Análisis de dos décadas del catálogo editorial de la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras UBA (1990 y 2010)

Since its foundation in 1896, the Facultad de Filosofía y Letras de la Universidad de Buenos Aires (FFyL-UBA) has committed to publishing books, having built a catalog of nearly 1500 titles throughout its history. The article presents an analysis of this books editorial production from three perspectives: intellectual creation, materiality, and dissemination-circulation, each of which contains different study variables. We used quantitative and interpretative methods and the concrete data allowed us to attempt an answer to the assumptions arising from a general view of the problem. Two decades were analyzed, one from the last century (1990) and another from the 21st century (2010). We concluded that, although the changes in the editorial production of the FFyL-UBA in the two decades have both significant and minor variations in the three perspectives analyzed, they have allowed us to identify some trends and constant behaviors in the organization of its publications. An increase in production from one decade to another was identified. We observed a decrease in mono-authorship, the predominant form of writing in the 1990s, while the number of collaborating authors increased in the 2010s. All Faculty’s disciplines are present on its editorial catalog, although some carry more weight than others. In the two decades the use of more compelling and attractive titles as well as subtitles to guide on the subject is evident. The general and specialized collections in both decades proved to be a consolidated publishing practice as 80% of the production was published within one of them. The preferred medium continues to be the print and in the last decade there has been a clear tendency to standardize the publishing house stamp in the imprint and to give a more attractive graphic presentation. There was a considerable dissemination and circulation of the works while different strategies to disseminate publications were observed.