This research's object of study is the organization of archival information in the Federal Judiciary in the digital era, focusing on the higher courts and the National Council of Justice, the highest institutions of that Power.. From this perspective, the aim was to identify and measure the level of organization of digital archival record in the institutions of the Federal Judiciary. To this end, a systematic literature review was used as the research method, with the aim of clearly explaining the stages of the research, using standardized and verifiable techniques; at this stage, examples of maturity level models in digital record management were researched in the specialized literature and, based on the analysis of this bibliography, a new maturity measurement model was proposed for the management of digital archival records in the institutions of the Federal Judiciary, complemented by the submission of a structured questionnaire to obtain answers in order to fill in the gaps left by the literature review. In order to fulfill the research objective, some of the basic concepts in the field of archivology are revisited in an analytical manner. The main aspects related to digital archival records, archival information, the functions of contemporary archivology, record management policies and the organization of archival information are examined. Aspects related to the management and preservation of digital archival records in the face of the new paradigm of digital preservation are also analyzed. An explanatory overview was given of the institutions of the Federal Judiciary, their main activities and their constitutional functions. Finally, an analysis of the level of maturity in the management of digital archival records of the institutions of the Federal Judiciary was carried out, based on the creation of a model capable of measuring this level of maturity, together with an analysis of the responses sent in by the institutions in response to the questionnaire applied. After this investigative journey, the results presented corroborate the initial impressions of the research into the organization of archival information in the Federal Judiciary in the digital age and show that the institutions of this branch are at a basic level in terms of the organization of digital archival records and that they need to improve in order to meet the principles listed by the functions of contemporary archivology.

On October 4^th, 2018, the Central Library of the University of Brasília (BCE/UnB) published a note informing the proposed damage of books in its human rights’ collection. This biblioclast situation generated several repercussions and culminated in the creation of the BCE/UnB Human Rights Space. Assuming that the strength of the book, in the physicalist tradition of information science, has been imposed in the area through a type of “authority argument” – and valuing the study of the book only as “support of recorded information” or “record” –, it is argued that alternative conceptions in the area, such as neodocumentation, have been constructing an “argument’s authority” about the existence of other dimensions of the book “beyond information”. Therefore, objectively, the powerless strength of the multidimensionality of the book's materiality is demonstrated through an analysis of the networks that culminated in the creation of the BCE/UnB Human Rights Space. To this end, the literature review method was used on the book’s materiality, and the heuristic resource of the Actor-Network Theory (ANT) was used to analyze the network in question, applying semi-structured interviews with actors who were inserted in this context. The results indicate that the book is a strong hybrid non-human actor in our society, and its strength without force is expressed in the multidimensionality of its materiality. Possible dimensions of the book are proposed, and the possible agencies of the network corroborate this strength without force of the book and how human and non-human actors make the social.

This thesis analyses the Brazilian information field through its interface with Folklore, with the aim of understanding the documentary practices forged by folklorists between 1913 and 1965. To this end, it examines folklore research and documentation protocols, with the aim of identifying and analysing documentary practices based on the production of folklore surveys, manuals and collections. The aim is to demonstrate how folklorists, in their quest to have folklore recognised as scientific, created patterns of collections based on networks manifested in scientific societies, institutes and a national campaign. The specific objectives are: I - to map the trends of knowledge classified as Folklore at an international level, with an emphasis on identifying the intellectuals who were part of the field of information between the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century; II - to identify the documentary practices that shaped institutions and networks around the concept of Folklore in Brazil, based on the production of surveys, collection manuals and collections organised by intellectuals in the first decades of the 20th century; III - to analyse the information resources used by some folklorists in the processes of institutionalising Folklore, based on the creation of bodies and instruments responsible for documenting information in Brazil; and IV- to examine the conditions of possibility that contributed to the production of a folklore collection manual, its recording methods and its impact on the construction of bibliographies, museums, archives and libraries. The research, which is qualitative, descriptive and analytical, is based on the theoreticalmethodological framework of sociologist Pierre Bourdieu, based on his model of praxeological knowledge. Based on a multi-sited ethnography of documents and the indicative paradigm, the research concluded that survey instruments and collection manuals were one of the techniques mobilised with the aim of providing scientific objectivity to a cultural reality classified as Folklore. This analysis revealed the diversity of interpretations attributed to the term, and various perspectives on its definition. resulting in a broad and contextualised understanding, both on an international and national scale. As an instrument created with international references, its elaboration and execution were marked by moral and cultural values that maintained the status quo of domination over a group labelled as popular. In their experiences in the field of information, folklorists were not only spokespeople and defenders of the institutionalisation of folklore, but also mobilised certain documentation practices as an artifice of legitimacy for scientific practice.

