Digital transition of teaching learning resources at Spanish universities

Abstract

where she is chair of the Condor Group (Organizing and use of contents), which conducts research on knowledge organization, collections development, and usage of electronic journals. She teaches courses on authority control, knowledge organization, and scientific communication. She is the author of three monographs and co-author of another 10. In addition, she has around 60 articles in international and national journals. She has been head of 10 research projects and has participated in another 6.

Trends in Library Collection Circulation in Spanish Universities: The Case of the University of León

“…Further, evidence does not suggest that e-books are used for teaching purposes given that they are rarely listed on course syllabi. 23 The main use of e-journals is linked to research by the faculty and master's and doctoral students.…”

“…The percentage of electronic resources on the reading lists provided on course syllabi is still very low, and remains below 5 percent of the total at all three of these universities. 10 Based on responses from 499 American university library directors, the 2013 Ithaka report shows a change in library priorities with the focus now on students' training in information skills rather than supporting faculty research. 11 In 2013, 97 percent of university library directors stated that offering information skills training was a priority.…”

La circulación de libros en la Biblioteca de la Universidad de León (España)

“…Estudios anteriores de los autores (Rodríguez-Bravo et al, 2015a;Rodríguez-Bravo et al, 2015b) constataron que manuales y monografías son considerados documentos esenciales para la docencia en la ULe, mientras que las revistas electrónicas, principalmente en los ámbitos científicos, se consideran imprescindibles para la investigación. En este sentido, además de la tradicional confianza de los científicos en las revistas, cumple un papel trascendental el hecho de que los Big Deals contratados dispongan de contenidos esencialmente de las áreas de Ciencias Puras, de la Naturaleza y de la Salud.…”

El feliz hallazgo de la "colección facilitada"

“…Recordemos, sin ir más lejos, que algo tan básico, utilizado y presente en los centros universitarios como la bibliografía recomendada sigue siendo en España mayoritariamente en papel (Rodríguez-Bravo et al, 2015) Esto tiene ciertas implicaciones. Por ejemplo, en los criterios de sostenibilidad.…”