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As dean, he received the Creu de Sant Jordi (Cross of Saint George) from the Generalitat de Catalunya (regional government) in 2015, awarded to what was then called the Faculty of Library and Information Science "for the continuity of studies deeply engaged in the transformation of a profession that has known how to adapt to the needs of society."
As dean, he received the Creu de Sant Jordi (Cross of Saint George) from the Generalitat de Catalunya (regional government) in 2015, awarded to what was then called the Faculty of Library and Information Science "for the continuity of studies deeply engaged in the transformation of a profession that has known how to adapt to the needs of society."
https://www.ub.edu/centenaribid/dega-facultat-recull-creu-sant-jordi
https://www.ub.edu/centenaribid/dega-facultat-recull-creu-sant-jordi


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Ernest Abadal i Falgueras is Spain's most prominent figure in the field of open access to science. He has thoroughly studied editorial policies and scientific repositories, additionally coordinating the Maredata Thematic Network on research data. His most visible contributions to the discipline are two reference tools: MELIBEA, a directory of open access policies, and DULCINEA, which analyzes the editorial policies of Spanish scientific journals.
Ernest Abadal i Falgueras is Spain's most prominent figure in the field of open access to science. He has thoroughly studied editorial policies and scientific repositories, additionally coordinating the Maredata Thematic Network on research data. His most visible contributions to the discipline are two reference tools: MELIBEA, a directory of open access policies, and DULCINEA, which analyzes the editorial policies of Spanish scientific journals.
https://www.accesoabierto.net/politicas
https://www.accesoabierto.net/politicas , https://dulcinea.opensciencespain.org
 
https://dulcinea.opensciencespain.org


== '''Publications ''' ==
== '''Publications ''' ==


La Documentación en España. Madrid: Cindoc (CSIC); Fesabid, 1994. 200 pp. ISBN: 84-00-07431-9
La Documentación en España. Madrid: Cindoc (CSIC); Fesabid, 1994. 200 pp. ISBN: 84-00-07431-9, https://www.scimagoepi.com/la-documentacion-en-espana-de-ernest-abadal
https://www.scimagoepi.com/la-documentacion-en-espana-de-ernest-abadal


Els serveis d’informació electrònica, què són i per a què serveixen? Barcelona: Edicions de la Universitat de Barcelona, 1997 (Textos docents, 83). ISBN: 84-89829-13-6
Els serveis d’informació electrònica, què són i per a què serveixen? Barcelona: Edicions de la Universitat de Barcelona, 1997 (Textos docents, 83). ISBN: 84-89829-13-6
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La edición universitaria en el contexto de la ciencia abierta. [co-authored with Candela Ollé Castellà)]. Barcelona: UOC, 2012. ISBN 978-84-9029-902-9. Content: characteristics of publishers and analysis of scientific journals and repositories (open access).
La edición universitaria en el contexto de la ciencia abierta. [co-authored with Candela Ollé Castellà)]. Barcelona: UOC, 2012. ISBN 978-84-9029-902-9. Content: characteristics of publishers and analysis of scientific journals and repositories (open access).


¿Cómo financiar el acceso abierto en ciencias humanas y sociales? Una propuesta bienintencionada
¿Cómo financiar el acceso abierto en ciencias humanas y sociales? Una propuesta bienintencionada,
https://thinkepi.scimagoepi.com/index.php/ThinkEPI/es/article/view/thinkepi.2015.57
https://thinkepi.scimagoepi.com/index.php/ThinkEPI/es/article/view/thinkepi.2015.57


== '''Further reading''' ==
== '''Further reading''' ==


Nuevo libro de Ernest Abadal
Nuevo libro de Ernest Abadal, https://www.scimagoepi.com/nuevo-libro-de-ernest-abadal
https://www.scimagoepi.com/nuevo-libro-de-ernest-abadal
 
Ernest Abadal i Falgueras, https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/autor?codigo=50207


https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/autor?codigo=50207 i Falgueras
Ernest Abadal i Falgueras, https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Abadal_i_Falgueras
https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Abadal_i_Falgueras


Ernest Abadal
Ernest Abadal, https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/autor?codigo=50207
https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/autor?codigo=50207

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Ernest Abadal i Falgueras is a professor and researcher at the University of Barcelona.

