Juan Gorraiz
Juan Gorraiz (born November 30, 1954 in Madrid ) is a Spanish physicist and writer .
Life
After graduating from the Lycée Francais de Madrid , Gorraiz studied physics at the Complutense University of Madrid . He earned his master's degree and doctorate from the University of Vienna (physics, physiology).
He has lived in Vienna since 1978 and since 1985 he has been employed at the Austrian Central Library for Physics, Libraries and Archives at the University of Vienna as head of the user department and document delivery service and since 2008 as head of the Bibliometrics team. Lecturer in the basic training for the library, information and documentation service (BID), application groups A, B, C and D, today, university course " Library and Information Studies MSc ", at the university of applied sciences course information professions (Eisenstadt) and at the IuD- Course of the Austrian Society for Documentation & Information. As a librarian, he is dedicated to bibliometrics and scientometrics, fascinated by the challenge of quantifying the immeasurable in a multidimensional world. At the same time he publishes prose and poetry in German and Spanish.
The following sayings belong to his philosophy: “Life is absurd. Therefore we should enjoy the aesthetics of the small, banal and unfathomable things, including love. "" Fate is just the usual occurrence of chance. "" One of the greatest displays of intelligence is disobedience, especially when it is the only option to fulfill our wishes or to realize our ideas. "
Publications (selection)
- Scientific work
- Juan Gorraiz, C. Schlögl: Scientific libraries - a discontinued model ?. In: BITonline. 9 (2006) No. 2.
- Juan Gorraiz, C. Schlögl: Demand for magazines in document delivery . An analysis of the article orders at the Austrian Central Library for Physics. ISI, 2004, pp. 163-186.
- Juan Gorraiz, C. Schlögl: Bibliometric analysis of Subito, a document delivery system. Correlation of journal demand and citation frequency. In: Journal of Librarianship and Bibliography. Volume 50, Issue 3, pp. 131-140, 2003.
- Juan Gorraiz, C. Schlögl, C. Bart, et al .: Evaluating two Austrian university departments. Lessons learned . In: Scientometrics. Volume 56, Issue 3, pp. 287-299, 2003.
- Juan Gorraiz, H. Horvath, G. Raimann: Influence of small color differences on the contrast threshold. Its application to atmospheric visibility. In: Applied Optics. Volume 25, Issue 15, pp. 2537-2545, 1986.
- Fiction
- Nights of silk. Internationaler Lyrik-Verlag, Vienna 1984, ISBN 3-85438-041-0 .
- The colors of silence. Internationaler Literatur- und Lyrik-Verlag, Vienna 1988, ISBN 3-85438-164-6 .
- Goliath versus David. Huerga & Fierro, Madrid 2002, ISBN 84-8374-304-3 .
Web links
- Lecture on univie.ac.at
- Goliath versus David on univie.ac.at
- Literature by and about Juan Gorraiz in the catalog of the Ibero-American Institute in Berlin
- Literature by and about Juan Gorraiz in the catalog of the German National Library
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Gorraiz, Juan |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish librarian and writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 30, 1954 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Madrid |