O círculo vicioso que prende os periódicos nacionais (The vicious circle in which national periodicals are trapped )

Scientific periodicals published by the less developed countries and which do not have English as national language have to face many barriers. Even when included in international databases, they are usually unable to break into the circle of those titles regularly analyzed by the most prestigious citation indexes. Sometimes they reflect problems of national political and economic stability. Thy are often amateurish in production, and have a poor distribution scheme, are not regular and dye easily. They are probably not widely read, nor are they the first choice of authors, if there is a better, international chance. What are they good for? This article reports on a survey, still in progress, of citations done by articles published by one Brazilian periodical, which aims to verify whether the national output is read and cited by Brazilian authors and results may contradict some of these notions. It points the to electronic version as a solution which would help overcome some of the difficulties encountered to break the vicious circle in which national periodicals are trapped

Em busca de uma base comum para a formação profissional em Biblioteconomia, Ciência da Informação e Arquivologia : relato de um simpósio promovido pela UNESCO

Relata [o] Simpósio Internacional para a Compatibilização da Formação Profissional e Treinamento em Ciência da Informação, Biblioteconomia e Arquivologia, promovido pela Unesco, em Paris, de 8 a 12 de outubro, 1984. Os participantes reafirmaram as vantagens do estabelecimento de um maior intercâmbio entre as várias profissões ligadas à informação. Para as três áreas em pauta foi identificado um núcleo comum de interesse, que poderia se constituir em conteúdo básico para a formação profissional: administração, tecnologia e estudo de usuários. A idéia proposta é a compatibilização, sem contudo haver absorção de uma profissão pela outra

O círculo vicioso que prende os periódicos nacionais (The vicious circle in which national periodicals are trapped )

Scientific periodicals published by the less developed countries and which do not have English as national language have to face many barriers. Even when included in international databases, they are usually unable to break into the circle of those titles regularly analyzed by the most prestigious citation indexes. Sometimes they reflect problems of national political and economic stability. Thy are often amateurish in production, and have a poor distribution scheme, are not regular and dye easily. They are probably not widely read, nor are they the first choice of authors, if there is a better, international chance. What are they good for? This article reports on a survey, still in progress, of citations done by articles published by one Brazilian periodical, which aims to verify whether the national output is read and cited by Brazilian authors and results may contradict some of these notions. It points the to electronic version as a solution which would help overcome some of the difficulties encountered to break the vicious circle in which national periodicals are trapped