Analysis of scientific production in information technology: A panoramic study of articles published by librarianship professors from the UnB

Abstract

Objective. Research that objective to analyze the scientific production in information technology by professors of biblioteconomy, Faculty of Information Science, University of Brasilia (Brazil), through the Curriculum Lattes Platform of teachers cited. Method. Adopts inductive method, bibliographical research and technical, quantitative research and data collection approach and document analysis from Lattes (Lattes Platform) of the selected teachers. Results. Presents that the areas databases, libraries and digital repositories as that have the greatest production, metadata and library automation system areas as those with lack of jobs published, the most used types of records are the proceedings of congress, course conclusion papers and journal articles, as well the thesis and extended abstracts are little used, besides identifying other areas not listed in the original scope of work such as electronic document management, digital preservation, information security, information architecture, hypertext and applied technologies. Conclusions. The analysis of scientific production helps in decision-making, idealizes an overview of professors' research, and helps understand how certain area behaves and its main composition of subjects.

Keywords

• Produção científica
• Tecnologia da informação
• Biblioteconomia
• Currículo Lattes
• Universidade de Brasília
• Brasil