Web visibility and accessibility of theses in library science and documentation in Argentina

  • Sandra Gisela Martín Escuela de Bibliotecología. Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. 1er piso Casa Verde, Ciudad Universitaria. 5000 Córdoba
DOI: https://doi.org/10.34096/ics.i28.690
Keywords: Web Visibility, Theses, Library Science, Bachelor of Library Science and Documentation, Research, Scientific production, Research dissemination, Argentina

Abstract

It describes the web visibility and accessibility of research in library and documentation in Argentina by studying dissertations submitted to qualify for the bachelor's degree. It is an exploratory study with quantitative approach where the visibility of theses in catalogs and institutional repositories, the number of theses visible on the web/amount accessible in full text, metadata records in catalogs, metadata records in the repositories, the production of dissertations per year according to web visibility, the number of authors per dissertation as web visibility and thematic distribution of the content of dissertations. It is concluded that the production of dissertations in library science in Argentina is spread on the web and that the visibility and accessibility of these is very low.

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Published
2013-06-01
How to Cite
Martín, S. G. (2013). Web visibility and accessibility of theses in library science and documentation in Argentina. Información, Cultura Y Sociedad, (28), 51-71. https://doi.org/10.34096/ics.i28.690
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No 28 (2013)
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