Maria Elizabeth de Oliveira Costa

Planejamento, desenvolvimento e implantação do Programa Pró-Multiplicar da CAPES na UFMG: metodologia aplicada

In 2010, the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil (UFMG) started participating in the CAPES Pro-Multiplicar Program. This program aims at preparing graduate students to be instructors and teach other students and faculty members about the use of the CAPES Portal of Scientific Information, a major digital library in Brazil. The evaluation of the results of the program showed that 43 students and 17 librarians were trained by the database vendors. These students, in turn, performed 72 training sections and taught 293 graduate and under-graduate students. These results reveal that the objectives of the program were successfully attained. This article shares the methodology developed for the process, the experience in the implementation of the program and results obtained. Base on the experience, the article also offers suggestions for the strengthening of the program.