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This paper aims to carry out a diachronic analysis of Brazilian scientific productivity in the Library and Information Science field as indexed by the Scopus database for the period 1986-2015. We also analyze the main journals that publish Brazilian contributions, compare the impact of Brazilian production between papers published in Latin language journals and those in English, and identify the primary language of Brazilian papers and the main collaborating countries. We carried out a search on Brazilian scientific productivity in the analyzed field in the Scopus database for the studied period. Then, through a manual filter, we identified a corpus of 1,195 papers. Of the 90 journals identified, 26 journals were considered the main venues for Brazilian Library and Information Science research. These were grouped using multivariate cluster analysis. The main collaborating countries were grouped based on normalized values of co-authorship using Salton's cosine measure. Since 2006, Brazilian scientific production has experienced a similar growth tendency as the rest of the world. We observed that Brazilian journals, publishing in Portuguese, formed a cluster, while English and Spanish language journals clustered separately. We observed that papers published in English received on average more citations than those papers published in other languages.

O presente texto recupera a trajetória da biblioteca em seus diferentes formatos, mostrando a importância desta instituição em vários contextos. Aborda a passagem da cultura impressa para a cultura digital e a necessidade de os profissionais da informação se adequarem aos novos formatos. A expansão da cultura e do saber exige a aquisição de novas competências e habilidades para o desenvolvimento dos serviços informacionais. As ferramentas de busca, a recuperação e as estratégias de acesso à informação possibilitam ao indivíduo um contato mais rápido e direto com o objeto do conhecimento em qualquer lugar e tempo real. A Biblioteca Digital Paulo Freire dissemina os conteúdos filosóficos, sociológicos e pedagógicos do pensamento freireano.This paper tracks down the development of library in its different formats, showing the importance of this institution in several contexts. It describes the changes from printed to digital culture and the information professionals' need to adapt themselves to the new formats. The expansion of culture and knowledge demands the acquisition of new competencies and abilities for the development of new information services. The search tools, retrieval and strategies of access to information enable the individual to have a faster and more direct contact with the object of knowledge in any place and real time. Paulo Freire Digital Library disseminates the philosophical, sociological and pedagogical contents of Paulo Freire's works, spread out in Brazil and several other countries.

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Information scientists are required to regularly review the conceptions of the two elements – production and scientific communication – which are considered important strategies for their training. So, at the beginning the paper reviews the broad notions of science. In referring to the scientific production, the controversy always revolves around an old thread, and paradoxically, a current one: the production per se or the productivism, i.e. the importance of quality or quantity. Of course, that information scientists bring to light innovative and relevant knowledge to strengthen its role among the societies, must take into account the inevitable intertwining between production and communication for the advancement of science and technology. This is because, in Brazil, there is a great prevalence of evaluative measures originated from agencies to graduate teaching and research. These procedures are frequently controversial, since they tend to disregard the uniqueness of areas and sub-areas, themes and also the differences between the Brazilian regions. From this perspective, the main objective of this paper is to study the productivity as productive efficiency and performance quality rather than the academic productivism resulting from regulation and the “official” evaluation, whose striking feature is the emphasis on the quantitative aspect of production to the detriment quality in the most different segments of the contemporary society. For this, it uses the descriptive methodological reference procedures, supported by current bibliographic sources which do not lead to univocal solutions nor definitive conclusions, but the reflections about its relevance for vocation training of information scientist, opposing exacerbated productivism.

