Núria Ferran-Ferrer
Biographic Data
| ID | 4996210 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Núria Ferran-Ferrer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Núria |
| FAMILY NAME | Ferran-Ferrer |
| SIGNATURE | FERRAN-FERRER N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universitat Oberta de Catalunya |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9037-8837 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Gender Inclusion in Library and Information Science Curricula
This paper examines the incorporation of gender perspectives and sexual diversity into Library and Information Science (LIS) curricula, from a global perspective, addressing the broader themes of social justice, equity, and inclusion in education. Drawing on critical and feminist pedagogical theories, this study challenges conventional educational models and advocates for a more transformative learning experience. A content analysis of course syl…
Wikipedia gender gap
In this scoping review, we portray an examination of the gender gap on Wikipedia by analyzing scholarly literature from 2007 to 2022. Employing quantitative methods, the study identifies key author characteristics such as gender, disciplines, countries, and institutions. The research reveals a slight majority of female authors, followed by male authors, with limited representation from non-binary authors. Qualitatively, content analysis uncovers …
The gender gap on the Spanish Wikipedia
Wikipedia is one of the most widely used information sources in the world. Although one of the guiding pillars of this digital platform is ensuring access to the diversity of human knowledge from a neutral point of view, there is a clear and persistent gender bias in terms of content about or written by women. Through semi-structured interviews with current and former women editors, our research offers a closer look at the different factors that …
Falling on Deaf Ears? An Analysis of Youth Political Claims in the European Mainstream Press
There is a growing body of work on the ability of young people and minorities to have their voices heard in the public sphere, particularly with advances in information and communication technologies and the emancipatory expectations that ensued. Are all young people, in all their diversity, equally likely to have their political claims relayed by the mainstream press? Is the growing prevalence of social media communication reflected in mainstrea…
Youth impact on the public sphere in Press and Twitter
This paper aims to contribute to the study of the difficulties that young people face in accessing the public sphere as political actors. It looks at the Press coverage and the Twitter activity surrounding the restructuring process and the subsequent dissolution of the Spanish Youth Council (Consejo de la Juventud de España - CJE). A content analysis was carried out on the news published in 22 newspapers between 2012 and 2014, as well as on the u…
The public library as seen by the non-users
The user experience framework (UX) serves to analyze the characteristics, preferences and perceptions of non-users of the public library to inform the (re)design of services. Empirical data come from a representative survey of the Catalan population aged 15 and over. In general terms, libraries and librarians benefit from a positive image, although one third of non-users would have no motivation for visiting a public library (again). Most are ex-…
Revistas científicas españolas de información y documentación
A study about research in Library and Information Science in Spain is presented. Articles published between 2012 and 2014 have been analyzed in the journals Anales de Documentación, BiD: textos universitaris de biblioteconomia i documentació, Cybermetrics, El profesional de la información (EPI), Revista española de documentación científica (REDC), Revista general de información y documentación (RGID), and Scire. The main subjects studied are: per…
Older people and smartwatches, initial experiences
take older people's interests into account
Participatory design of citizen science experiments
This article describes and analyzes the collaborative design of a citizen science research project through cocreation. Three groups of secondary school students and a team of scientists conceived three experiments on human behavior and social capital in urban and public spaces. The study goal is to address how interdisciplinary work and attention to social concerns and needs, as well as the collective construction of research questions, can be in…
Volunteer participation in citizen science projects
The purpose of this research is to assess the current state of citizen science projects and reveal the role of volunteers in the research process. This is achieved by performing a literature review and content analysis of three international and one state-owned citizen science platforms (Wikipedia, SciStarter, CitSci and Precipita) that contain more than 800 research projects. Projects have been analyzed according to four categories: the academic…
Recursos educativos abiertos
A bibliographic review, state of the art, history, characteristics, development, projects and research lines of open educational resources (OERs) are presented, as well as their storage in repositories and their use in university educational practice. OERs have had two phases: an initial one concerned about providing access, and the more current one, focused on their incorporation into educational practice
Gestión de la información personal en usuarios avanzados en TIC
A large part of the research on personal information management is scattered through many journals due to the intrinsic characteristics of this topic. This work tries to compile a more complete, global and integrated study of that type of management strategies. Our study offers an analytical model of the informational behaviour of a group of individuals (students of an e-learning university, UOC) who have a positive perception of the information …
Bases de datos bibliográficas y xml
Del elefante a internet
La premiere partie de l'article retrace l'evolution de l'acces a l'information des bases de donnees, de la technologie des CDROM a l'offre en texte integral sur l'internet, en passant par les intranets et les interfaces toujours plus puissantes et plus simples. La deuxieme partie tente de determiner les tendances de l'industrie des bases de donnees, a travers des exemples concrets. Tous les editeurs de bases de donnees s'accordent sur un point : …
Revistas científicas españolas de información y documentación
A study about research in Library and Information Science in Spain is presented. Articles published between 2012 and 2014 have been analyzed in the journals Anales de Documentación, BiD: textos universitaris de biblioteconomia i documentació, Cybermetrics, El profesional de la información (EPI), Revista española de documentación científica (REDC), Revista general de información y documentación (RGID), and Scire. The main subjects studied are: per…
Participatory design of citizen science experiments
This article describes and analyzes the collaborative design of a citizen science research project through cocreation. Three groups of secondary school students and a team of scientists conceived three experiments on human behavior and social capital in urban and public spaces. The study goal is to address how interdisciplinary work and attention to social concerns and needs, as well as the collective construction of research questions, can be in…
