General sessions

  • Information and documentation theory. Information and documentation systems theory:
    • Paradigms, theories, models.
  • Context of information and documentation systems:
    • Psychological, social, legal, political and philosophical aspects related to their social function and their users.
    • Emerging needs and priorities, etc.
  • Information and documentation systems organization:
    • Planning, management and evaluation of units and networks.
  • Information and documentation systems automation:
    • Programs, methodologies, etc. for automating units and networks.
    • Digital libraries and information services.
  • Representation and organization of knowledge in information and documentation systems:
    • Formal and content analysis, cataloguing, indexing, indexing languages, taxonomies, ontologies, etc.
  • Information and documentation retrieval:
    • Theories, models, evaluation.
  • Education, training, profession and research management:
    • Reflections, methodologies, proposals and experiences around the promotion of the education, profession and research in the area of information and documentation systems.