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Se estudia el comportamiento informativo de alumnos y docentes de la Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza (FESZ), de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), durante la pandemia ocasionada por el SARS-CoV-2, en la Biblioteca Digital UNAM ante el cierre total de las bibliotecas, lo que limitó la consulta presencial de libros y revistas impresas. Se llevó a cabo una investigación cuantitativa con la técnica de análisis de datos estadísticos a partir de las bitácoras de acceso a la Biblioteca Digital (BIDI UNAM) que en suma contempló 15,597 accesos, en comparación a dos periodos, antes y durante la pandemia, obteniendo como resultado un incremento en los accesos, sumado al impulso de estrategias de alfabetización informacional para el uso y aprovechamiento de los recursos de información, mismos que pueden ser integrados en los procesos de enseñanza y aprendizaje, fortaleciendo el modelo educativo de la FESZ.
The informational behavior of students and professors of the Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza (FESZ) of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) during the pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2, is studied in the Biblioteca Digital UNAM (BIDI UNAM) before the total closure of libraries, which limited the consultation of printed books and journals. A quantitative research was carried out with the statistical data analysis technique from the access logs to the BIDI UNAM, wich in total included 15,597 accesses, compared to two periods, before and during the pandemic, obtaining as a result an increase in accesses, in addition to the promotion of information literacy strategies for the use and exploitation of information resources, which can be integrated into the teaching and learning processes, strengthening the educational model of the FESZ.
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Analisa as formas de busca e uso de informações de mestres de RPG. A partir do conceito de comportamento informacional, discute o quanto o conceito de imaginário se consagra fundamental na composição das dinâmicas do jogo. Problematiza essas dinâmicas considerando os conceitos de necessidade busca e compartilhamento de informações. A metodologia de cunho qualitativo se estruturou a partir da Técnica de Análise de Conteúdo (BARDIN, 2016) de acordo com o critério semântico dos textos explicitados. As análises permitem afirmar que o processo de criação ocorre fundamentado na ausência de padrões, tendo por referência a conjunção de diferentes aspectos em relação ao do uso de fontes formais e informais associadas à internet. A busca de informações está relacionada a aspectos instrumentais e lógicos do jogo e as motivações elencadas têm como referência a socialização e a colaboração entre os participantes do jogo.
It analyzes the ways of searching and using information from RPG masters. From the concept of informational behavior, it discusses how fundamental the concept of the imaginary is enshrined in the composition of the dynamics of the game. It problematizes these dynamics considering the concepts of need to search and share information. The qualitative methodology was structured based on the Content Analysis Technique (BARDIN, 2016) according to the semantic criteria of the explicit texts. The analyzes allow to affirm that the creation process occurs based on the absence of standards, having as reference the conjunction of different aspects in relation to the use of formal and informal sources associated with the internet. The search for information is related to instrumental and logical aspects of the game and the motivations listed are based on socialization and collaboration between game participants.
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Resumen Los estudios de usuarios de información publicados en bibliotecas universitarias han sido escasos en el ámbito colombiano. Este artículo es resultado de un estudio exploratorio de usuarios de información realizado en la Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Sede Bogotá) busca generar un acercamiento a los comportamientos y necesidades informacionales de ocho perfiles de usuarios internos y externos de esta comunidad académica, arrojando análisis y reflexiones para establecer una línea base de los comportamientos informacionales en la comunidad universitaria. La estrategia metodológica se basó en un enfoque cualitativo mediante observaciones, entrevistas, grupos focales y user journey maps (mapas de experiencia de usuarios), así como estrategias de análisis desde la teoría fundamentada y la triangulación cualitativa para el estudio del comportamiento informacional. En este estudio se utilizó el muestreo no probabilístico con la participación de 120 personas. Los resultados de este estudio de usuarios de información permiten la transformación e innovación de servicios y programas en las Bibliotecas PUJ, a través de la investigación de usuarios, generando hallazgos clave (insights) para la toma de decisiones estratégicas y funcionales basadas en evidencia bibliotecológica. Específicamente se muestra el perfil de los estudiantes de pregrado identificando discursos, representaciones y prácticas. Esta propuesta base permitió la comprensión de los perfiles de usuarios y el fortalecimiento de habilidades para el diseño de servicios por parte de los colaboradores. Finalmente, se sugiere continuar la realización de estudios del comportamiento informacional autónomos y sistemáticos en la institución.
