directorate
The Spanish Federation of Societies of Archives, Library, Museum and Documentation (FESABID) has renewed its governing board. On Saturday April 12 this federation held an extraordinary assembly in which they conducted the elections for the renewal of their governing bodies, as the then president, Miguel Angel Esteban, had resigned. Esteban said goodbye to the members of the Assembly with a report that was made public on the blog FESABID. The new board of directors is headed by Glòria Salmerón Perez, a representative of COBDC. His career has always been linked to the area of the public library. Since September 2005, heads of Cooperation Service Librarian Generalitat de Catalunya. I accompany in managing FESABID, Jose Antonio Merlo Vega, representative of APEI, as Secretary; Alvaro Concha, representing SEDIC, as treasurer; Thomas Bustamante, representative of the ABA, such as voice, and Jose Angel Garro, representing ALDEE, as vocal. The professional backgrounds of the new board are available on the web FESABID.
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Permanent link: P.URL | Category: News Professionals | Published: April 15, 2008
April 09, 2008
Publication on Astrid Lindgren
To mark the birth centenary of Astrid Lindgren, the International Center of the Book of Child and Youth FGSR has edited a publication on this Swedish writer. It proposes an approach to her figure through the guise that it makes Eva-Maria Metcalf, a professor at the University of Mississippi. The publication is also a tour of the bibliography of the author edited in Spain, review of some of the works carried out by his characters most emblematic, and it is incorporated in another section bibliographic references related materials available Astrid Lindgren in the documentation centre. Closes publishing a directory of sites where you can find more information related to the author. The publication is available in full text.
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Permanent link: P.URL | Category: Publications and documents | Published: April 09, 2008
April 07, 2008
Resources in the school library
The Ministry of Education and Science has published the book The articulation of resources in the operation of the school library. It belongs to the collection Classrooms summer, which publishes the papers presented at various summer courses whose organization participates in the MEC. The primary objective of this publication is to analyze the educational use of the school library, through its documentaries and educational resources. Among the authors are prominent professionals in the school libraries, such as Joseph Garcia Guerrero, Gloria Durban Rosa Piquín or Guillermo Castán. Jose Guerrero reflects on the library as a resource in the educational project. Elias Moreno explains the importance of human resources. Antonio Merchán focuses its text to the library as an element of support skills in reading and writing. The article by Gloria Durban is oriented education documentary. In a nearby line is the paper Piquín Rosa, who explains what projects are integrated documentaries. Jose Manuel Luque provides abundant examples of the types of information that school libraries must provide in the webs of their schools. Guillermo Castán addresses the issue of social inclusion and the integrating function of the library. The library as a meeting place has been chosen by Alfonso Pomet, who develops actions to incorporate the community to the library and the school library to the curriculum. It is a collective work that will be very useful to professionals in the libraries of schools. You can see a review on the blog Alfinred.
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Permanent link: P.URL | Category: Monographs School libraries | Published: April 07, 2008
April 03, 2008
Habits of buying books and reading among young people in 2007 in Extremadura
This morning was presented in the new study Caceres habits of reading and buying books in Extremadura, corresponding to 2007 and focused exclusively on young people between 14 and 24 years, which has been developed in the framework of action of the Observatory Book and Reading in Extremadura by the company Connect Research & Consulting.
This study emerging new data about the reading habits of young people Extremadura, a group that is emerging as a reader-mostly more than 70% declaring read books, and 50.5% of them-frequent readers. These figures are very similar to the rest of Spain, where 73.3% of young readers are considered and a 50.7% frequent readers. It shows how the indisputable importance of the family in developing habits readers: nearly 64% of young readers have parents who are also, at 74.5% and their parents read them small. Another relevant question is the popularity of reading, as a 80% stated that he would like to read more. To learn indicators evolutionary reading habits and buying books of Extremadura in the last two years (2006 2007) is available in addition to the platform indicators that the Observatory has just launched Book and Reading in Extremadura, with the objective to publicize a comparative data relating to the world of books and libraries in this region, among which are also statistics on its network of public libraries. The latest Observatory is the recent publication of the latest issue of its Bulletin, which makes the number twelve, which represents a major change from the past, not only by its model and the expansion of its space, but also for their contents, which make it a magazine now on the world of books and libraries in this community.
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Permanent link: P.URL | Category: Reading | Published: April 03, 2008
April 01, 2008
Library Success Stories Database
IFLA has put on line a new version of its database of successful experiences library (Library Success Stories Database), whose interface pages and explanatory offered in several languages, including Spanish. The initiative is part of the activities of the World Summit on the Information Society, which sees the library as an agent inclusive information society. The database contains records of activities carried out by different types of libraries and countries that are related to the role of the library as a promoter of information literacy, as a resource centre for learning and as an institution of heritage conservation. The project started in October 2004 and is open to all libraries wishing to do so and want to add their experiences. There are currently described some hundred and a half of activities, which provides details of the library, the user who was directed experience, time schedules, fields and a summary of the history of success.
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Permanent link: P.URL | Category: Information literacy | Published: April 01, 2008