The public library as seen by the non-users
The user experience framework (UX) serves to analyze the characteristics, preferences and perceptions of non-users of the public library to inform the (re)design of services. Empirical data come from a representative survey of the Catalan population aged 15 and over. In general terms, libraries and librarians benefit from a positive image, although one third of non-users would have no motivation for visiting a public library (again). Most are ex-…
Older people and smartwatches, initial experiences
take older people's interests into account
Recursos educativos abiertos
A bibliographic review, state of the art, history, characteristics, development, projects and research lines of open educational resources (OERs) are presented, as well as their storage in repositories and their use in university educational practice. OERs have had two phases: an initial one concerned about providing access, and the more current one, focused on their incorporation into educational practice
Bases de datos bibliográficas y xml
Del elefante a internet
La premiere partie de l'article retrace l'evolution de l'acces a l'information des bases de donnees, de la technologie des CDROM a l'offre en texte integral sur l'internet, en passant par les intranets et les interfaces toujours plus puissantes et plus simples. La deuxieme partie tente de determiner les tendances de l'industrie des bases de donnees, a travers des exemples concrets. Tous les editeurs de bases de donnees s'accordent sur un point : …
Gestión de la información personal en usuarios avanzados en TIC
A large part of the research on personal information management is scattered through many journals due to the intrinsic characteristics of this topic. This work tries to compile a more complete, global and integrated study of that type of management strategies. Our study offers an analytical model of the informational behaviour of a group of individuals (students of an e-learning university, UOC) who have a positive perception of the information …
Recursos educativos abiertos
A bibliographic review, state of the art, history, characteristics, development, projects and research lines of open educational resources (OERs) are presented, as well as their storage in repositories and their use in university educational practice. OERs have had two phases: an initial one concerned about providing access, and the more current one, focused on their incorporation into educational practice
Volunteer participation in citizen science projects
The purpose of this research is to assess the current state of citizen science projects and reveal the role of volunteers in the research process. This is achieved by performing a literature review and content analysis of three international and one state-owned citizen science platforms (Wikipedia, SciStarter, CitSci and Precipita) that contain more than 800 research projects. Projects have been analyzed according to four categories: the academic…
Revistas científicas españolas de información y documentación
A study about research in Library and Information Science in Spain is presented. Articles published between 2012 and 2014 have been analyzed in the journals Anales de Documentación, BiD: textos universitaris de biblioteconomia i documentació, Cybermetrics, El profesional de la información (EPI), Revista española de documentación científica (REDC), Revista general de información y documentación (RGID), and Scire. The main subjects studied are: per…
Older people and smartwatches, initial experiences
take older people's interests into account
Participatory design of citizen science experiments
This article describes and analyzes the collaborative design of a citizen science research project through cocreation. Three groups of secondary school students and a team of scientists conceived three experiments on human behavior and social capital in urban and public spaces. The study goal is to address how interdisciplinary work and attention to social concerns and needs, as well as the collective construction of research questions, can be in…
Youth impact on the public sphere in Press and Twitter
This paper aims to contribute to the study of the difficulties that young people face in accessing the public sphere as political actors. It looks at the Press coverage and the Twitter activity surrounding the restructuring process and the subsequent dissolution of the Spanish Youth Council (Consejo de la Juventud de España - CJE). A content analysis was carried out on the news published in 22 newspapers between 2012 and 2014, as well as on the u…
The public library as seen by the non-users
The user experience framework (UX) serves to analyze the characteristics, preferences and perceptions of non-users of the public library to inform the (re)design of services. Empirical data come from a representative survey of the Catalan population aged 15 and over. In general terms, libraries and librarians benefit from a positive image, although one third of non-users would have no motivation for visiting a public library (again). Most are ex-…
Falling on Deaf Ears? An Analysis of Youth Political Claims in the European Mainstream Press
There is a growing body of work on the ability of young people and minorities to have their voices heard in the public sphere, particularly with advances in information and communication technologies and the emancipatory expectations that ensued. Are all young people, in all their diversity, equally likely to have their political claims relayed by the mainstream press? Is the growing prevalence of social media communication reflected in mainstrea…
The gender gap on the Spanish Wikipedia
Wikipedia is one of the most widely used information sources in the world. Although one of the guiding pillars of this digital platform is ensuring access to the diversity of human knowledge from a neutral point of view, there is a clear and persistent gender bias in terms of content about or written by women. Through semi-structured interviews with current and former women editors, our research offers a closer look at the different factors that …
Wikipedia gender gap
In this scoping review, we portray an examination of the gender gap on Wikipedia by analyzing scholarly literature from 2007 to 2022. Employing quantitative methods, the study identifies key author characteristics such as gender, disciplines, countries, and institutions. The research reveals a slight majority of female authors, followed by male authors, with limited representation from non-binary authors. Qualitatively, content analysis uncovers …
Gender Inclusion in Library and Information Science Curricula
This paper examines the incorporation of gender perspectives and sexual diversity into Library and Information Science (LIS) curricula, from a global perspective, addressing the broader themes of social justice, equity, and inclusion in education. Drawing on critical and feminist pedagogical theories, this study challenges conventional educational models and advocates for a more transformative learning experience. A content analysis of course syl…
Computer Science (11 works) · Political science (9 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Library science (6 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Public relations (5 works) · Humanities (4 works) · Social science (4 works) · World Wide Web (4 works) · Art (3 works)