Google Sky y los estándares de catalogación: un ejemplo de divergencia entre la información astronómica existente y la que se puede describir

A survey has been carried out on the astronomical information supplied by Google Sky and the information which can be described using the standards MARC21, ISBD consolidated edition, and RDA. The main goal of the study is to show that some astronomical and astrophysical information is still not taken into account in describing different astronomical resources as well as cartographic material. This information could eventually be incorporated as description fields of the aforementioned cataloguing rules. Such fields would allow us to carry out a much more complete and adequate description of these astronomical resources. We have focused on celestial objects appearing in astronomical images which can be found in astronomical archives and libraries. First a brief survey of astronomical information supplied by Google Sky and its linked databases, SIMBAD and NED is performed. Subsequently, we show how the existing description fields describe celestial cartographic materials, and finally we present a new proposal consisting of the desirable minimum parameters which could be included in bibliographic records.Se realiza una revisión tanto de la información astronómica que ofrece Google Sky como la que permiten describir MARC21, ISBD consolidada y RDA, para demostrar que no se han contemplado hasta el momento determinados parámetros astronómicos y astrofísicos, susceptibles de convertirse en futuros campos de descripción de estos estándares. Dichos campos permitirán realizar descripciones mucho más completas y adecuadas de diferentes recursos astronómicos como material cartográfico. En concreto, se analizan exclusivamente aquellos objetos celestes contenidos en imágenes astrofotográficas que pueden encontrarse en archivos y bibliotecas astronómicas. Para ello, primero se realiza una síntesis de la información astronómica que ofrecen Google Sky y las bases de datos a las que enlaza, SIMBAD y NED. Posteriormente se indican los campos de descripción de los que disponen estos estándares para describir material cartográfico celeste y, por último, se realiza una propuesta de los parámetros mínimos deseables relevantes que podrían incluirse en un registro

Tipología de recursos astronómicos históricos y fondos documentales en las cartotecas españolas: estado de la cuestión

The state of the art about a type of specialised resource with great historical and scientific value is presented: the astronomical documentation. First of all, the main types of astronomical resources are defined focusing on their historical evolution. Secondly, the result of a survey carried out between April and May 2014 about the astronomical collections in Spanish map libraries and archives is shown taking as a reference the IBERCARTO directory of 2012. Conclusions show that almost half of queried libraries and archives map have these type of documents, but disseminated in different collections. Moreover, around 70% of the institutions have catalogued all of their astronomical documentation and have used the classical encoding (MARC 21) and cataloguing standards (ISBD and ISAD(G)), although recent studies have shown that these standards are not the most suitable ones to describe it. Hence, a satisfactory scientific information retrieval is not achieved.Se presenta el estado de la cuestión de un tipo de recurso especializado de gran valor histórico y científico: la documentación astronómica. Para ello, en primer lugar se definen los principales tipos de recursos astronómicos existentes señalando su evolución histórica. En segundo lugar se presentan los resultados de un estudio, realizado entre abril y mayo de 2014, sobre los fondos astronómicos existentes en cartotecas españolas, tomando como referencia el directorio de IBERCARTO de 2012. Las conclusiones indican que casi la mitad de las cartotecas encuestadas conservan documentos de este tipo, encontrándose dispersos en diferentes colecciones. Además, en torno al 70% de las instituciones tienen catalogada toda su documentación astronómica, descrita con los estándares clásicos de codificación (MARC 21) y catalogación (ISBD e ISAD(G)), aunque recientes estudios han puesto de manifiesto que estos estándares no son los más adecuados para describirla, por lo que actualmente no se consigue una satisfactoria recuperación de información

Advocating for a change of mentality in the development of metadata standards: historical celestial cartography as a specialization example

We live in a highly volatile technological environment, in which the generation of new data and information access tools has increased the level of specialization of the users’ information needs. In this changeable scenario, standards and the role of librarians must also evolve along with the services provided to users. The lack of specialization in standards is leading librarians to improvise local solutions when cataloguing specialized resources, thus failing to benefit global interoperability among libraries, and with other institutions and initiatives. As different cataloguing standards, as well as many conceptual models, point out the necessity to deal with the specific users’ needs, the main goal of this paper is to advocate for meeting those needs through the development of metadata standards. In particular, our methodology consists in showing and explaining the needs of a particular type of users (astronomers and astrophysicists) and proposing the inclusion in the standards of elements important for the description of historical astronomical resources. Through an example, we show not only the feasibility of application of these elements, but also how the enhancement of the level of specialization of the standards, and therefore of the records made under their rules, can definitely contribute to a global solution for a much improved scientific information retrieval

