An approach to information services and collections of digital libraries in Mexico

Authors

  • Brenda Cabral Vargas Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.rib.1887

Keywords:

Library services, digital service, digital librarie, Mexico, University libraries, digitalcollections

Abstract

This paper aims to approach to the world of services and collections in the Mexican digital libraries. By means of literature and field research, a panorama of the path followed by information society with the appearance and development of electronics in the information services is given. The websites of digital services are studied by means of data gathering in questionnaires and surveys addressed to webmasters. This paper is divided into three parts. Firstly, concept precision on digital library is carried out. Secondly, virtual work differences are shown, both for users and librarians, and the interactions between them and the resources. Thirdly, the current state of some digital services in Mexico is shown, mainly in which has to do with the reference service and the effect of them in librarianship.
 
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Author Biography

Brenda Cabral Vargas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Principal Investigator. Graduate in Library Science, PhD in Library Science and Information Studies. Researcher at the University Center for Library Research at UNAM, Mexico. brenda@cuib.unam.mx

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Published

2009-07-11

How to Cite

Cabral Vargas, B. (2009). An approach to information services and collections of digital libraries in Mexico. Revista Interamericana De Bibliotecología, 31(2), 119–139. https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.rib.1887

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