Biblioteca como objeto de estudo nas dissertações e teses dos PPGCI(2018-2022)

Abstract

This study is focused on the representation of the library on Postgraduate Programs in Information Science (PPIS) in Brazil, regarding the historical and institutional relations between Library Science and Information Science. Therefore, we aimed to investigate the incidence of the term library on thesis and dissertations on PPISs in Brazil from 2018 to 2022. In order to elaborate the sample, it was chosen the PPIS with the highest rate, by region in Brazil. Five PPIS were selected from the following Higher Education Institutions (HEI): UNB, UFPA, UFBA, UNESP e UFSC. 373 dissertations and 233 thesis were analyzed, in a total of 606 publications, with the purpose of identifying the term library in titles, keywords and abstracts. The research resulted in 74 publications, such as 50 dissertations and 24 thesis. For data analysis it was applied Bardin’s method for Content Analysis, obtaining 74 terms in search fields, 58 terms related to the frequency of keywords and twelve theme categories: Library’s typologies (university, school, public, digital, community, specialized and prisons), library in general, library management, mediation of information and reading, information representation and study of users. The results reveal that seven in twelve categories correspond to library's typologies, with the predominance of university library, which had 32 mentions in keywords, suggesting that the authors may work on this kind of library. Besides the low incidence of the term library on PPIS thesis and dissertations, It was observed aspects related to the suppression or absence of terms representing Library Sience/Library in the Work Groups (WG) of ANCIB, on the fields and PPIS research lines, as well on the Capes knowledge area table. This absence presupposes a potential invisibility of this field of knowledge and institution. Through the results, this study reveals the term library needs to appear more on the publications, in order to participate in the Postgraduate Programs in Information Science discussions in Brazil.