Sex-chrom, a database on plant sex chromosomes

This work has been supported by the Dirección General de Investigación Científica y Técnica (Spanish Government: CGL2016-75694-P AEI/FEDER, UE; CGL2017-84297-R), by the Generalitat de Catalunya (‘Ajuts a grups de recerca consolidats’ 2017SGR01116’), by the Czech Science Foundation (grants 16-08698S, 18-06147S and 19-03442S) and by CIJA PRESERVATION, SL. SG benefitted from a Ramón y Cajal contract (RYC-2014-16608) from the government of Spain, and SB and NS received Erasmus + grants from the European Union.Introduction Types of plant sex chromosomes, sex determination systems and their diversity Model systems in sex chromosome research Materials and Methods Information sources Data mining Database web environment and construction Results and Discussion Future directions Acknowledgements Author contribution

Google Sky and cataloguing standards : an example of the divergence between the most queried astronomical information and what cataloguing standards allow us to describe

A survey has been carried out on the astronomical information supplied by Google Sky and the information which can be described using the standards MARC21, ISBD consolidated edition, and RDA. The main goal of the study is to show that some astronomical and astrophysical information is still not taken into account in describing different astronomical resources as well as cartographic material. This information could eventually be incorporated as description fields of the aforementioned cataloguing rules. Such fields would allow us to carry out a much more complete and adequate description of these astronomical resources. We have focused on celestial objects appearing in astronomical images which can be found in astronomical archives and libraries. First a brief survey of astronomical information supplied by Google Sky and its linked databases, SIMBAD and NED is performed. Subsequently, we show how the existing description fields describe celestial cartographic materials, and finally we present a new proposal consisting of the desirable minimum parameters which could be included in bibliographic records

Recuperando información histórica en astronomía. Un viaje al pasado para ayudar a conocer el futuro.

Astronomical archives and libraries around the world collect thousands of historical documents in non-electronic format, which contain valuable information which is very difficult to access selectively, because of insufficient documentary description which it is usually done of the content of these resources in the databases of these institutions

Two online resources for the study of plant genome evolution: plant rDNA database updated and the new B-Chrom

Trabajo presentado en la 5th Conference on Plant Genome Evolution, celebrada en Sitges (Barcelona, España), del 1 al 3 de octubre de 2017Peer reviewe

B-chrom: a database on B-chromosomes of plants, animals and fungi

8 p., gráficos, 1 tabla -- Contiene material suplementario -- Versión publicada online -- La base de datos B-chrom, a la que hace referencia el artículo, se puede consultar en: http://www.bchrom.csic.es/ -- Permiso de la editorial a los autores del artículo: "You may post an electronic version of the published Article on your own personal website, on your employer’s website/repository and on free public servers in your subject area. Electronic versions of the published Article must include a link to Wiley InterScience together with the following text: ‘The definitive version is available at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1469-8137’"We present here B-chrom (www.bchrom.csic.es), an online database with comprehensive information on B chromosomes (Bs) for plants, animals and fungi. Data have been extracted from 3041 sources published between 1907 and July 2016. There are 5760 entries corresponding to 2828 species. Besides presence, number or range of B chromosomes, the database provides information on chromosome number, ploidy level and genome size when available. After an extensive publication search strategy and data mining, the content of the database has been analysed statistically and significant positive correlations, though faint, have been found between the average number of Bs, chromosome number and ploidy level. Some of the species with the highest number of Bs in plants reproduce asexually, which may be related to an accumulation of these selfish genomic elements. Despite the increased interest in B chromosome research in the recent years (20% of the data in B-chrom was published in the last decade) there is still poor knowledge with respect to global biodiversity. The database is the first step to systematize information on Bs and we expect that it will be used by scientists interested in cytogenetics for data-mining or comparative studies involving B chromosomes.The Dirección General de Investigación Científica y Técnica from the Government of Spain (CGL2016-75694-P), the Czech Science Foundation (P506/16/02149J) and the Government of Catalonia (“Ajuts a grups de recerca consolidats”, 2014SGR514) are acknowledged for funding. Sònia Garcia benefits from a “Ramón y Cajal” contract from the Government of Spain (RYC-2014-16608).Peer reviewe