Sistema de gestión editorial para la dirección de publicaciones de la Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil.

Abstract

Universities have a lot of important tasks, the spread knowledge mission, and this is done through the publication of the results of the research they carry out. The editorial process requires a rigorous follow-up, and this titling work focuses on the optimization and control of the editorial processes of the Publishing Office of the Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil, through the development and implementation of a web application that manage the process of publishing books. The approach used in this investigation was qualitative, descriptive and d ocumentary; for the characterization of the process and the detection of additional requirements, it was developed in the interviews to the internal personnel of the department and the set of internal regulations of the department was analyzed, to optimize the process and design of the system. We proceeded to develop the system with the improvements of the process, and tests were carried out prior to its implementation to provide a better organization of the documentation of the books, the generation of specific reports that respond to the requirements, the records of changes of state and in general, a better general traceability of the process of publishing books.