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A utilização da informação no planejamento da atividade policial se coloca como uma das principais questões no debate sobre os paradigmas de segurança pública contemporâneos. Dessa forma, as estatísticas criminais situam-se como importante instrumento neste processo. Este artigo busca promover uma reflexão sobre o uso das estatísticas criminais pelos profissionais de segurança pública como uma fonte de informação para o planejamento de suas ações. Para tal, foram abordadas três variáveis consideradas centrais para o desenvolvimento da discussão: os paradigmas de policiamento contemporâneos, a utilização e as funcionalidades das estatísticas no planejamento da atividade policial, e a utilização das estatísticas criminais por parte dos profissionais de segurança pública tendo em vista o contexto organizacional no qual estão inseridos. A conclusão do artigo aponta para a necessidade de se observarem a cultura e a estrutura das instituições policiais como elementos centrais no desenvolvimento de um modelo de policiamento marcado pela inteligência, pró-atividade e prevenção à criminalidade.The use of information on the planning of police activities is one of the core issues concerning the debate on the contemporary public security paradigms. Thus, the criminal statistics are an important instrument in this process. This article promotes a discussion about the usage of criminal statistics as a source of information in their planning actions. Three variables were considered on the paper's development: the contemporary policing paradigms; the usage and the functionalities of criminal statistics in their planning activities; and the usage of criminal statistics by law enforcement officers and their organizational context. As a conclusion, the paper considers the necessity to observe the culture and structure of police institutions as a key element in a model of policing based on intelligence, pro-activity and crime prevention.

Este ensaio teórico busca, sob a ótica do sensemaking proposto por Weick (1995), analisar a qualidade da informação no processo decisório organizacional, sugerindo uma proposta para ampliar as técnicas utilizadas para mensurar a qualidade da informação. Para tanto, conceitua informação e processo decisório; aborda os conceitos do sensemaking e discute as dimensões da mensuração da qualidade da informação - apresentando os relacionamentos entre estas dimensões e as propriedades do sensemaking propostas por Weick. Finalmente, o ensaio sugere-se uma agenda baseada na abordagem proposta para utilização em pesquisas empíricas e para a análise em profundidade da aplicação deste relacionamento.The objective of this paper, from the sensemaking perspective proposed by Weick (1995), to analyze the information quality used in the organizational decision-making process, suggesting a proposal to expand the techniques used to measure the quality of information. Therefore, this paper: presents the concept of information and decision-making process; addresses the concepts of sensemaking and discusses the dimensions of measuring the quality of information - presenting the relationships between these dimensions and properties of sensemaking proposed by Weick. Finally, this paper suggests an agenda based on the approach proposed for use in empirical research and for in-depth analysis of the application of this relationship.

O dinamismo do novo cenário socioeconômico, definido pelo desenvolvimento tecnológico, está provocando a transição de um modelo fundamentado na eficiência individual para outro, cujas bases se estabelecem em medidas da eficiência coletiva. Neste contexto, a aprendizagem organizacional figura como um processo que medeia a geração de conhecimento, de habilidades e de competências para as organizações. Este trabalho fundamenta-se na argumentação de que o conhecimento é o recurso mais importante para a competitividade empresarial, e de que as teorias sobre aprendizagem organizacional contribuem para a sua gênese. A aprendizagem organizacional interage com o conhecimento através de construções teóricas como competências e capacitações, que são definidas no nível organizacional. O objetivo deste trabalho é estudar as relações existentes entre os processos de aprendizagem organizacional e a formação e desenvolvimento de competências organizacionais, no âmbito da gestão de operações. Tais relações foram consolidadas na forma de um framework teórico-conceitual. A pesquisa utilizou abordagem qualitativa, cuja estratégia fundamentou-se em informações obtidas junto a especialistas (profissionais e acadêmicos) e em projeto de implantação de um modelo corporativo para a gestão estratégica de conhecimento. O resultado é o refinamento e teste de um framework que define as relações entre o processo de aprendizagem organizacional e a formação e desenvolvimento de competências que se estabelecem nesse nível. Observa-se que, no contexto da gestão estratégica de operações, a aprendizagem estabelece o processo através do qual se mobilizam recursos. No entanto, esta mobilização é mediada pelas competências organizacionais.The dynamics of the new socioeconomic scenario, as defined by the technological development, has been causing transition from a model based on individual efficiency to another based on collective efficiency. In this context, organization learning is displayed as a process which furnishes generation of knowledge, capabilities and competencies for the organizations. This paper is based on arguments that knowledge is the most important resource for the entrepreneurial competitiveness, and that the theories about organizational learning contribute to its origin. Organizational learning interacts with knowledge through theoretical constructions as for instance competencies and training, which are defined on an organizational level. The objective of this paper is to study the relations existing between the processes of organizational learning and formation of development of organizational competencies, in the context of management of operations. These relations are consolidated by a theoretical conceptual framework. A qualitative approach was used for research based on information obtained from experts and on the utilization of information from a project of development and implantation of a corporative model for strategic knowledge management. The main conclusion of this paper is the refinement and application of a framework which defines the relations between the process of organizational learning and the formation and development of competencies which are established on the organizational level. In the context created by the strategic management of operations, learning establishes the process by which resources are mobilized. This mobilization, however, is intervened by organizational competencies.