Abstract Library user studies published in university libraries have been scarce in Colombia. This article is the result of an exploratory research of information users carried out at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Bogotá) seeks to generate an approach to the behaviors and informational needs of eight profiles of internal and external users of this community, yielding analysis and reflections for establish a baseline of informational behaviors in the university community. The methodological strategy was based on a qualitative approach through observations, interviews, focus groups and user journey maps, as well as analysis strategies from grounded theory and qualitative triangulation for the study of informational behavior. In this study, non-probability sampling was used with the participation of 120 people. The results of this information users study allow the transformation and innovation of services and programs in PUJ Libraries, through user research, generating key findings (insights) for making strategic and functional decisions based on library-evidence. Specifically, the profile of undergraduate students is shown, identifying speeches, representations and practices. This basic proposal allowed the understanding of user profiles and the strengthening of skills for the design of services by the collaborators. Finally, it is suggested to continue conducting autonomous and systematic informational behavior studies at the institution.
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Librarians , Information Management , Information Literacy , ColombiaABSTRACT
El objetivo de esta investigación fue identificar las necesidades de información sobre medicamentos y salud pública en los médicos de un hospital mexicano. Se realizó un estudio descriptivo y transversal mediante una encuesta validada por expertos y por estudio piloto a 112 médicos en el año 2016. Los participantes fueron seleccionados por muestreo aleatorio simple de un hospital público de segundo nivel en Nayarit, México. Las variables estudiadas fueron: necesidades de información, comportamiento informativo y el nivel de satisfacción. El 66,4 por ciento de los médicos necesitaban información relacionada con el tratamiento farmacológico de sus pacientes y el 63,3 por ciento de los médicos tuvo necesidades sobre datos poblacionales. Las revistas médicas fueron la vía preferida para obtener información (70,4 por ciento) y al mismo tiempo obtuvieron la puntuación más alta de satisfacción. El 89,5 por ciento no consultaba bases de datos o repositorios, y el motivo más común para no hacerlo fue por carecer de computadora e Internet en el lugar de trabajo (62,4 por ciento). El 76,8 por ciento consideró que sus necesidades de información estaban insatisfechas con los recursos y servicios proporcionados por el hospital. El estado actual de la gestión de la información de los médicos entrevistados pone en riesgo su actualización profesional, disminuye la posibilidad de prescribir tratamientos racionales y de tomar decisiones eficientes(AU)
The purpose of the study was to identify the information needs about drugs and public health among doctors from a Mexican hospital. A descriptive cross-sectional analysis was conducted in the year 2016 which was based on an expert validated survey and a pilot study of 112 doctors. Participants were selected by simple random sampling at a secondary hospital in Nayarit, Mexico. The variables analyzed were information needs, information behavior and satisfaction level. Of the doctors surveyed, 66.4 percent needed information related to the drug treatment of their patients, whereas 63.3 percent needed population data. Medical journals were the favorite source of information (70.4 percent) and obtained the highest satisfaction score. 89.5 percent of respondents did not consult any database or repository, and the most common reason was they did not have a computer with Internet access at the workplace (62.4 percent). 76.8 percent considered that their information needs were not satisfied by the resources and services available at the hospital. The current information management status of the doctors interviewed poses a risk to their professional updating, reducing the possibility of prescribing rational treatments and taking efficient decisions(AU)
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Humans , Male , Female , Pharmaceutical Preparations , Evidence-Based Medicine/methods , Information Management/methods , Access to Information , Periodicals as Topic , Epidemiology, Descriptive , Cross-Sectional StudiesABSTRACT
