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Acesso livre a publicações e repositórios digitais em ciência da informação no Brasil

This essay focuses on the scientific communication transformations within the Information Science in Brazil, particularly those related to open access to digital journals and repositories. It is aimed to describe the characteristics of the open access Library and Information Science journals. The present context of Brazilian publications was examined collecting data through a survey procedure. Results showed that Brazilian scientific community is motivated in getting into the new scientific communication paradigm.

Open access in the world and Latin America: A review since the Budapest Open Access Initiative

In 2012, the Open Access Movement to scientific information celebrated ten years of existence. The period, which represents the first stage of consolidation of the movement, has been analyzed to allow the planning of new phases. With the purpose of providing tools and contributing to these discussions, the article addresses the historical aspects of the international and regional constitution of Open Access Movement. The approach was developed from a descriptive temporal narrative of the main events and initiatives identified in the scientific literature on the subject. The elements discussed in the present study work were organized under two parameters. The first refers to a temporal perspective, defined from the publication of Budapest Open Access Initiative. The second is related to brief discussion of the participation of Latin America. As result, we present a timeline of open access in the world and in Latin America, showing the main aspects covered in the study. The goal of the study is achieved by the proposed systematization as we analyze the open access initiatives in Latin America and establish how they influenced and were influenced by other regions of the world. Keywords: Latin America. Open access. Scientific information.

Comunicação científica e gestão do conhecimento: enlaces conceituais para a fundamentação da gestão do conhecimento científico no contexto de universidades

Este artigo, produto de pesquisa teorica, tem por objetivo sinalizar as similaridades teoricas entre a abordagem da gestao do conhecimento e a da comunicacao cientifica. O esclarecimento dos pontos de convergencia entre uma e outra abordagem justifica-se pela necessidade de fundamentacao conceitual para os estudos de gestao do conhecimento cientifico no ambiente academico, visto que a literatura existente, ate o presente momento, nao considera as especificidades desse contexto, nem tao pouco a natureza da producao e da comunicacao desse tipo de conhecimento. As reflexoes consideram, inicialmente, a comunicacao e gestao do conhecimento do ponto de vista das organizacoes empresariais, elaborando modelo teorico que ilustra a relacao entre comunicacao, cultura e gestao do conhecimento. Em um segundo momento, com base em reflexoes teoricas, direciona a discussao para o ambiente academico, considerando no modelo a comunicacao cientifica, a cultura cientifica e a gestao do conhecimento nesse meio. Em seguida, explora as similaridades entre gestao do conhecimento e a comunicacao cientifica, com base na comparacao entre os processos de cada uma das abordagens. Conclui destacando os processos de comunicacao cientifica como camada essencial e indispensavel a gestao do conhecimento cientifico no contexto de universidades. Palavras-chave : gestao do conhecimento; comunicacao cientifica; gestao do conhecimento cientifico; gestao do conhecimento em universidades.