Grande dificuldade existente nas organizações é a seleção adequada das suas fontes de informação, tanto para os aspectos do negócio, quanto para o seu dia-a-dia. Neste trabalho, a ênfase foi dada às fontes de informação coletadas externamente, que podem ser úteis para a montagem de um acervo em uma organização da área siderúrgica. Analisou-se a importância da Internet e dos bancos de dados nacionais e internacionais, assim como os aspectos da aquisição de fontes de informação para o setor siderúrgico. Baseado na experiência da Superintendência de Informações Técnicas do Sistema Usiminas, procurou-se mostrar aspectos da seleção e da organização de um acervo com fontes de informações confiáveis, custos compatíveis e diversificação adequada. O trabalho apresenta, anexas, tabelas indicando as principais fontes de informação para a siderurgia.Nowadays, a great difficulty in organizations is the selection of information sources, both for business aspects and daily actions. This paper emphasizes external information sources, which may be useful in creating a library for a company in the iron and steel industry. The importance of the Internet, national and international data bases as well as aspects of acquisition of information sources for the iron and steel industry have been analyzed. Based upon the experience of the Information Department of Sistema Usiminas, it shows aspects of the selection and organization of a library with reliable information sources, compatible costs and adequate diversification. The paper presents tables indicating the main information sources for the iron and steel industry.

Este artigo descreve um modelo de avaliação da gestão do conhecimento (GC) no processo de desenvolvimento de produtos (PDP), focalizado no mapeamento da ocorrência de quatro tipos de conversões do conhecimento nas quatro dimensões do PDP. Melhor desempenho desse processo é obtido por meio de um trabalho integrado com suas quatro dimensões: estratégia; organização; fluxo de informações e atividades; recursos. Em estudo bibliográfico extenso, apoiado pelo estado-da-arte da literatura de GC e PDP, foram encontradas diversas referências que mostram direta (melhores práticas) ou indiretamente (hipóteses) os relacionamentos entre os detalhamentos das dimensões do PDP com as conversões do conhecimento. Apoiado por este estudo, um modelo relacionando a GC com o PDP foi construído, focado na análise e investigação das diversas relações entre conversões e dimensões. O artigo apresenta em detalhes a construção teórica do modelo de avaliação da GC no PDP.This paper describes a model of knowledge management (KM) assessment in the product development process (PDP), mainly focused on mapping the occurrence of the four types of knowledge conversion in the four dimensions of PDP. A better performance in the (PDP) is gotten through an integrated work in all of its four dimensions: strategy; organization; information flow and activities; and resources. In an extensive bibliographical study (supported by "state of the art" of KM and PD literature) several references have been found that show direct (best practices) or indirectly (hypotheses) the correlation of one or more deployments of the PDP dimensions with the knowledge conversions. Supported by this study a first model was set up for KM in PDP, structured in the analysis and investigation of the several relationships among conversions and dimensions during this process. This paper will present the detailed theoretical construction of such evaluation method.

