We present the findings of a quantitative and qualitative empirical research to understand the possibilities of engagement and affection in the use of conversational agents (chatbots). Based on an experiment with 13 participants, we explored on one hand the correlation between the user expectation, user experience and intended use and, on the other, whether users feel keen and engaged in having a personal, empathic relation with an intelligent system like chatbots. We used psychological questionnaires to semi-structured interviews for disentangle the meaning of the interaction. In particular, the personal psychological background of participants was found critical while the experience itself allowed them to imagine new possible relations with chatbots. Our results show some insights on how people understand and empathize with future interactions with conversational agents and other non-visual interfaces. CCS CONCEPTS • Human-centered computing → Natural language interfaces; Collaborative and social computing design and evaluation methods; Empirical studies in collaborative and social computing;

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Existing literature on Geographic Information (GI) and libraries points out that American and Canadian librarians have long been aware of the intimate relationship between geospatial data and libraries. In Europe, though, there is almost no literature to this regard, and academic libraries that offer GI services are the exception. Despite the fact that European and National institutions are putting lots of efforts forward for making open data freely available to society, and for supporting full programmes to generate business out of it, this paper examines why libraries and librarians are not perceived as key players in the (geo) data-driven economy.Starting with a survey addressed to academic librarians (in three European countries: Greece, Cyprus and Spain) about their GI knowledge and skills, the paper attempts to shed some light on the librarians' perception about their role in GI management, and to identify to what extent they are ready for providing GI services to their communities. The ultimate goal of this paper is to serve as a triggering factor to wake up European academic libraries, Librarianship programmers and librarians themselves, to encourage them to look for opportunities in geospatial data management.

Cómo citar este artículo/Citation: Aguilar-Moreno, E.; Granell-Canut, C. (2015). Gestión de datos geográficos en bibliotecas universitarias españolas: Estado de la cuestión. Revista Española de Documentación Científica, 38 (2) Resumen: Este trabajo presenta los resultados de una encuesta sobre la gestión de datos geográficos digitales en bibliotecas universitarias españolas. El objetivo de la investigación es averiguar en qué estado se encuentran las bibliotecas universitarias españolas en relación con la gestión de datos geográficos y cuáles pueden ser los factores limitantes para su desarrollo. Los resultados reflejan la percepción de las bibliotecas universitarias sobre cuál podría ser su rol dentro de la gestión de datos geográficos en el entorno universitario.Palabras clave: Encuesta; bibliotecas universitarias; datos geográficos; servicios geográficos en bibliotecas. Geographic data management in Spanish university libraries: state of the artAbstract: This paper presents the results of a survey on the management of digital geographic data in Spanish academic libraries. The objective of the research is to discover the state of Spanish university libraries in relation to the management of geographic data, as well as factors that might hinder it. The results reflect the perception of university libraries on their role in managing geographic data in the academic environment.

The chapter aims at drawing attention to the possibilities that geospatial technologies can bring to science mapping. In what follows, the chapter briefly distinguishes the notion of mapping between the Geospatial Information Science (GIScience) and Librarianship and Information Science (LIS). Afterwards, an overview about recent initiatives and research work relative to (geospatial) mapping of science is presented. Based on these examples, opportunities and challenges of applying geospatial technology to science mapping are discussed. Finally, based on relevant while evolving geospatial technologies, next steps for increasing up the influence of geospatial technology in science mapping are pointed out.