Life

[[File:Abadal_Ernest.jpg|220px|alt=Javier Lasso de la Vega Jiménez-Placer. |thumb|Ernest Abadal i Falgueras. Credit: Tomàs Baiget]

Ernest Abadal i Falgueras was born in Sallent, Catalonia, Spain, on June 28, 1962.

He was dean of the Faculty of Library and Information Science (since 2019 called Faculty of Information and Audiovisual Media, or, in Catalan, Facultat d'Informació i Mitjans Audiovisuals, FIMA) of the University of Barcelona between 2012 and 2018, and is one of the leading specialists on open access to science in Spain, as well as coordinator of several university research networks.

Currently he is Vice-Rector for Teaching and Research Staff at the University of Barcelona since 2021.

He has been the principal investigator of several projects under Spain's National R&D&I Plan on open access to science, and is coordinator of the Maredata Thematic Network on research data. He has participated in national and international conferences. He has coordinated the Open Access to Science working group, which has produced results such as MELIBEA, a directory of open access policies, and DULCINEA, which identifies the editorial policies of Spanish scientific journals with regard to open access.

He is the author of numerous research articles and several books. He is also one of the directors and driving forces behind the Blok de BiD project, which was published between 2010 and 2026, in which professionals from the world of information and documentation reviewed reports from international organizations.

As dean, he received the Creu de Sant Jordi (Cross of Saint George) from the Generalitat de Catalunya (regional government) in 2015, awarded to what was then called the Faculty of Library and Information Science "for the continuity of studies deeply engaged in the transformation of a profession that has known how to adapt to the needs of society."

https://www.ub.edu/centenaribid/dega-facultat-recull-creu-sant-jordi

Contributions

Ernest Abadal i Falgueras is Spain's most prominent figure in the field of open access to science. He has thoroughly studied editorial policies and scientific repositories, additionally coordinating the Maredata Thematic Network on research data. His most visible contributions to the discipline are two reference tools: MELIBEA, a directory of open access policies, and DULCINEA, which analyzes the editorial policies of Spanish scientific journals. https://www.accesoabierto.net/politicas , https://dulcinea.opensciencespain.org

Publications

La Documentación en España. Madrid: Cindoc (CSIC); Fesabid, 1994. 200 pp. ISBN: 84-00-07431-9, https://www.scimagoepi.com/la-documentacion-en-espana-de-ernest-abadal

Els serveis d’informació electrònica, què són i per a què serveixen? Barcelona: Edicions de la Universitat de Barcelona, 1997 (Textos docents, 83). ISBN: 84-89829-13-6

Sistemas y servicios de información digital. Gijón: Trea, 2001. ISBN 84-95178-98-2. Content: structure and characteristics of the digital information sector. Analysis of the current situation and a forecast of the main trends in this sector.

Gestión de proyectos en información y documentación. Gijón: Trea, 2004. ISBN 84-9704-144-5. Content: characteristics, methods, and data-collection techniques in information and documentation projects, and funding avenues for Spanish projects.

Prensa digital y bibliotecas. Gijón: Trea, 2009. ISBN 978-84-9704-446-2. Content: the influence of digital newspapers on libraries.

Acceso abierto a la ciencia. Colección EPI-UOC n. 5. Barcelona: UOC, 2012. ISBN 978-84-9788-548-5. Content: foundations and background of open access, analysis of the situation of scientific journals and repositories.

La edición universitaria en el contexto de la ciencia abierta. [co-authored with Candela Ollé Castellà)]. Barcelona: UOC, 2012. ISBN 978-84-9029-902-9. Content: characteristics of publishers and analysis of scientific journals and repositories (open access).

¿Cómo financiar el acceso abierto en ciencias humanas y sociales? Una propuesta bienintencionada, https://thinkepi.scimagoepi.com/index.php/ThinkEPI/es/article/view/thinkepi.2015.57

Further reading

Nuevo libro de Ernest Abadal, https://www.scimagoepi.com/nuevo-libro-de-ernest-abadal

Ernest Abadal i Falgueras, https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/autor?codigo=50207

Ernest Abadal i Falgueras, https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Abadal_i_Falgueras

Ernest Abadal, https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/autor?codigo=50207