Tomàs Baiget
Brief professional résumé
He was born in the province of Barcelona, Spain,
in 1944. Between 1969 and 1978 resided in Madrid. Now lives in Barcelona.
He studied engineering:
Industrial Electricity, Polytechnical University of Catalonia (1964);
and Telecommunications, Polytechnical University of Madrid (1979).
Current job:
Manager of information systems projects at the
Institute of Statistics of Catalonia (Idescat)
Via Laietana, 58 – 08003 Barcelona, Spain
Tel.: +34–934 120 088; fax: 934 123 145
http://www.idescat.net
Current teaching:
- Professor of the Master Online of Digital Documentation, of the Universitat
Pompeu Fabra (2001–), Lluís Codina, Cristòfol Rovira & Mari-Carmen Marcos.
http://www.documentaciondigital.org/
Other activities:
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Member of the Advisory Committee (1982–) and organizer of the
Spanish Forum, of the Online Information – Information
Management Systems Conference, of London (1985–) – Adrian
Dale, Katherine Allen, Lorna Candy. http://www.online-information.co.uk
- Founder and director of the magazine El profesional de la
información (EPI) (1992–). – with Javier Guallar, Jesús
Castillo-Vidal y Carlos Tejada. http://www.elprofesionaldelainformacion.com
- Founder and administrator of the electronic list IweTel
(1993–). – with Javier Leiva-Aguilera http://www.rediris.es/list/info/iwetel.es.html
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- Founder and coordinator of the think tank Group of
Analysis on Strategy and Prospective of the Information (Thinkepi)
(2005–): http://www.thinkepi.net
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Founder of the blog Quotes & Jokes to learn English,
“English for librarians” (2005-) http://www.qandj.info
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Founder of the blog-digg DocuMenea with news of the information world,
documentation and the library science (2006–) – with
José-Ramón Pérez-Agüera, Francisco Tosete y Javier Leiva-Aguilera. http://www.documenea.com
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- Personal blog Baiget Info Notas (2005–)
http://baiget.blogspot.com
- Founder and manager of the
Directory of Experts in Information Managing (EXIT)
(2005–). – with Josep-Manuel Rodriguez-Gairin. http://www.directorioexit.info
- Founder of IraLIS (International Registry for Authors in
Library and Information Science) – with Imma Subirats, Fernanda
Peset, Antonia Ferrer and Josep-Manuel Rodriguez-Gairin. http://www.iralis.org
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Council Member of the Spanish Journal of Scientific Documentation
(REDC), [Revista Española de Documentación Científica], Cindoc
(1993–).Director: Luis Plaza.
http://www.cindoc.csic.es/redc/redc.html
- Council Member of
the Puzzle journal, Hispanic Journal of the Competitive Intelligence
(2003–). Director: Alessandro Comai. http://www.revista-puzzle.com/
- Editor for Spain of the E–LIS repository
(E–prints on Library and Information Science).Manager: Imma
Subirats. http://eprints.rclis.org/
Previous works:
- Manager of the Electronic Components Laboratory, Philips, Barcelona (1965-
1969)
- Cultural activities responsible at the “Residence Hall Jiménez de Cisneros”,
of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (1970–1975)
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Responsible for the Servicio de Teledocumentación (online information
searching service) of the National Institute of Aerospace Techniques (INTA),
Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid (1973–1979).
- Technical Advisor of the Network of Automated Scientific Information,
Fundesco–Fuinca, Madrid (1977–1979).
Hobbies:
Internet, Gardening, Mountain hiking, Cooking (espec. Spanish and Greek
cuisine), Gastronomy, Wine tasting, Classical music, Choir music, Gregorian
music, Journalism, Photography...
Collaborator of the Conductors Gallery of CentreCoral (Choral Centre): http://www.centrecoral.org/Fitxer%20directors.htm