Comunicação da informação, gestão da informação e gestão do conhecimento

The conceptual model developed by the researcher organizes and shows ideas from mass communication theory applied to public services delivery through the Internet, and suggests a few alternatives to evaluate the fidelity of this electronic communication process, from Government and citizens’ points of view. From this model, which draws a parallel between communication process fidelity and public service quality, as a new focus to the field of Information Communication, this research aimed to define and validate an evaluation method of electronic government program results, from citizens’ point of view. To achieve the research objective, the researcher identified, during literature review, documents about electronic government programs, methods and metrics for their evaluation; elaborated electronic government evaluation models, and other, based on methods identified and selected from literature; selected the Brazilian E-Gov Program and five electronic public services to be evaluated; and, at last, proposed an electronic government evaluation method, which was applied and validated during the research. The proposed evaluation method includes, besides focus groups and heuristic evaluation, many data collection, data analysis and quality control techniques and tools generally used in program evaluations: document research, interviews, surveys, stakeholder and SWOT analysis, risk diagram, audit planning and finding matrixes, reference panel. As significant contributions of this research, one may highlights the electronic government, satisfaction and program evaluation models; the e-gov portals and services evaluation checklist, and the data collection tools related to this research’s objectives, available as appendixes; the comparison between the proposed satisfaction evaluation model and similar models developed by other researchers; and also the results achieved by applying the proposed method. In summary, for academy, this research will serve as a new angle on communication process fidelity between government and society, and public service quality; as bibliographic source about egov evaluation from citizens’ point of view; as reference to new data collection instruments development; and as inspiration to other researchers. For technical community, this research offers an electronic government evaluation method, with e-gov portals and services evaluation checklist, validated data collection instruments, detailed procedures, and critical analysis about advantages and disadvantages of each technique, to be applied in real-life programs and electronic public services evaluation, in order to support decision-making to improve these programs and services. Applying this method periodically will provide quality control and monitoring of e-gov services offered to citizens.This book gathers results of research carried out in the scope of Information Science and that have adopted theoretical reference frames of the information communication, information management and knowledge management. Now addressed in isolation from each other, sometimes approached in association with each other, they are all tangential to the notion of context. Throughout the work the authors offer readers a web of conceptual approaches - through the theoretical models - methods and results that make up a set of knowledge elaborated by research carried out over a little more than a decade. Consisting of seventeen chapters, the book is structured in parts being the first Introduction, and the others entitled, respectively, Communication of Organizational Information, Communication of Scientific Information, Communication of Information in Communities, Information Management and Knowledge Management, Communication and Management Information and Knowledge. The organizers and authors hope to offer useful contributions to the theoretical basis of other works that undoubtedly will expand this discussion.This study aimed to identify the relationship between information behaviour of managers and analysts in the credit risk sector and the organizational communication amongst them, within financial institutions from the federal government in Brazil, namely CAIXA Banco do Brasil S/A. Based on the work of Tubbs (2003), Wilson (1981) and Kunsch (2003), the conceptual model built up for the study suggests that variables of information behaviour of the subjects investigated should be taken into account in order to improve the communication process amongst them. Based on the authors studied, the study theoretical framework pointed the way to be followed in terms of methodological procedures. It has also been the base for the discussion of the research data. Qualitative and quantitative approached used, and the consequent triangulation of data through the use of questionnaires and interviews make possible to minimize some of the disadvantages of these research instruments. Driven by each specific objective, the study has allowed describing managers and analyst’s characteristics, the communication process amongst them, their information behaviour patterns and aspects of this behaviour that can be taken into account in the communication process within their organizations. Results show that managers and analysts of credit risks within federal governmental financial institutions in Brazil have higher education studies, mostly in Management, Account and Economics. They also have a good level of professional experience. In terms of the communication process, it should be highlighted that the internal communication is very intense and is essential for carrying out their professional activities. Quanto ao processo de comunicacao, destaca-se que a comunicacao interna e intensa entre os gestores e analistas de risco de credito estudados, e essencial para realizacao das atividades de analise e avaliacao de risco de credito. Results obtained allowed identifying the major elements of the organizational communication process in the institutions studied. Regarding the information behaviour patterns, the study showed that the tasks performed by managers and analysts of credit risks have influence on their information needs, seeking and use. The study took account of the cognitive aspects of the information behaviour, only. The trial of finding a theoretical relationship between information behaviour as an input to communication has been an academic exercise within the context of the Post-Graduate Programme in Information Science at the University of Brasilia. From the results of the present study, it was possible to find out that knowing the information needs of colleagues and the way they seek and use information facilitates the communication with them. Therefore, information seeking and use patterns constitute an important factor for a good communication. It is therefore possible to state that, from the theoretical point of view, the present study added to previous ones that has focused this relationship. This, in turn, meets the approach of theorists like Belkin and Brookes, and positively adds to epistemological issues in Information Science. From the applied side, the study results shall be taking into account in both institutions studied. Its questionnaire has, in fact, been used as a model for services related to the communication process in one of them.

Repositórios institucionais da América Latina e o acesso aberto à informação científica

This book analyzes the characteristics of the digital repositories in Latin America for the development of open access. In Latin America, the development of these systems by teaching and research institutions, the so-called institutional repositories, are appointed by scientific literature as a promising area for the fulfillment of the purposes of open access, due to the public source of research funding in the region and also to the very features of institutional repositories. For the development of this study it was conducted a systematic literature review, using literature and documents from Google Scholar and Web of Knowledge databases in order to the elaboration of a theoretical lens about the elements that define open access and features institutional repositories. As a result of this step were defined five selection criteria and eight dimensions of analysis for institutional repositories. The elements were used for the selection, mapping and characterization of 84 institutional repositories, that were selected in the a set of 289 digital repositories. The survey results showed that Latin America has significant advances in the development of institutional repositories, as compared to other regions, but it is still very incipient in programs and policies to promote open access by funding institutions of scientific knowledge production in the region.

Princípios e recomendações basilares para a comunicação dos dados de pesquisa

The communication of research data – it involves aspects of production, sharing and reuse of research data – has been intensified in the apex of the emergence open science´s paradigm. In this context, several principles and recommendations emerged to guide the discussions and the practices. The aim of this paper is to propose fundamental set of principles and recommendations for the research data communication through the identification and analysis of the historical development of practices and policies that have guided the discussion and initiatives about research data communication. It was adopted as methods literature and documentary research. The first was the historical narrative of events, based on a timeline. The second was the comparative analysis of principles and statements identified by literature and document research. Among the results, it was possible to propose a set of principles and basic recommendations for communication research data.