En la Universidad Central de Las Villas Marta Abreu es prioridad la alfabetización informacional de estudiantes y profesores para el éxito de los procesos de la docencia y la investigación. La Dirección de Información Científico-Técnica ha implementado varias acciones encaminadas a alfabetizar informacionalmente al claustro universitario. Esta investigación tuvo como objetivo proponer una estrategia que potencie el comportamiento informacional de los profesores universitarios en Villa Clara, y validar la estrategia propuesta en el contexto universitario en la institución. Se aplicó un enfoque mixto, empleando métodos teóricos y empíricos. Para la concepción de la estrategia prevaleció el método etnográfico, con las técnicas de observación participante, la entrevista, el grupo focal y el cuestionario como complementos. Para el diagnóstico previo a la propuesta de estrategia se aplicó un muestreo cualitativo de participantes voluntarios. Para su validación se escogió una muestra probabilística estratificada. Se desarrollaron dos instrumentos de recogida de información para los diagnósticos. Como resultados se obtuvo una estrategia para potenciar el comportamiento informacional de los profesores universitarios en Villa Clara y la validación de la estrategia propuesta mediante la variable eficacia de estrategias, con sus dimensiones flexibilidad, diseño, liderazgo y recursos. Como complemento de la estrategia se creó un curso virtual de alfabetización informacional para profesores universitarios en Villa Clara, disponible en el entorno virtual de aprendizaje Moodle, de la UCLV. En los diagnósticos realizados se demostró que poseen determinados comportamientos informacionales que no están en consecuencia con las tendencias internacionales en cuanto al acceso y uso de la información en el contexto universitario. Se aplicó y comprobó la eficacia de la estrategia para potenciar el comportamiento informacional en profesores universitarios villaclareños(AU)
The information literacy of students and professors at the Central Universidad Marta Abreu of Las Villas, is a priority for the success of the teaching and research processes. The Direction of Scientific-Technical Information implemented several actions for the information literacy among the university faculty. The objective of this research was to propose a strategy that enhances the informational behavior of university professors in Villa Clara, and to validate the proposed strategy in the institucional context. A mixed approach was applied, using theoretical and empirical methods. For the conception of the strategy, the ethnographic method prevailed, with participant observation techniques, the interview, the focus group and the questionnaire as complements. For the diagnosis prior to the strategy proposal, a qualitative sampling of voluntary participants was applied. For its validation, a stratified probabilistic sample was chosen. Two instruments for collecting information were developed for diagnoses. As results, a strategy was obtained to enhance the informational behavior of university professors in Villa Clara and the validation of the proposed strategy through the variable effectiveness of strategies, with its dimensions flexibility, design, leadership and resources. As a complement to the strategy, a virtual information literacy course was created for university professors in Villa Clara, available in the Moodle virtual learning environment of the UCLV. The diagnoses that was carried out showed that they possess certain informational behaviors that are not in accordance with international trends in terms of access and use of information in the university context. The effectiveness of the strategy to enhance informational behavior in Villa Clara university professors was applied and verified(AU)
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Humans , Faculty , Information Literacy , Learning , CubaABSTRACT
O presente trabalho tem como objetivo identificar o impacto da informação no contexto da construção de conhecimento em trabalhadores de startups. Nesse sentido, ao observarmos o atual cenário das organizações, analisamos que a informação é capaz de modificar o comportamento dos sujeitos de diferentes maneiras. Dessa forma, ao mesmo tempo em que devemos considerar a informação como um recurso para as organizações, também é necessário compreender o seu impacto na saúde geral dos trabalhadores, que vai desde a sensação de incapacidade em absorver múltiplas informações na produção de conhecimento, entre outros problemas (doenças somáticas, síndrome de esgotamento etc.), o que interfere na saúde mental, tanto quanto à saúde física. O uso da informação provoca inúmeros desencadeamentos nas organizações, todavia, destacamos um comportamento desenvolvido pelos trabalhadores que necessita ser analisado: a ansiedade informacional. Diante desse cenário, a presente pesquisa buscou compreender o comportamento informacional dos trabalhadores do conhecimento nas startups. Para tanto, foi escolhido o método 'estudo de caso', aplicando-se a triangulação, ou seja, aplicando diferentes técnicas de coleta e análise de dados, tornando a pesquisa mais consistente, validando assim os dados e análises realizadas. A população da pesquisa consiste em 18 sujeitos de 4 diferentes empresas de tecnologia da informação que foram enquadradas como startups. Com as informações colhidas, foi possível construir parâmetros baseados em estratégias de Gestão de Pessoas de Ribeiro et al (2019) capazes de minimizar o impacto da ansiedade em informação nos trabalhadores dessas startups(AU)
