El redescubrimiento del patrimonio documental: la difusión presencial y virtual en la Biblioteca de Catalunya

Els recursos que tenien les biblioteques per donar a conèixer els seus fons es van mantenir invariables durant anys. Es podien preparar visites i exposicions, o els bibliotecaris podien participar en activitats professionals que contribuïen a donar més visibilitat als fons.Des de principis del segle xxi, però, el creixement exponencial de les noves tecnologies ha comportat que la difusió tradicional dels fons hagi quedat en un segon terme. Ara, cal tenir en compte les xarxes socials si volem garantir la màxima difusió dels fons.Libraries have many traditional ways to make their collections public, which have not changed at all for years. They could prepare visits, exhibitions, or the librarians could take part in professional activities in order to increase their collections visibility.Nevertheless, from the early 21st century, the exponential growing of the new technologies has implied that the traditional dissemination of the collections remains in a second term. Now, we have to have social networks in mind if we want the greatest diffusion for the collections.In particular, those documents in the Biblioteca de Catalunya (BC) that we want to disseminate show a huge contrast between their long time of conservation and the speed in which the information in the social networks becomes obsolete. With this article we will check some ways that are used at the BC to increase the collections visibility.Los recursos con que contaban las bibliotecas para dar a conocer sus fondos se han mantenido invariables durante años. Se podían preparar visitas y exposiciones, o los bibliotecarios podían participar en actividades profesionales que contribuían a dar más visibilidad al fondo.Sin embargo, desde principios del siglo xxi, el crecimiento exponencial de las nuevas tecnologías ha comportado que la difusión tradicional de los fondos haya quedado en un segundo plano. Ahora, hay que tener en cuenta las redes sociales si queremos garantizar la mayor difusión posible de los fondos.En el caso concreto de la Biblioteca de Catalunya (BC), es curioso observar el contraste entre los documentos de los que se pretende hacer difusión, muchos de ellos preservados y conservados durante cientos de años, y la rapidez con que la información en las redes sociales queda obsoleta.En este artículo repasaremos brevemente algunas de las formas que utilizamos en la BC para difundir los fondos

Non-pharmacological preventive measures had an impact on COVID-19 in healthcare workers before the vaccination effect: A cohort study

Healthcare workers have been and still are at the forefront of COVID-19 patient care. Their infection had direct implications and caused important challenges for healthcare performance. The aim of this study is to assess the impact of non-pharmacological preventive measures against COVID-19 among healthcare workers. This study is based on a dynamic cohort of healthcare workers (n = 5543) who had been hired by a Spanish hospital for at least one week during 2020. Negative binomial regression models were used to estimate the incidence rate and the rate ratio (RR) between the two waves (defined from 15 March to 21 June and from 22 June to 31 December), considering natural immunity during the first wave and contextual variables. All models were stratified by socio-occupational variables. The average COVID-19 incidence rate per 1000 worker-days showed a significant reduction between the two waves, dropping from 0.82 (CI95%: 0.73-0.91) to 0.39 (0.35-0.44). The adjusted RR was 0.54 (0.48-0.87) when natural immunity was acquired during the first wave, and contextual variables were considered. The significant reduction of the COVID-19 incidence rate could be explained mainly by improvement in the non-pharmacological preventive interventions. It is needed to identify which measures were more effective. Young workers and those with a replacement contract were identified as vulnerable groups that need greater preventive efforts. Future preparedness plans would benefit from these results