ABSTRACT
This is a study with the objective of investigating the perceptions of students and teachers of Information Science about the performance of the area in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic. Students and professors from 28Brazilian universities participated. The topics analyzed were channels used to disseminate reliable information about the pandemic, direct risks of contamination in the work environment, didactic activities carried out during quarantine, perception of digital environments and activities related to Information Science essential to face this crisis sanitary. The methodological approach consisted of a quantitative-qualitative approach, with an exploratory research method, use of a questionnaire for data collection, and content analysis with the establishment of categories for data analysis. The results show that teachers and students seek to face the difficulties to continue the teaching-learning process remotely, and that they perceive the university as a place of very high risk of contamination by Covid-19. Finally, in relation to the contributions that the area can provide to society to face this health crisis, there are: the development of information skills for the use of information sources, popularization of scientific information, the stimulus to government transparency, among others.