Dulce Maria Baptista

Análise de critérios e requisitos para o acesso a Obras Raras em bibliotecas digitais – um estudo longitudinal

Rare book collections are of utmost importance to historical human knowledge. Through the years, scanning this type of collection and its availability has been turned into an effective alternative to its access, before the advances in digital preservation and digital curation. The present paper aims to analyze access criteria and requirements to scanned rare books in ten digital libraries in Brazil and the world. This is a mixed methodology longitudinal study. Data collection was conducted in 2010 and 2015 within the selected sample. The results obtained reveal the improvement in the quality of access and treatment of scanned rare books present at the sample. It can be concluded from the study that rare book scanning has obtained an improvement in quality. The procedure is being done in a more cohesive manner with more standardized requirements.

A utilização da internet como ferramenta indispensável na busca contemporânea de informação: alguns aspectos relevantes.

A partir da contextualizacao da Internet como recurso revolucionario no mundo globalizado de hoje, o presente artigo explora sua utilizacao como ferramenta indispensavel na busca da informacao destinada a pesquisa, seja esta para fins academicos, cientificos, praticos, individuais, comerciais, politicos ou outros. Analisa- se a distincao entre busca e pesquisa, com base em estudo sobre a evolucao da rede e dos motores de busca. Considera-se a etica como criterio de pesquisa, tendo em vista a facilidade de se acessar, baixar e reproduzir os mais variados documentos a partir da rede. Enfoca-se tambem o papel do bibliotecario como profissional da informacao, diante dos desafios trazidos pela tecnologia e pela explosao da informacao. Acesso ao texto completo (PDF)

A busca da informação por parte de entidades representativas

Investigation of information needs as well as of forms and mechanisms for its procurement by representative institutions in their role of opinion makers. A sample of nine institutions was selected for the study, being it related to the following sectors: industry, education, unions, labor, banking, women, black culture and consumers. Triangulation was used as a means for collecting data, with complementary use of informal interviews, questionnaire and document analysis. The results show that to the studied entities, paper sources and Internet are equally important; informal communication does not constitute the main informational resource; there is convergence, both regarding information needs and behavior in searching the information that is of interest to the entities.