Este documento tiene como objetivo identificar el impacto de la información en el contexto de la creación de conocimiento en los trabajadores de nuevas empresas. En este sentido, al observar el escenario actual de las organizaciones, analizamos que la información puede modificar el comportamiento de los sujetos de diferentes maneras. Por lo tanto, si bien debemos considerar la información como un recurso para las organizaciones, también es necesario comprender su impacto en la salud general de los trabajadores desde la sensación de incapacidad para absorber información múltiple en la producción de conocimiento; entre otros problemas, enfermedades somáticas, síndrome de agotamiento, etcétera, que interfieren con la salud mental y la salud física. El uso de la información causa numerosos factores desencadenantes en las organizaciones; sin embargo, destacamos un comportamiento desarrollado por los trabajadores que debe analizarse: la ansiedad informativa. Dado este escenario, la presente investigación buscó comprender el comportamiento informativo de los trabajadores del conocimiento en las nuevas empresas. Para esto, se eligió el método "estudio de caso", aplicando la triangulación, es decir, diferentes técnicas de recolección y análisis de datos, haciendo que la investigación sea más consistente, para validar los datos y el análisis realizado. La población de la investigación consistió en 18 sujetos de 4 compañías diferentes de tecnología de la información que fueron clasificadas como startups. Con la información recopilada, fue posible construir parámetros basados en las estrategias de gestión de personas de Ribeiro y otros (2019), capaces de minimizar el impacto de la ansiedad por la información en los trabajadores de estas nuevas empresas(AU)
The purpose of the study was to identify the impact of information in the context of knowledge creation among workers from startup enterprises. Based on observation of the current scenario of organizations, we analyzed the fact that information may modify the behavior of subjects in different ways. Thus, while we should consider information as a resource for organizations, we should also understand its impact on workers' general health in terms of a feeling of inability to grasp multiple information in the process of knowledge production. Among other problems, somatic diseases and the burnout syndrome interfere with mental and physical health. Given this scenario, the study aimed to understand the information behavior of knowledge workers in the new enterprises. To achieve this goal, the case study method was applied, which included the use of triangulation, i.e. different data collection and analysis techniques contributing greater consistency to the study when validating the data and the analysis performed. The study population was 18 subjects from 4 different information technology companies classified as startups. With the information collected, parameters could be constructed on the basis of the people management strategies developed by Ribeiro et al (2019), capable as they are of minimizing the impact of information anxiety among workers from these new enterprises(AU)
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Humans , Male , Female , Personnel Management/standards , Mental Health , Physical Fitness/psychology , Knowledge , Burnout, PsychologicalABSTRACT
Resumen El artículo tiene como objetivo identificar las posturas teóricas que influyen en los estudios de comportamiento informacional para el contexto universitario cubano. El análisis de contenido fue utilizado para estudiar las teorías que influyen en el estudio comportamiento informacional. Se determina que: 1) los estudios de CHI implican adoptar una visión interdisciplinar para precisar la complejidad de su cuerpo epistemológico, teórico y práctico, 2) Las teorías que con mayor precisión se ajustan a los estudios de CHI en el contexto universitario cubano son: Perspectiva Cognitiva, Principio de Zipf o del Menor Esfuerzo, Teoría General de Sistemas, Usos y Gratificaciones, Sense-Making. Se concluye que la disciplina Comportamiento Informacional se legitima cada vez más dentro de las Ciencias de la Información con un enfoque interdisciplinar.
