La Sección de temas locales de la Biblioteca Pública Municipal de Simat de la Valldigna: un testimonio de la historia pasada y presente / The Local Issues Section of the Municipal Public Library of Simat de la Valldigna: A testimony of past and present history

Resumen La biblioteca pública cumple una labor de formación permanente en el campo del saber y la cultura, uno de sus objetivos principales es satisfacer las necesidades de la comunidad en la cual se encuentra inmersa, por medio de la oferta de distintos servicios siendo uno de ellos la sección de temas locales, encargada de brindar a las personas toda aquella información relativa a la historia comunal en sus distintas manifestaciones. Por lo anterior, este trabajo expone la importancia del aporte y la proyección social que presta dicha sección contextualizado su trabajo en la población de Simat de la Valldigna en Valencia, España, se describen, además, por medio a través de ejemplos distintos materiales que conforman este acervo de información. Se concluye poniendo de manifiesto la responsabilidad que tiene la biblioteca pública en lo relativo a mantener viva la historia local de Simat como un aporte a la preservación de la memoria de sus antepasados.

Abstract The public library fulfills a permanent formative role in the field of knowledge and culture, one of its main objectives is to meet the needs of the community in which it is immersed. Through the provision of various services, one of them being the local issues section, which is responsible for providing citizens with all the information related to the history of the community in its different manifestations. This paper exposes the importance of the contribution and social projection provided by this section contextualizing its work in the population of Simat de la Valldigna in Valencia, Spain. There are also described, by means of examples, different materials that make up this information reservoir. It concludes by highlighting the responsibility of the public library in keeping alive the local history of Simat as a contribution to the preservation of the memory of their ancestors.

Las bibliotecas cubanas en el pensamiento y el accionar del Comandante Fidel Castro Ruz / Cuban libraries in the thought and action of the Commander Fidel Castro Ruz

Fundamento: Las bibliotecas constituyen formas auténticas de desarrollo y socialización de la cultura en la ideología y accionar de Fidel Castro Ruz, a pesar de ello no se ha profundizado en su importancia. Objetivo: Argumentar la dimensión del accionar del Comandante Fidel Castro en el papel que históricamente han jugado las bibliotecas en el desarrollo de la cultura cubana. Desarrollo: Del nivel teórico se emplearon los métodos histórico-lógicos, los análisis-síntesis, apoyados en la observación y el análisis de documentos. Conclusiones: Las ideas y las acciones del Comandante Fidel Castro Ruz impulsaron formas auténticas de desarrollo y de socialización de la cultura, la emancipación social y una concepción participativa de la promoción del libro y la lectura a través del fomento y la diversificación de las bibliotecas.

Background: Libraries are authentic forms of development and socialization of culture in the ideology and action of Fidel Castro Ruz, despite the fact that their importance has not been deepened Objective: To argue the dimension of the actions of Commander Fidel Castro in the role historically played by libraries in the development of Cuban culture Development: From the theoretical level we used historical-logical methods, analysis-synthesis, supported by observation and analysis of documents Conclusions: The ideas and actions of Commander Fidel Castro Ruz promoted authentic forms of development and socialization of culture, social emancipation and a participatory conception of book promotion and reading through the promotion and diversification of libraries.

Ciência da informação e biblioteconomia: novos conteúdos e espaços de atuação

O impacto das tecnologias de informação e os novos contextos informacionais exigem que a biblioteca, a localização e o acesso aos documentos sejam repensados. De forma clara e objetiva, este livro contribui para as pesquisas e reflexões da Biblioteconomia e da Ciência da Informação, abordando os conceitos básicos das duas áreas e a maneira como se desenvolvem no Brasil.

Desde el papiro a la computadora / From papyrus to computer

Un viaje de vacaciones por el Medio Oriente, nos llevó comoculminación de la gira, a visitar la Biblioteca de Alejandría.La ciudad fundada por Alejandro Magno en el 332 a. C, eshoy la segunda ciudad y puerto mayor de Egipto, con unanueva Biblioteca inaugurada el 16 de Octubre de 2002.La biblioteca tiene forma de sol naciente y esta situadaaproximadamente en el mismo lugar de la antigua, sobre elpuerto Este de Alejandría a orillas del Mediterráneo.Posee 500.000 volúmenes en la actualidad, pero tienen unacapacidad para albergar más de ocho millones de libros.

A brief on Ayurvedic manuscripts preserved at Utkal University, Bhubaneswar.

Amongst different institutions, "Parija Library" of Utkal University, Bhubaneswar has about 101 palm-leaf manuscripts (mss.) on Ayurveda to its credit. Most of these mss. have not been reported earlier. Herewith a brief description of these mss. has been made with the intention of bringing it out for the Ayurvedic fraternity and to enrich the literary stock of Ayurveda.

A brief descriptive catalogue of Ayurvedic palm leaves manuscripts procured and preserved in the Indian Institute of Medicine.

It seems the survey for medical manuscripts has not been done thoroughly so far in India particularly in Andhra Pradesh. Though few Researchers toured many important places and collected a number of manuscripts, but still there are many villages and several families of physicians and scholars possessing many manuscripts, are not covered. One of the aims and objects of the Indian Institute of History of Medicine is to procure and study the rare and uncared medical manuscripts. There are many difficulties in this task as many of the families in possession of the manuscripts are generally not prepared to hand over the ancestry property i.e., manuscripts to any individual or institution due to their sentiments, though they are not able to preserve or make use of same properly. However, efforts were made by the Institute in this direction, visiting several families of hereditary physicians residing in different part of Andhra Pradesh, and procured 12 such valuable palm leaves manuscripts pertaining to Ayurveda and preserved in the Institute. A brief descriptive catalogue of these manuscripts is presented here.