Arguments for Documenea

Allow me to break a lance in favor of one of the projects 2.0 released for information professionals and that until then had not spent the time or thought it deserves. Specifically, I refer to the website for the promotion of Library and Information Science news, Documenea, already talked in more detail the activity within Community 2.0 Community of Practice and gives me the impression he's going completely unnoticed within our group.

I find it strange that during this year as 2.0, which is being addressed roundtables, conferences, courses and various activities related to the world of the Social Web, it seems that the message "participatory" is really seeping into our collective. It is possible that if Documenea have to be cooked more slowly, for his idea and concept, however I believe this website is a valid environment to address issues currently not only information professionals but also for other stakeholders, and make known the reality Hispanic library through social promotion news.

I distinctly remember, when we launched the portal The Tangled Documentalist (website which he is liable this blog), we had a section called News encargábamos where we publish the most interesting of which was published in the media about the libraries and Documentation. Obviously, this was an activity that Cut & Paste, but allowed to comment, we never met because the return from our users was virtually nonexistent.

Bearing in mind that our site was purely 1.0 (if you will) as an editor decide which stories were interesting and which were not at the time of publishing on the web, this is far from the idea of collaborative activity which preaches the Web 2.0 and that the concept of social news filtering can cover well. Thus Documenea is where the community decides what news is relevant or not, while the rich with their own input. The truth is that it would have been desirable for information professionals had been launched to support a project of this nature, but I imagine that the printing of its directors is somewhat bittersweet because, despite having a lot of users dice high, very few took part actively.

It is also unfortunate that Documenea has not yet become a place to promote news that bubbles present on all four sides. For example, the situation of librarians de Oviedo I discovered through a blog and not affected through this site, while the news last week denounced the situation of the Valencian libraries with some difficulty discovered a consultation to a database where I work. Curiously, the news about the lack of funding for libraries that Valencian it was sent for publication in Documenea, but the community did not consider relevant and not even reached the front page (!) Because users did not vote enough.

We must remember that Documenea not just a place to promote news (or SEO activities), must also follow the guiding principle for the establishment of discussions necessary to fully mature and established an occupation that does not run from their problems and that difficulties seen in the other their own because everyone, after all, reach. That's where the debates should be produced in burning Iwetel current news and many do not realize we reach for our e-mails and grizzled.

In any case, Documenea also must show some progress and think that it will be necessary to update the CMS, if available, at least to take advantage of improvements developed by the team Reddit this platform on which it sits. On the other hand, I also seem somewhat bleeding some system configuration issues, because where would read notes Documenea Digg (For example in the feeds) which can produce confusion less advanced users.

In short, much work remains to be done both from the viewpoint of administrators and their community, but we should not afford to let languish a very interesting initiative and necessary. Because if a project of this size fails, others such as, for example, a wikipedia librarian could face a similar fate over time. Personally, I remain willing to increase my activity within this web whenever my other concerns so allow me, hoping that we develop and support activity evolves over time, while we known within the company to which serve and develop our business.