Abstract The aim of the article is to identify the theoretical positions that influence information behavior studies for the Cuban university context. Content analysis was used to study the theories that influence the study. It was determined that: 1) the CHI studies imply an interdisciplinary vision for the complexity of its epistemological, theoretical and practical body, 2) The theories that more precisely fit the CHI studies in the Cuban university context are: Cognitive Perspective, Zipf Principle or Least Effort, General Theory of Systems, Uses and Gratifications, Sense-Making. It is concluded that the Information Behavior discipline is increasingly legitimized within the Information Sciences with an interdisciplinary approach.
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Technology , Knowledge , Information Management , Access to Information , Information Seeking Behavior , Information Literacy , LearningABSTRACT
Objective To analyze the related research papers and highly cited papers of healthcare professionals' information behavior,explore the research status and trend of this field.Methods Publications on the information behavior of healthcare professionals were searched from Web of Science.Bibliometric analysis was carried out from the aspects of number of publications,periodical dis tribution,productive author,subordinate organizations,distribution of countries or regions and research hotspot.Results Altogether 364 publications were collected on the information behavior of medical personnel;36.13％ (112 articles) were published in 12 journals.The themes focused on health care science services,information science and library science,medical informatics,computer science,etc.There are 18 research organizations with more than 4 articles;The United States was the strongest country in this field which has 112 articles;Publications was cited totally 4698 times,and there are 7 articles which were cited more than 110 times,the highest cited article was cited 23 times over the past 5 years.Conclusions The number of articles in the field of information behavior has been increasing,and the core journals and core research institutions have been basically formed.In the past five years,the highly cited articles reflect the research hotspots and trends.Related Researches needs to be improved in China.
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Social media are an important channel to spread health information and an important influencing factor for health information behaviors. The personal information on social media can predict the public health events, as-sess the personal health condition and help to improve the health behaviors of the public. The active role of foreign and domestic social media in predicting epidemic and infectious disease, monitoring smog, supporting user emotion and health, early warning drug adverse effects, and establishing healthy lifestyle were described. The health infor-mation analysis using the data on social media and the effect of social media on health information behaviors were summarized in order to provide the theory for the successive research.
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Objective To investigate the network information behavior characteristics of medical staff for improving the information service of hospital libraries.Methods The network information behaviors of medical staff were analyzed in aspects of the flow rate on Website, the number of off-station linkages, the times of page visiting, the time preference of users information behaviors, browsers, and access devices according to the Web log processed by Piwik analysis software.Results The information behaviors of medical staff were frequent.Their major objective was to use the electronic resources.The information behaviors of medical staff were focused on their working time.Conclusion Hospital libraries should strengthen the construction of their Website contents, optimize their Website design, update their information and improve their information service according to the time preference of their users information behaviors.
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Objective To reveal the subjects and hotspots in domestic studies on information behaviors by analyzing the domestic papers on information behaviors. Methods The key words in domestic papers on information behaviors were analyzed by factor analysis and co-word clustering analysis with the structure of subjects in domestic studies on information behaviors elaborated. Results The domestic studies on information behaviors were focused on the fol-lowing 12 aspects, such as information literacy, network information behaviors, information behavior model, infor-mation dissemination, and information service in libraries. Conclusion The hotspots in domestic studies on informa-tion behaviors are characterized by the various objects, scattered subjects, and balanced degrees.
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Papers on information searching behavior models of foreign academic users in the past 10 years were analyzed in aspects of general academic users, establishment of specific subject user model, and modification of present models. The stress was laid on uncertain model, information encountering model, medical scholar information searching behavior model, social scientific scholar information searching behavior mode, historian information searching behavior model, and musician information searching behavior model, and the general characteristics and developmental trend of foreign information searching behavior models were summarized.
