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...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:
Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Corda, María Cecilia
Formato: Articulo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2012
Materias:
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
Aporte de:
Descripción
Sumario: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