Este artigo visa a apresentar e articular conceitos importantes para a compreensão, sob a ótica da ciência da informação, das especificidades e potencialidades do documento eletrônico no ambiente hipertextual da web. Para isso, são resgatados termos como "documento", "cadeia documental" e "unidade de informação", que são aproximados a conceitos característicos do ambiente digital como "hipertextualidade" e "arquitetura da informação". Este trabalho é parte dos estudos realizados na dissertação "Estratégias de produção e organização de informações na web: uma análise de sites turísticos", apresentada em abril de 2005 ao Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciência da Informação da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), que teve como objetivo final (não contemplado neste artigo) a proposição de uma metodologia de análise de sites que privilegie a identificação e compreensão de seus processos de produção e organização de informações.This paper presents the concepts that are important for the understanding, under the light of Information Science, of the specificities and potentiality of the electronic document in the hypertextual environment of the WWW. To achieve this, terms such as document, documentation chain and information unit are brought together to concepts that characterize the digital environment such as hypertextuality and information architecture. The ideas presented here are part of the studies developed for the dissertation "Strategies for the creation and organization of information in the WWW: an analysis of touristic sites", presented in April of 2005 at the Graduate Program in Information Science of the School of Information Science of the Federal University of Minas Gerais, main objective was to present a methodology for analysis of sites (not included in this paper) that takes into account the identification and understanding of the processes of creation and organization of information.

This paper describes a project led by the Instituto Brasileiro de Informações em Ciência e Tecnologia (Ibict), a government institution, to build a national digital library for electronic theses and dissertations - Bibliteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações (BDTD). The project has been a collaborative effort among Ibict, universities and other research centers in Brazil. The developers adopted a system architecture based on the Open Archives Initiative (OAI) in which universities and research centers act as data providers and Ibict as a service provider. A Brazilian metadata standard for electronic theses and dissertations was developed for the digital library. A toolkit including open source package was also developed by Ibict to be distributed to potential data providers. BDTD has been integrated with the international initiative: the Networked Digital Library of Thesis and Dissertation (NDLTD). Discussions in the paper address various issues related to project design, development and management as well as the role played by Ibict. Conclusions highlight some important lessons learned to date and challenges for the future in expanding the BDTD project.Este artigo descreve o projeto liderado pelo Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia (Ibict), instituição governamental, para construção de uma biblioteca digital nacional de teses e dissertações eletrônicas Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações (BDTD). O projeto é um esforço colaborativo entre o Ibict, universidades e outros centros de pesquisa no Brasil. No planejamento do sistema foi adotada arquitetura de sistema baseada na Open Archives Iniciative (OAI), na qual universidades e centros de pesquisas atuam como provedores de dados e, o Ibict, como provedor de serviço. O Ibict desenvolveu para a biblioteca digital um padrão brasileiro de metadados para teses e dissertações eletrônicas e um conjunto de ferramentas, incluindo pacote de arquivos abertos, a ser distribuído entre potenciais provedores de dados. A BDTD está integrada à iniciativa internacional Networked Digital Library of Thesis and Dissertation (NDLTD). As discussões deste artigo estão direcionadas à concepção do projeto, ao seu desenvolvimento e gestão, bem como ao papel desempenhado pelo Ibict. As conclusões destacam algumas importantes lições atuais e mudanças futuras, visando a expansão do projeto da BDTD.

Do muito que já foi publicado sobre o duplo papel de Paul Otlet, parece haver um entendimento majoritário quanto à prevalência do papel de realizador sobre o de visionário. Na medida em que o foco da análise costuma ser direcionado sobre sua capacidade de prever a importância e o impacto da Internet como um sucedâneo da biblioteca universal, a polêmica naturalmente acaba por desbordar os limites (em si mesmos, já tradicionalmente difusos) da ciência da informação. Com esse ponto de vista, o presente ensaio parte de Isabelle Rieusset-Lemarié e tenta buscar, em autores como Michel Foucault, Norberto Bobbio, Hannah Arendt e Pierre Bourdieu, entre outros, novas luzes que, adicionadas àquelas emanadas por artigos já clássicos em nossa área, possam contribuir para gerar novas e repensar tradicionais interpretações sobre os papéis desempenhados pelo grande cientista social belga.The major understanding extracted from published works in the domain of Information Science seems to converge in the sense that the entrepreneur role played by Paul Otlet prevails over the visionary one. Mainly focused on his ability to foresee the Internet as a succedaneum of the Universal Library, the discussion uses to cross the frequently fuzzy boundaries of Information Science. This essay started from an Isabelle Rieusset-Lemarié paper and tries to capture new lights in the Michel Foucault, Norberto Bobbio, Hannah Arendt and Pierre Bourdieu's works that may aggregate some contributions to other classical papers in our field. Its presupposition, according to the author's view of point, points out to the possibility of new readings about the double role played by the great Belgian social scientist.

