An exploratory study whose general objective was to conduct an assessment of the situation of access to bibliographic information on Costa Rica, by the following user groups: the disabled, prisoners, the elderly and long-stay ...

Plagiarism is a serious problem worldwide, that violates copyright and is ethically reprehensible. This article will explain the concept of plagiarism and the different types of plagiarism, for later analysis of the impact ...

Considering that libraries today are also viewed as corporate organizations, this article focuses on addressing competitiveness aspects in order to apply and list the appropriate indicators for the Mandated United Nations ...

This article provides strategic guidance to prioritize which functions should be automated in a library, noting that today there is a rapid development of information technologies, coupled with increasing demand to automate ...

In this paper we review some experiences in the use of concept maps for teaching in the Mass Communication Sciences, that were developed by the author in three courses at the University of Costa Rica from 2007 to 2010. It ...

Descriptive research which objectives are: to analyze concepts as information and information science and their incidence in organizations; b) to identifier how information science gives elements to study information flow ...

The libraries and units of information of nowadays play a role of great importance in the diffusion of the human knowledge. They have had to transform to offer new services and to face the fact that the users of nowadays ...