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Los avances tecnológicos actuales conllevan nuevas formas de comunicación, interactividad y comportamiento, lo cual ha ayudado en el proceso de aprendizaje y en el intercambio de informaciones en la sociedad contemporánea. El uso de esta tecnología, a partir de sus recursos multimedia y la popularización de los smartphones, puede ser una gran aliada en el proceso de aprendizaje y de toma de decisiones profesionales. El objetivo de este artículo es evaluar la importancia y el uso de la aplicación WhatsApp en el área educativa, con estudiantes de posgrado en Odontología de la Asociación Paulista de Cirujanos Dentistas, de la ciudad de San Pablo, Brasil. El método usado en esta investigación fue una encuesta. Los datos fueron colectados a través de un cuestionario electrónico o e-research. El instrumento fue enviado vía WhatsApp y fue desarrollado para 42 profesionales que participaron en el estudio. La aplicación WhatsApp demuestra ser de gran ayuda como herramienta de estudio y en el auxilio de la toma de decisiones.
Current technological advances have led to new forms of communication, interactivity and behavior, facilitating the learning process and the exchange of information in contemporary society. Use of technological advances based on multimedia resources and the popularization of smartphones, may be great allies in the learning process and the taking of professional decisions. The present paper is aimed at evaluating the importance and use of the application WhatsApp for educational purposes with graduate students at the Paulista Association of Dental Surgeons in the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil. The research method used was a survey. Data were collected using an electronic or e-research questionnaire. The instrument was sent via WhatsApp to 42 professionals participating in the study. The application WhatsApp was shown to be very useful as a study tool and as an aid in decision taking.
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Objective To investigate the access to online health information in community residents.Methods The online health information behaviors in residents of 10 communities in Baiyun District, Guangzhou, China, were in-vestigated with questionnaires and analyzed by SPSS 19 .0 .Results Of the community residents included in this in-vestigation, 25%were positive in access to online health information on general gate website and commercial health information service website, 74.34%showed their concern for food safety information, 52.30%focused their con-cern on disease symptom information, and 66.79%were unable to differentiate true information from false informa-tion.Conclusion The community residents have a low positivity and lack of awareness in access to online health in-formation.It is thus pressingly necessary to build the government-dominated online health information platform, and improve the commercial network model and the ability of community residents to differentiate true information from false information.
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Reflexão crítica sobre a interferência do ambiente social na conformação do comportamento em informação dos pacientes portadores de Diabetes Mellitus, do Centro Médico Senador José Ermírio de Moraes (CMSJEM), Pernambuco, Brasil, tendo como horizonte o desenvolvimento da sua autonomia. As análises foram referenciadas na perspectiva sociocognitiva da Ciência da Informação e se fundamentaram em concepções teóricas, relacionando os conceitos de comportamento em informação e competência em informação. As análises acentuaram as observações de Chatman de que as pessoas que vivem fora de um contexto social considerado especializado em informações (outsiders, neste estudo, os portadores de Diabetes Mellitus), de forma geral escamoteiam e ignoram informações sobre o seu mundo real, as quais poderiam ser de ajuda para lidar com o seu cotidiano e problemas diários, porque seguem padrões sociais, compartilhados coletivamente. E aqueles que vivem dentro desse contexto social (os insiders, neste estudo, os profissionais de saúde e os especialistas em informação) veem nisso uma disfunção, porque os mesmos não examinam o efeito das normas culturais e sociais, e como elas afetam os modos sob os quais as pessoas (outsiders) escolhem e respondem à busca e ao uso de informação.
