Continuing education as a contribution to the development of information practices of librarians at the Federal Institute of Paraíba
Continuing education. Information practices. Discourse of the Collective Subject. Two-Dimensional Model of Information Practices - Extended Version. Librarians - IFPB
Analyzes how continuing education contributes to the development of informational practices of librarians at the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Paraíba. Specifically, it aims to: a) Map the academic continuing education actions carried out by librarians at the Federal Institute of Paraíba; b) Identify the discourse of IFPB librarians as a collective subject in relation to their informational practices; c) Propose a knowledge network of librarians from the Federal Institute of Paraíba with the purpose of sharing good practices carried out in each library. The theoretical framework is formed by the historical and conceptual contextualization of the themes: continuing education and informational practice in the professional context, as well as presenting a general overview of the Professional, Scientific and Technological Education Network of which the Federal Institute of Paraíba is a member. Descriptive in nature, the research opted for the monographic method and made use of questionnaire and structured interview techniques. The construction of the data collection instrument, interview, was based on the Bidimensional Model of Information Practices - Extended Version by Yeoman (2010). The analysis of the data collected from the interview will take place using the Collective Subject Discourse technique. The universe is made up of twenty-nine librarians from the Federal Institute of Paraíba, however the sample will be made up of librarians who are working in libraries, that is, twenty-three librarians. It presents an analysis of the results obtained from a methodological triangulation, that is, between the results obtained when applying the questionnaire, the statements collected during the interviews and the theoretical framework. Identifies the connections between the informational practices of IFPB librarians, with the steps suggested in the applied Model. As an intervention project, it proposes the creation of a knowledge network and sharing of good practices between the Institute's libraries. It is concluded that continuing education is essential for professionals to remain up to date, that the informational demands of the librarian's daily work require a multidisciplinary approach, forcing them to develop informational practices compatible with the information needs of their audience.