O uso da tecnologia da informação e comunicação por parte de doutorandos em ciência da informação: o caso do espaço ibérico e Brasil

Abstract

The scientific and technological progress of the last decades produced meaningful changes inthe way which scientific knowledge is accessed, organized, produced and, above all, disseminated. Intensiveuse and application of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is at the origin of such changes in all sectors of society today, including academia. This work, part of an ongoing doctoral research, focusesfundamentally on the use of new digital tools and methods regarding access, creation and diffusion ofscholarly information. More precisely, it aims to analyze the use of ICT by Information Science doctoralstudents in Portugal, Spain and Brazil. In order to better characterize the object under analysis, themethodology used to achieve the objectives consisted of literature review, followed by the application of aqualitative and quantitative mixed method approach,. The study is characterized as of exploratory-descriptivenature. A case study was realized and considered students from six PhD Programs in the mentionedcountries. Data collection was realized by means of semi-structured interviews as well as an electronic surveywhere 174 answers were obtained. Given the quantitative results and the qualitative analysis, it was possibleto perceive and map the way in which advanced cycle Information Science students incorporate technologyin their practices and how these translate into their scholarly communication process. The study revealedthat ICT pervasively permeates all phases of doctoral education and research, but the group demonstratespreference for traditional forms of scientific communication and validation concerning publication practises.Results also point out that the doctoral students believe that the rapid evolution of ICT could be a potentiallynegative aspect for its adoption and that the PhD programs could further promote the use of these tools.