Open access and digital libraries : social science libraries in action = Acceso abierto y bibliotecas digitales : las bibliotecas de ciencias sociales en acción / / edited by Lynne M. Rudasill and Maria E. Dorta-Duque

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910824397803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berlin ; ; Boston, : De Gruyter Saur, 2013
• ISBN: 3-11-028102-3
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (348 p.)
• Collana: IFLA Publications ; ; 158; IFLA publications, , 0344-6891 ; ; 158
• Altri autori (Persone): RudasillLynne M; Dorta-DuqueMaria Elena
• Disciplina: 026/.3
• Soggetti: Social science libraries - Information technology; Social science libraries - Information technology - Cuba; Social sciences - Digital libraries; Social sciences - Digital libraries - Cuba; Social sciences - Electronic information resources; Social sciences - Cuba - Electronic information resources; Open access publishing; Open access publishing - Cuba
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Contents based on papers presented at the IFLA Satellite Conference, Social Science Libraries: A Bridge to Knowledge for Sustainable Development, held in Havana, Cuba in August 2011.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Open access and development = El acceso abierto y el desarrollo / Lynne M. Rudasill -- Open access digital repositories from Latin America and the Caribbean as resources for social science libraries = Repositorios digitales de acceso abierto en América Latina y el Caribe como recursos para las bibliotecas de ciencias sociales / María E. Dorta-Duque and Dominique Babini -- The societal use of technology in the knowledge society : the Cuban experience = El uso social de la tecnología en la sociedad del conocimiento : la experiencia cubana / Iroel Sánchez -- The landscape of open access journals in Cuba : the strategy and model for its development = El panorama de las revistas ; de acceso abierto en Cuba : estrategia y modelo para su desarrollo / Ricardo Casate Fernández and José Antonio Senso Ruiz -- Repository for doctoral thesis from the national health system of Cuba = Repositorio de tesis doctorales para el sistema nacional de salud de Cuba / Dinorah Sánchez Remón and Nancy Sánchez Tarragó -- The repository of the Cuban press : a feasibility study for a new project = El repositorio de la prensa cubana : un proyecto en ciernes estudio de factibilidad / Lenay Barceló Soto and Liudmila Báez Sánchez -- The Interbanking Portal Web service of the Banking and Economics Information Center (CIBE) = El Portal Interbancario como servicio Web del Centro de Información Bancaria y Económica (CIBE) / Ascanio Alvarez Alvarez -- Socialization of knowledge : open access and proprietary = Socialización del conocimiento : acceso abierto y privativo / Raul G. Torricella Morales, Francisco Lee Tenorio and Jorge Luis Lopez Presmanes -- Information needs and research practices of graduate students in the master's in development practice program = Necesidades de información y prácticas de investigación de estudiantes graduados en el programa de master en practica del desarrollo / Liz Cooper and JoAnn Jacoby -- Using social media for open access : best practices for dissemination of digital information = Uso de medios de comunicación social para el acceso abierto : mejores prácticas para la difusión de la información digital / Tiffini A. Travis.
• Sommario/riassunto: The social sciences have made fundamental contributions to the understanding of the economic, political and social life of nations in the past century. Social science libraries now have an important role to play in the context of the information society as significant sources of academic and social knowledge. This work provides information on the development and use of digital resources in the social sciences emphasizing best practices; an articulation of some of the problems presented to providing these resources; and a view to the use of these resources to support sustainable development.