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<journal-id>2411-9970</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Alcance]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[ARCIC]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2411-9970</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Facultad de Comunicación, Universidad de La Habana.]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S2411-99702019000100038</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Evaluación del OPAC´s de la &#8220;Biblioteca Zoe y Pablo de la Torriente Brau&#8221; de la Facultad de Comunicación de la Universidad de La Habana: sus fortalezas y debilidades]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Evaluation of the OPAC's of the "Library Zoe and Pablo de la Torriente Brau" of the Faculty of Communication of the University of Havana: its strengths and weaknesses]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Campos Herrera]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Airelys]]></given-names>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de la Habana Facultad de Comunicación ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2019</year>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>8</volume>
<numero>19</numero>
<fpage>38</fpage>
<lpage>56</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2411-99702019000100038&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2411-99702019000100038&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2411-99702019000100038&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN El presente artículo tiene como objetivo evaluar el catálogo en línea de la biblioteca &#8220;Zoe y Pablo de la Torriente Brau&#8221; de la Facultad de Comunicación de la Universidad de La Habana, detectando fortalezas y debilidades del mismo. Se analizan iniciativas, metodologías y herramientas de evaluación de OPAC´s y se determina la herramienta a aplicar en el estudio. Se reconocen sus principales características y se construye un instrumento de recopilación de información en correspondencia con la herramienta seleccionada. Se presentan las debilidades y fortalezas del OPAC´s de la biblioteca &#8220;Zoe y Pablo de la Torriente Brau&#8221; de la Facultad de Comunicación de la Universidad de La Habana.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT The objective of this article is to evaluate the online catalog of the library "Zoe and Pablo de la Torriente Brau" of the School of Communication of the University of Havana, detecting its strengths and weaknesses. OPAC's initiatives, methodologies and evaluation tools are analyzed and the tool to be applied in the study is determined. Its main characteristics are recognized and an information gathering instrument is constructed in correspondence with the selected tool. The weaknesses and strengths of the OPACs of the "Zoe and Pablo de la Torriente Brau" library of the School of Communication of the University of Havana are presented.]]></p></abstract>
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