centro de documentación
UNIDAD DE INFORMACIÓN ESPECIALIZADA ADSCRITA A UN ORGANISMO
Centro de Documentación; Centro de documentacion; Centro de Documentacion
(n.) = clearinghouse [clearing house], documentation centre, information centre, information unit, research centre
Ex: A clearing house is an organization with the tasks of collecting, preserving and making known and available documents and data relating to studies and research projects either completed, proposed or in progress as well as for guiding users to other sources of information. Ex: In many countries the national documentation centre is responsible for the production of abstracting and indexing publications. Ex: Thus, UDC has been extensively employed in special libraries and information centres in locations all over the world since the early 1900s. Ex: Information retrieval systems were first developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s in special libraries and information units. Ex: This article traces the history of the library, its role as research centre, and discusses its organisation, staffing and collections.