Reflexión crítica sobre las interferencias del ambiente social en la formación del comportamiento informacional en pacientes portadores de Diabetes Mellitus, del Centro Médico Senador José Ermírio de Moraes (CMSJEM), Pernambuco, Brasil, teniendo como objetivo el desarrollo de su autonomía. Los análisis tienen como marco de referencia la perspectiva sociocognitiva de la Ciencia de la Información y se fundamentan en concepciones teóricas, relacionando los conceptos de comportamiento informacional y competencia informacional. Los análisis destacaron las observaciones de Chatman de que las personas que viven fuera de un contexto social que se considera especializado en informaciones (outsiders, en este estudio, los portadores de Diabetes mellitus), de forma general escamotean e ignoran informaciones sobre su mundo real, que podrían ayudarles a lidiar con su cotidianidad y problemas diarios, porque siguen patrones sociales, compartidos colectivamente. Aquellos que viven dentro de ese contexto social (insiders, en este estudio, los profesionales de salud y los profesionales de la información) ven en eso una disfunción porque no examinan el efecto de las normas culturales y sociales, y cómo ellas influyen sobre los modos en que las personas (outsiders) escogen y responden a la búsqueda y uso de la información.
Critical reflection about the interference of the social environment in shaping the information behavior of patients with Diabetes Mellitus (DM), of Senador José Ermírio de Moraes Medical Center (CMSJEM), Pernambuco, Brasil, having as horizon the development of their autonomy. Analyzes were referenced in the socio-cognitive perspective of the Information Science (IS) and were based on theoretical conceptions, relating the concepts of information behavior and information literacy. The analyzes emphasized Chatman's observations that people who live outside a social context (outsiders, in this study, patients with DM) which is considered specialized in information, generally conceal and ignore information about the real world, which could be helpful to cope with their everyday and daily problems, because they follow social standards, collectively shared. And those who live within this social context (the insiders, in this study, health professionals and information specialists) see this as a dysfunction, because they do not examine the effect of cultural and social norms, and how these affect the ways in which people (outsiders) choose and respond to search and use of information.
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Objetivo: identificar el comportamiento informacional de los investigadores de diferentes disciplinas que conforman la comunidad científica. Métodos: se realizó un estudio exploratorio a miembros de una comunidad científica formada a partir de un proyecto colaborativo institucional, donde la mayoría de sus investigadores pertenecen al área de las ciencias puras, naturales y aplicadas. Las variables elegidas fueron: grado de estudio, edad, tipo y etapa de investigación, recursos de información y fuentes informativas. Se aplicó el cuestionario a los miembros de la comunidad y los resultados se analizaron de forma descriptiva. Se utilizaron pruebas estadísticas no paramétricas para comprobar si existía correlación entre las variables seleccionadas para el estudio. Resultados: se pudo definir el comportamiento informacional de los miembros de la comunidad científica, se demostró que la biblioteca es el recurso de información más utilizado, el aumento del uso de las publicaciones periódicas (revistas, anuarios); la necesidad vital del contacto con colegas o pares, y que el texto electrónico ocupa un lugar cada vez más importante de aceptación entre los integrantes de la comunidad investigada. Conclusiones: existen puntos de coincidencia en los patrones de comportamiento informacional de los investigadores que conforman la comunidad científica, respecto a investigaciones similares realizadas en otros países y las experiencias consultadas para este estudio. Se destaca la biblioteca como el recurso de información más utilizado, el uso de las publicaciones periódicas y el contacto con colegas o pares como opción prioritaria para acceder a los resultados publicados de primera mano
Objective: identify the information behavior of researchers from various disciplines integrating the scientific community. Methods: an exploratory study was conducted of members of a scientific community constituted for an institutional collaboration project in which most researchers belong to the areas of pure, life and applied sciences. The variables selected were degree, age, research type and stage, information resources and information sources. A questionnaire was applied to community members and results were analyzed descriptively. Non-parametric statistical tests were used to verify the existence of correlation between the variables selected for the study. Results: a definition was made of the information behavior of members of the scientific community. The library was found to be the most common information resource. An increase was observed in the use of periodic publications (journals and yearbooks). There is a vital need of contacts with colleagues or peers. Electronic texts are increasingly accepted by members of the study community. Conclusions: the information behavior patterns of members of the study scientific community are similar to those found in research conducted in other countries and in experiences consulted for the present study. The library stands out as the most common information resource. Periodic publications and contacts with colleagues or peers are a priority option to access first hand published results