Planificación y evaluación del Trabajo de Fin de Grado:el caso del Grado en Información y Documentación de la universidad Carlos III de Madrid

In the framework of the European Higher Education Area, the Undergraduate Dissertation is a subject on the official curriculum for the bachelor's degrees that can be earned in Spanish universities, Carlos III University of Madrid among them. It consists of an individual dissertation in which students apply the knowledge, skills and competencies acquired throughout their 4-year courses to a problem specific to the discipline associated with the degree to which they aspire. Planning, conducting and evaluating the work involved in the dissertation call for ad hoc tools that must be designed to accurately appraise the command of specific competencies associated with the degree sought by the student. The present paper introduces three such tools developed for the Bachelor's Degree in Information and Documentation offered at Carlos III University since 2008-09: a guidance manual, a preview system and an evaluation rubric. The guidance manual provides students with clear and precise instructions on how to undertake their study. The preview system affords a consistent, clear procedure for all students and for suitable monitoring of their progress at specified intervals. The evaluation rubric is a consistent and objective marking tool for juries. The three enable students and staff to suitably monitor progress and for professors to consistently and objectively evaluate all students in accordance with the duly weighted categories into which the competencies associated with the bachelor's degree in Information and Documentation are grouped.El Trabajo Fin de Grado (TFG) es, en el marco del Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior (EEES), y en particular en los estudios de Grado que oferta la Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, una asignatura más dentro del plan de estudios. Consiste en la realización de un trabajo de carácter individual, en el que el alumno demuestra los conocimientos, habilidades y competencias adquiridos durante sus estudios a un problema específico del ámbito de la titulación. La planificación, desarrollo y evaluación de esta asignatura supone diseñar instrumentos ad hoc que permitan valorar adecuadamente la adquisición de las competencias específicas ligadas al título de Grado al que opta el alumno. A tal efecto, en este trabajo, se presentan tres herramientas concretas que se han elaborado para el título de Grado en Información y Documentación que se imparte en la Universidad Carlos III de Madrid desde el curso 2008-09: un manual de orientación, un plan de avances y una rúbrica o matriz de evaluación. El primero de ellos, el manual de orientación, ofrece al estudiante una guía clara y precisa de cómo elaborar el trabajo. El segundo, el plan de avances, ha permitido desarrollar un procedimiento claro y unitario para todos los estudiantes y realizar un seguimiento adecuado de los avances de los alumnos con plazos temporales determinados. El tercero, la rúbrica o matriz de evaluación, ha facilitado una herramienta coherente y objetiva de calificación para los tribunales que los evalúan. Todas ellas permiten, tanto a los profesores como a los alumnos, realizar un seguimiento adecuado de los trabajos y una evaluación coherente y objetiva para todos ellos de las 16 competencias asociadas al TFG en el Grado en Información y Documentación con la correspondiente ponderación de sus indicadores

European National Libraries’ strategy

The study identifies and analyses the areas of strategic importance for European national libraries and sheds light on how they aim to confront the third decade of the twenty-first century. It shows the focus of their efforts and resources. The websites of 49 members of the Conference of European National Libraries (CENL) were reviewed in April 2019 to gather information on their strategic plans. The 10 plans found were subsequently analysed. The study identified good management practice in terms of the transparency inherent in the ready public accessibility of European national libraries’ strategic plans, as well as 11 areas for priority action defined in the plans analysed: collection and preservation/conservation of knowledge; access; participation in cultural and social life; furtherance of research; improvement of physical space; collaboration and alliance building; support for education; lifelong training for staff; digital innovation; support for business; and working atmosphere. The findings, drawn from 10 libraries with strategic plans, cannot be extrapolated to the entire population of the 49 initially chosen for the study. National libraries should consider the importance of announcing their priorities, disclosing what they do and how by making their strategic plans public. As this review inventories good strategic planning practice in European national libraries, its dissemination here was deemed to be of professional interest

LAM-Related Research Funded Under Spain’s National Research Agenda (2010 – 2020)

