Table 9

Suggestions for improvement by competencies, categories and emerging factors

 CountryDimensionTopic
Individual competenciesSpainBI and SEUsing printed sources of information (books, papers, etc.)
Knowing the typology of scientific information sources (thesis, proceedings, etc.)
Knowing the most relevant authors and institutions within your subject area
PortugalUsing informal electronic sources of information (blogs, discussion lists, etc.)
Using database managers (Access, MySQL, , etc )
Disseminating information on the Internet (webs, blogs, etc.)
CategoriesSpain and PortugalBI and SEProcessing of information
Emerging factorsSpain and PortugalBIEthical and legal issues of information: updating of information, quality assessment of information, plagiarism and the use of information
Communication and dissemination using ICT: create academic presentations, disseminate information on the Internet
SEDissemination using ICT and ethical and legal issues of information: computer ethics
Processing using ICT: database managers, bibliographic reference managers, statistical programs and spreadsheets, information search strategies

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