Perfil, motivaciones y expectativas de los alumnos de primer curso de la Escuela Universitaria de Biblioteconomía y Documentación de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid (curso 2001-2002)

A través de una encuesta realizada a los alumnos de primer curso de la Escuela Universitaria de Biblioteconomía y Documentación de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid (curso 2001-2002) se configura el perfil de este estudiante. Se describen aspectos demográficos, las motivaciones y expectativas que tienen con estos estudios, su idea del reconocimiento social de la profesión y, por último, su grado de inserción en la Escuela.A profile of students at the Escuela Universitaria de Biblioteconomía y Documentación at The Universidad Complutense de Madrid was carried out on the basis of the results of a survey completed by students in their first year at this institution in the academic year 2001-2002. The paper describes demographic aspects, motivation and the expectations held with regard to these studies by the students, their appreciation of the profession’s social recognition and, finally, the degree to which these are included in the School

El nuevo plan de estudios de la escuela universitaria de biblioteconomía y documentación de la universidad complutense de madrid: percepción de los diplomados y de los empleadores

Se recoge la valoración que realizan los diplomados y empleadores sobre el nuevo plan de estudios de la Escuela Universitaria de Biblioteconomía y Documentación de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid implantado en el curso 2000-2001. Así, a partir de un cuestionario enviado a la totalidad de los titulados por esta Escuela desde su creación hasta el curso 1999-2000 se han recogido sus opiniones y percepciones sobre la formación recibida, valorando el nuevo plan de estudios. Además se han realizado entrevistas a treinta destacados empleadores en las que entre otros temas se abordaba la pertinencia de las diferentes asignaturas del plan de estudios. Queda patente como cualquier reforma de los planes de estudios requiere una reflexión conjunta por todos los estamentos implicados.This article deals with the assessment, carried out by both graduates and employers, of the new curriculum in the Escuela Universitaria de Biblioteconomía y Documentación, in the Complutense University, Madrid which became effective as from the academic year 2000-2001. Thus, starting from a questionnaire which was sent to all of those who have graduated from the school ever since its foundation up to the academic year-1999-2000, opinions and ideas regarding the training received have been collected and the new curriculum assessed. In addition, in interviews with thirty important employers, the relevance of the different subjects in the curriculum formed one of the topics for discussion. It is clear that any reform in the curriculum requieres joint reflection on the part of all the parties involve

Top-down Stress Tests as a Macro-Prudential Tool: Methodology and Practical Application

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Presentation of the book The countercyclical provisions of the Banco de España, 2000-2016

Artículo de revistaThe first Conference on Financial Stability, jointly organized by the Banco de España and the Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI), was held on 24 and 25 May 2017. The Conference included a panel based on the book “The Countercyclical Provisions of the Banco de España (2000-2016)” devoted to explain the experience at the Banco de España with countercyclical provisions. The Banco de España was a pioneer in developing macroprudential tools by introducing these provisions as early as in 2000. Although not able to counter the strong credit growth in the boom years, they proved effective in smoothing the loan contraction in the first years of the credit downturn and economic recession in Spain. Furthermore, the Spanish provisions were a source of inspiration for the countercyclical capital buffer agreed by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in 2010 and can also be considered, with some nuances along the way, the precursor of the expected-loss concept to calculate credit provisions under the IFRS 9. This article summarizes the presentation of the book in the Panel. Sitting on it were Javier Suárez as chair, Jesús Saurina Salas and Carlos Trucharte Artigas, the authors explaining the Banco de España’s countercyclical instrument and the discussants Pedro Duarte Neves and Richard Herring

Spanish dynamic provisions: main numerical features

Artículo de revistaThis article contains a detailed numerical analysis of the Spanish dynamic provision, both at the whole system level and at the level of different groups of banks. In general terms, the maximum amount of general or dynamic provisions accumulated at the peak of the lending cycle was almost €26 billion. In relative terms, a coverage of 1.1% of the credit portfolio and of almost 1% of total assets was achieved at that peak. Currently, general provisions are almost depleted to prove that they were designed as an automatic mechanism to be used as a macro-prudential countercyclical tool. In terms of risk weighted assets, dynamic provisions reached 1.5% of credit risk weighted assets at the peak of the cycle which is around half way from the maximum countercyclical capital buffer designed for Basel III. The fact that MoU group 1 and group 2 banks had accumulated at its peak €7,000 million euro of general or dynamic provisions has reduced in an equivalent amount the public capital injections required by these banks. The amount saved in this counterfactual exercise is close to 1% of the Spanish GDP

The labour market for LIS graduates: studies on entry into the workforce

Se describen los estudios realizados en el seguimiento laboral de los titulados universitarios en biblioteconomía y documentación en España. Estos análisis definen ciertas características del mercado de trabajo al que acceden estos graduados, tales como su volumen y dinamismo pero también sus condiciones, bastante precarias. Además, a pesar de la importancia del sector público, el sector privado cada vez emplea más a los jóvenes profesionales. De la misma manera el empleo en centros de documentación crece de forma porcentual más que en los archivos y bibliotecas. Este tipo de análisis se debe tener en cuenta en la concepción de los programas académicos de las universidades.This article describes the work done in monitoring the careers of LIS (library and information sciences) graduates in Spain. These analyses define some of the features of the labour market which the graduates gain access to, such as its volume and dynamism but also relatively quite poor conditions. Despite the importance of the public sector, the private sector increasingly employs young professionals. Equally, job opportunities grow more in percentage terms in information centres than in archives and libraries. This kind of analysis must be taken into account by universities when designing their LIS curricul

Stent optical inspection system calibration and performance

Implantable medical devices, such as stents, have to be inspected 100% so no defective ones are implanted into a human body. In this paper, a novel optical stent inspection system is presented. By the combination of a high numerical aperture microscope, a triple illumination system, a rotational stage, and a CMOS camera, unrolled sections of the outer and inner surfaces of the stent are obtained with high resolution at high speed with a line-scan approach. In this paper, a comparison between the conventional microscope image formation and this new approach is shown. A calibration process and the investigation of the error sources that lead to inaccuracies of the critical dimension measurements are presented.Postprint (author's final draft

Review of the profession and academic studies in 2012

The main trends observed in the library and information science labour market and university education in 2012 have a general tone of survival with resignation. The economic crisis has caused many layoffs and left libraries without funds. New documents on professional ethics are mentioned. In the labour market, there is employment loss in the public sector. The decline in university enrolments that started in 2002 seems to have stopped and there has been a slight recovery with the new graduate titl

Information profession and professionals in 2011

An overview is given of the profession of Information and Documentation in 2011. The economic crisis was the main factor that determined professional development and the labour market. Some of the key reports that have been outlined in social networks and blogs are also described

The library and information science profession in 2009

A picture of developments in the Library and information science profession in 2009 is presented. Topics included are professional skills, values, social image, scientific and professional activities: congresses, conferences, journals, distribution lists, associations and the specific labor market