Hi Carlos,
> I am writing you for the following: the next month I'll be giving a
> training course called "UNIX for librarians". ... Sadly there's no
> material available in Spanish about this topic.
I'm guessing that you won't find much material (in any language) on the topic
of "UNIX for librarians". I'm basing my assumption on the fact that using, or
administering, UNIX is pretty much the same regardless of the type of
institution. Yes, libraries *do* have specialized ILS applications, but that
is a layer separate from UNIX. The analogy I would use is that of a library
with a fleet of bookmobiles. Although bookmobiles have a library-specific
functionality, their diesel engines are the same as ones found in other buses
or trucks and we wouldn't expect the maintenance mechanics to consult a "diesel
mechanics for libraries" manual.
So if you broaden your search for more general UNIX manuals and materials in
Spanish, you are likely to have better luck. A fair amount of vendor
documentation on the web can be found in Spanish and there should be a fair
selection of UNIX books in Spanish [1]. You can then take that material and
gear your course towards the skill level and interests of your audience, using
*examples* that are relevant to a particular ILS or library situation.
> For that reason I'd ask you if you know a website (or PDF files) where
> I can get documentarion about training courses on "UNIX and librarians".
I have found that for many libraries, their ILS is the *only* application that
runs on a UNIX platform and because of that, many systems librarians wind up
becoming a de facto UNIX systems administrator without any previous experience
in that realm. If that describes your audience, you may want to take a look at
a presentation I gave that did not cover UNIX itself, but some of the other
critical things that a new UNIX system administrator needs to know [2].
Another example is a presentation on shell scripting that focused on tasks
relevant to a particular ILS [3].
Good luck on your training course!
-- Michael
[1] Vendor docs example: Documentación de los productos Sun (on docs.sun.com)
http://docs.sun.com/app/docs?l=es
Book examples:
UNIX/LINUX : iniciación y referencia / Miguel Catalina Gallardo y Alfredo
Catalina Gallego.
Madrid : Osborne McGraw Hill, 1999.
UNIX práctico / Grace Todino ; traducción, Raúl Bautista Gutiérrez
Prentice Hall, 1995
[2] Unix Sysadmin 101: What Newbies Need to Know, But Nobody Tells Them
http://rocky.uta.edu/doran/scvugm2001/
[3] Using Scripts to Automate Voyager Tasks
http://rocky.uta.edu/doran/vugm2000/
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carlos Vílchez Román [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 8:51 AM
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> Subject: Documentation_about_'Unix_for_librarians'
>
> Hi everybody,
>
> Sorry for the cross-posting
>
> My name is Carlos Vilchez-Roman, head of the Automation Office
> of the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (UNMSM) Library
> university, located in Lima, Peru.
>
> I am writing you for the following: the next month I'll be giving a
> training course called "UNIX for librarians". I think this course will
> be very helpful because our ILS is running on a UNIX Tru64 box.
>
> Sadly there's no material available in Spanish about this topic. I have
> only found a book titled 'UNIX and libraries' and an article published in
> Computers in Libraries, 16 (10), 34-36. In Amazon.com the book is
> out of print (I only work with Amazon. They give me a guarantee).
>
> For that reason I'd ask you if you know a website (or PDF files) where
> I can get documentarion about training courses on "UNIX and librarians".
>
> Any information would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks for your time.
>
> Cordially yours,
>
> Carlos Vílchez-Román
> Head of Automation Office
> Library university - UNMSM
>