This study analysed and contextualised research on LAMs (acronym for libraries, archives and museums) funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation under competitive calls for projects from 2010 to 2020. The ultimate intention was to verify the existence or otherwise of a national research agenda on these cultural institutions. The initial search and location of Spanish Ministry-funded projects in official sources was followed by data processing and grouping by subject category. A total of 145 projects were analysed. The results showed LAM projects to be scant in number, highly varied in terms of subject matter, poorly funded, widely scattered across a number of areas of knowledge although with a prevalence of the humanities, and highly concentrated in certain institutions and disciplines. The subject-based analysis characterised LAM institutions, from the research perspective, as tools supporting other types of research but not themselves objects of study. None of the nationwide research plans was observed to include LAMs as a line of research. This study has essentially two practical implications. 1. It underscores the need for greater transparency among research project funding agencies; and 2. it defends the inclusion of LAMs among the items on a country’s national research agenda deserving of funding to enhance awareness of their value, purpose and projects

On the unipolarity of charge transport in methanofullerene diodes

Fullerenes are electron transporting organic semiconductors with a wide range of applications. In particular, methanofullereneshave been the preferred choice for solution-processed solar cells and photodiodes. The wide applicability of fullerenes as both ‘ntype’transport materials and electron acceptors is clear. However, what is still a matter of debate is whether the fullerenes can alsosupport efficient transport of holes, particularly in diode geometries. In this letter, we utilize a number of recently developedexperimental methods for selective electron and hole mobility measurements. We show for the two most widely used solutionprocessable fullerenes, PC70- and-PC60BM, that whilst both exhibit electron mobilities as high as 10−3 cm2/Vs, their hole mobilities

Training for future information and documentation professionals at the Carlos III University of Madrid through internship in libraries, archives and document centres

The overall aim of this study was to determine whether the Carlos III University of Madrid’s Information and Documentation degree programme has delivered training suited to library, archive and information centre needs and to what extent such training should be restructured to rise to the challenges posed by relentless technological change. With those aims in mind, a competence matrix was applied to analyse the department’s historic series of worksite tutors’ assessments of students and the results of surveys conducted among both communities. The results attested to overall student and tutor satisfaction with the programme

FAST: Towards safe and effective subcutaneous immunotherapy of persistent life-threatening food allergies.

To access publisher's full text version of this article. Please click on the hyperlink in Additional Links field.ABSTRACT: The FAST project (Food Allergy Specific Immunotherapy) aims at the development of safe and effective treatment of food allergies, targeting prevalent, persistent and severe allergy to fish and peach. Classical allergen-specific immunotherapy (SIT), using subcutaneous injections with aqueous food extracts may be effective but has proven to be accompanied by too many anaphylactic side-effects. FAST aims to develop a safe alternative by replacing food extracts with hypoallergenic recombinant major allergens as the active ingredients of SIT. Both severe fish and peach allergy are caused by a single major allergen, parvalbumin (Cyp c 1) and lipid transfer protein (Pru p 3), respectively. Two approaches are being evaluated for achieving hypoallergenicity, i.e. site-directed mutagenesis and chemical modification. The most promising hypoallergens will be produced under GMP conditions. After pre-clinical testing (toxicology testing and efficacy in mouse models), SCIT with alum-absorbed hypoallergens will be evaluated in phase I/IIa and IIb randomized double-blind placebo-controlled (DBPC) clinical trials, with the DBPC food challenge as primary read-out. To understand the underlying immune mechanisms in depth serological and cellular immune analyses will be performed, allowing identification of novel biomarkers for monitoring treatment efficacy. FAST aims at improving the quality of life of food allergic patients by providing a safe and effective treatment that will significantly lower their threshold for fish or peach intake, thereby decreasing their anxiety and dependence on rescue medication