Com o objetivo de fomentar discussões a respeito da questão do acesso aberto à informação científica, o trabalho discorre sobre uma "filosofia aberta", a qual se refere ao movimento em direção ao uso de ferramentas, estratégias, metodologias e políticas que denotem um novo modelo de representar o processo de comunicação científica - especialmente no que concerne à publicação -, ao mesmo tempo em que serve de base para interpretá-lo. Esse novo modelo tem como fundamento a preocupação crescente com a disponibilidade, ao maior número possível de interessados, do conhecimento gerado como resultado tanto de pesquisas científicas (conhecimento científico) como da ação do homem na sociedade (herança cultural). O texto centra o foco nas questões relacionadas somente com o acesso aberto ao conhecimento científico. Nesse sentido, discorre sobre três questões: as principais iniciativas internacionais sobre acesso aberto; os novos modelos de negócios para o periódico científico, em resposta a essas iniciativas; e o papel que agências de fomento têm nesse contexto, com vistas a validar esses novos modelos. Introduz na discussão a questão das diferenças disciplinares, determinadas pelos padrões de comunicação das comunidades científicas, no que concerne à geração, disseminação e uso da informação. Conclui com uma análise breve dos impactos que o movimento em favor do acesso aberto provoca sobre os principais atores da comunicação científica, nomeadamente, universidades e seus pesquisadores, editores científicos e agências de fomento.In order to stimulate the discussion about open access to scientific information, this paper examines an open philosophy, which is related to the use of tools, strategies, methodologies and policies that points out a new way of depicting the scholarly communication process - particularly in terms of publishing - while providing a basis for its interpretation, as well. This new model is based on a growing concern about the availability of knowledge to a greater number of people interested in it. Such knowledge is created as a result of both scientific research (scientific knowledge) and the action of human beings on the society (cultural heritage). The text focuses solely on questions related to open access to scientific knowledge. In this regard, it deals with three issues: the major international initiatives on open access; new business models for scholarly and scientific journals as a response to these initiatives; the role performed by funding agencies in this context, aiming at the validation of these new models. It also introduces into the discussion the issue of disciplinary differences determined by communication patterns within scholarly communities concerning information production, dissemination and use. In conclusion, the paper presents a brief analysis of the impact that the open access movement produces upon the main scholarly communication actors, namely, universities and their researchers, scientific publishers and funding agencies.

Apresenta resultados de estudo realizado com 17 empresas de representação comercial do segmento de suprimentos industriais de produtos técnicos de borracha. Foram aplicados questionários e os resultados delinearam o modus operandi das empresas quanto à gestão da informação considerando infra-estrutura tecnológica e utilização de tecnologias de informação e comunicação. Aborda questões como gestão da informação para a tomada de decisão, redes de informação em pequenas e médias empresas, gestão do conhecimento e educação corporativa. Finaliza com ferramentas tecnológicas que apóiam o ensino-aprendizagem e sugere a inclusão empresarial como alternativa de capacitação para o desenvolvimento e promoção da cidadania na nova sociedade da informação e do conhecimento.This paper presents results of a study carried out with 17 representative enterprises of industrial supplies (specifically tire rubber). The research data were collected via questionnaires. Results showed that the modus operandi within the enterprises environment is related to information management. The technological infrastructure in terms of information and communication technologies (ICT) has been taken into account in the study. The paper approaches a number of topics, namely, information management for decision making, information network on the basis of a common pool of small and medium enterprises support, knowledge management and corporative education. Finally, technological tools to enhance teaching and learning processes are discussed. The main suggestion of the study is that the enterprises inclusion as an option to institutional capacity-building is needed, in order to foster constructive change in this new knowledge and information society.

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