Information Management and Mediation in a Digital Reference Service Focused in Social Sciences

This paper investigates the current relationship between information management and information mediation along with the digital reference service through a case study which took place in an academic library. The concept of information mediation is herein analyzed, since a conceptual examination pro...

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Autor principal: Corda, María Cecilia
Formato: Articulo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2012
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Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/89402
http://www.memoria.fahce.unlp.edu.ar/library?a=d&c=arti&d=Jpr6071
http://www2.marilia.unesp.br/revistas/index.php/bjis/article/view/2756
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topic Bibliotecología
Information Mediation
Digital Reference Service
New Technologies
Information Management
Academic Libraries
Social Sciences
spellingShingle Bibliotecología
Information Mediation
Digital Reference Service
New Technologies
Information Management
Academic Libraries
Social Sciences
Corda, María Cecilia
Information Management and Mediation in a Digital Reference Service Focused in Social Sciences
topic_facet Bibliotecología
Information Mediation
Digital Reference Service
New Technologies
Information Management
Academic Libraries
Social Sciences
description This paper investigates the current relationship between information management and information mediation along with the digital reference service through a case study which took place in an academic library. The concept of information mediation is herein analyzed, since a conceptual examination provides elements that will help people to comprehend and evaluate the concerned service. The information professional plays a very important role in the mediation aforementioned, which may be directly or indirectly; consciously or unconsciously; by himself/herself or plurally; individually or inserted into a group - in all such manners that mediator facilitates the acquisition of information, fully or partially satisfying a user's need of all sorts of knowledge. Meanwhile, we here approach information management from a scope that points out a description over performed activities concerned to policies and procedures put into effect until the service evaluation by proposing a criterion for such point. Finally, we outline a few actions to be implemented in long-term perspective, which goal is to continually ameliorate such assistance, taking in account the human factor
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title Information Management and Mediation in a Digital Reference Service Focused in Social Sciences
title_short Information Management and Mediation in a Digital Reference Service Focused in Social Sciences
title_full Information Management and Mediation in a Digital Reference Service Focused in Social Sciences
title_fullStr Information Management and Mediation in a Digital Reference Service Focused in Social Sciences
title_full_unstemmed Information Management and Mediation in a Digital Reference Service Focused in Social Sciences
title_sort information management and mediation in a digital reference service focused in social sciences
publishDate 2012
url http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/89402
http://www.memoria.fahce.unlp.edu.ar/library?a=d&c=arti&d=Jpr6071
http://www2.marilia.unesp.br/revistas/index.php/bjis/article/view/2756
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