La misión en las bibliotecas nacionales europeas. Análisis y pertinencia

This work analyses the published mission statements from 28 European national libraries on their websites. The aim was to determine the degree of implementation and dissemination of the texts defining the essential nature of those organisations, as well as any convergence/divergence among them. The methodology used includes the search and reviewing of the mission statements published on the websites of the national libraries in 49 European countries, their analysis according to criteria of location and presence of features proposed by experts for the writing of this type of documents and, finally, the evaluation of the results. This analysis revealed that the national libraries show a clear interest in publicising their mission, which in most cases address the most relevant aspects of their purpose, although this not always translates into a relevant statement, both in content and drafting. Convergence among all the statements analysed has to do with the safeguard of the patrimony, its conservation and preservation.El trabajo analiza la misión publicada de 28 bibliotecas nacionales europeas en sus sedes web. El objetivo es descubrir el grado de implantación y difusión de esta declaración que define la naturaleza esencial de una organización, así como los puntos de confluencia/divergencia entre ellas. La metodogía comprendió la búsqueda y exploración de la declaración de la misión en las sedes web de las 49 bibliotecas nacionales europeas, su análisis, atendiendo a criterios de ubicación y presencia de rasgos propuestos por expertos para su redacción y, por último, la valoración de los resultados. El análisis realizado denota un claro interés de las bibliotecas nacionales por difundir su misión que, en la mayoría de los casos, da respuesta a los aspectos más relevantes de su función, lo que no se traduce siempre en la pertinencia del contenido y forma en su redacción. La convergencia que más peso tiene en el conjunto de declaraciones tiene que ver con la salvaguarda del patrimonio, su conservación y preservación

Mídias sociais e bibliotecas na produção científica dos Estados Unidos

Introduction: As organizations responsible for providing accurate and up-to-date information, libraries are continually experimenting with new technological resources and remodeling their services to meet the expectations of their users. At the beginning of the 21st century, social media emerged as yet another opportunity for users to connect to libraries and access their information resources. Objective: This study seeks to identify the characteristics of research on “social media and libraries” in American scientific production in order to follow its evolution and point out trends. Methodology: This is a descriptive study, of a qualitative and quantitative nature, based on domain analysis, proposed by Hjørland. The research corpus consists of 69 articles published in scientific journals of Information Science in the United States. It was found that interdomain has been discussed by the scientific community since 2006, mainly within the scope of university libraries. Results: We identified a possible epistemic community in formation. The Library 2.0 concept is one of the theoretical contributions that influenced librarians and impacted library services. The knowledge produced on the analyzed interdomain circulates between Information Science and various fields of knowledge, such as Social Communication, Education, Computer Science, Sociology, among others. In addition to “Web 2.0”, “social networks” is the term most used by the discursive community, even though “social media” stands out as a trend. There is a predisposition for research on practical applications, followed by theoretical studies. Conclusion: Emerging terms were identified, which represent the analyzed domain, not yet covered in the main thesaurus used by researchers in the area.Introdução: Como organizações responsáveis por disponibilizarem informações precisas e atualizadas, as bibliotecas estão continuamente experimentando novos recursos tecnológicos e remodelando seus serviços para atender expectativas de seus usuários. No início do século XXI, as mídias sociais surgiram como mais uma oportunidade para eles se conectarem a esses espaços e acessarem seus recursos informacionais. Objetivo: Diante disso, este estudo busca identificar as características de investigações sobre mídias sociais e bibliotecas na produção científica estadunidense, de modo a acompanhar sua evolução e apontar tendências. Metodologia: Para tanto, optou-se pela pesquisa descritiva, de natureza qualiquantitativa, fundamentada na análise de domínio, proposta por Hjørland. O corpus é constituído por 69 artigos, publicados em periódicos científicos da Ciência da Informação dos EUA. Nesse sentido, constatou-se que a temática mídias sociais e bibliotecas tem sido discutida no contexto observado desde 2006, principalmente no âmbito das bibliotecas universitárias. Resultados: Identificou-se, ainda, uma possível comunidade epistêmica em formação. Por sua vez, o conceito Library 2.0 surgiu como uma das contribuições teóricas que influenciou bibliotecários e impactou serviços realizados no segmento. Além da Ciência da Informação, o conhecimento produzido sobre o interdomínio analisado circula por vários campos, como Comunicação Social, Educação, Ciência da Computação, Sociologia, dentre outros. Fora o termo Web 2.0, redes sociais é o mais usado por essa comunidade discursiva, embora mídias sociais se destaque como uma tendência. Há também uma predisposição para pesquisas de aplicações práticas, seguida de estudos teóricos. Conclusão: Foram identificados termos emergentes e representantes do interdomínio analisado ainda não contemplados nos principais tesauros utilizados por pesquisadores da área