The modern environments in which organizations develop and evolve are complex and constantly changing. In this context, Choo (1998) proposed a theory about the Organizational Knowledge Cycle, whose development culminates in organizational actions, which, in turn, result from three processes that alternate and mutually influence each other: meaning formation, knowledge creation, and decision-making. Observing these actions in the field of national defense in cyberspace, there is a need for learning for organizations operating in this field. However, actions in cyberspace cause myriad intermediate effects that the organization must be able to monitor, requiring a variety of electronic and computational sensors, but ultimately demanding perceptions, understanding, and projections for the decision of human individuals, i.e., situational awareness in cyber defense. Situational awareness had its seminal study conducted by Endsley (1995) and its adaptation to cybernetics in the 2000s (TADDA and SALERNO, 2010). To make decisions and command the organization in a cyber defense operation, a commander or manager must not only rely on sophisticated computational tools but also have members of their organizational environment trained, aware, and cultured in knowledge to address both cyber attacks and promote offensive actions for national sovereignty defense. Thus, this research sought to identify instruments that articulated the models of Choo (1998) and Endsley (1995) in such a way as to provide the commander or cyber defense manager and their staff with increasing capabilities to monitor and deal with developments in cyberspace, Choo's model (1998), and to gain situational awareness of cyber defense in the face of events that pose risks to national defense, Endsley's model (1995). The type of instrument chosen for the articulation of the research models was cybersecurity and cyber-attack frameworks. Thus, the general objective of the study was to propose a framework, based on Choo's (1998) organizational knowledge cycle, that provides a set of reference elements for determining the primary informational needs for the formation of situational awareness in cyber defense, as defined by Endsley (1995), in the context of Brazilian National Defense at its strategic level. The research followed an applied research character, using hypothetical-deductive methods, bibliographic and documentary research techniques, and natural participant observation. To properly frame the key knowledge of the research, a narrative review method was used. To assess the relevance of the framework developed during the study, a set of records belonging to the Ministry of Defense, specifically the Brazilian Army, containing 477 Lessons Learned (LL) and approximately 500 After-Action Analysis (AAA) items, related to cyber operations that occurred between 2011 and 2016, was used.

 Information and knowledge are valuable resources in today's economy and are crucial for organisations of all kinds. Knowledge work is work that involves information as input and product, that processes information in order to produce new information and knowledge, incorporating it into processes, products and services and informing decisions at various levels. It is an integrated process, involving various elements of the complex network in which organisations consist of. No agent produces knowledge alone, it will always depend on the connections in the network that is the organisation, and the process by which this happens is the subject of Knowledge Management (KM) which, however, still adopts a functionalist perspective, that does not properly consider human and social aspects, which limits its effectiveness. The research presented here emphasises such aspects and investigates what underlies the behaviour of individuals, what is the frame of orientation through which groups attribute meaning to the environment and build their practical actions. The research adopts the premise that the action of workers in knowledge processes is based on a set of informational practices, adopting the social perspective of Information Science (IS) that understands informational phenomena as a result of the reciprocal influence between the group and the individual. The latter, more than an information user, is an informational subject, who acts in society and, in acting, shapes the group's worldview and its way of acting, while being shaped by the same group. Understanding what guides informational practices in knowledge work offers ways to deal with human and social factors in the organisational environment, supporting KM actions. The documentary method, in a reconstructive social research approach, through the analysis of focus groups, was used to study information practices in knowledge work in an organisational environment. From the analysis of five empirical cases in the Brazilian federal public sector, the informational practices of these groups are highlighted and what constitute the reference frame that guides them is identified. In this way, typical elements that can be repeated in other contexts are pointed out. The research concludes that the socio-interactionist approach of information practices offers new lenses for understanding information phenomena of knowledge work in organisations, which enriches KM perspectives. A protocol for application of the method by researchers in other settings was developed as a byproduct of the experience. Future research possibilities based on this work include expanding the scope of application and analysing more cases.

This thesis investigates the influence of modernity discourse on archival science, especially regarding the conceptions of space and time, and how these dimensions are deeply integrated into archival thinking. The study aims to highlight this integration and propose theoretical-epistemological adaptations that resonate with the complexity of contemporaneity. The research's methodological approach is qualitative and exploratory-descriptive, relying on a comprehensive bibliographic survey. It adopts the method of cross-history, articulating archaeological, hermeneutic, and epistemological dimensions, to enable a multifaceted analysis of archival science, highlighting the intersections between archival knowledge and the conceptions of space and time. The thesis's findings demonstrate that the metanarratives underpinning modern archival discourse, such as the sanctity of evidence, provenance, the records lifecycle, the organic nature of records, and hierarchy in records and their descriptions, have intensely absorbed the principles of modern science, received influences from the modern state, as well as from modern conceptions of space and time. Furthermore, the research notes that the demands of contemporaneity, characterized by technological advances and fluid social changes, challenge the established archival foundations, requiring a critical review and update. To this end, the thesis identifies and discusses emerging theoretical frameworks and archival practices adherent to the spatio-temporal conception and contemporary reality. Among these new approaches are emphasized the archival multiverse, the records continuum, a renewed conception of the record, the rediscovery of provenance, archival autonomy, participatory archives, community archives, and a revision of archival description. The research conclusion emphasizes the necessity for archival science that, grounded in a robust and contemporary theoretical framework, can embrace the complex dynamics of both present and future, fostering an archival practice that is critical, reflective, and in sync with the ongoing transformations of society and technology. The thesis aims to represent a significant step forward for the advancement of Brazilian archival science, suggesting paths for the renewal of theoretical and methodological foundations in response to the demands of the contemporary era.

There are challenges faced in the field of auditing that have already been studied and exposed in the literature, with direct consequences on the auditor's daily life. This research work proposes, as main objective, an Information Architecture for Government Internal Audit, in the light of Distributed Records Technology (DLT), which enables an audit environment with data security, integrity and transparency. The specific objectives are: i) to identify components of the proposed information architecture; ii) correlate scientific models with the proposed information architecture; and iii) describe the conceptual integration of Distributed Records Technology to the proposed information architecture. The research proposal appropriates the theoretical framework of Information Science and its interdisciplinarity to integrate the disciplines of Government Auditing and Information Technology to achieve the objectives. The research is exploratory, has practical purposes and a qualitative approach. The exploratory bibliographic survey constitutes the procedure for preparing the literature review. Data collection took place through structured interviews with auditors. The analysis of results is supported by statistical elements sedimented in the literature, such as Cronbach's Alpha, Likert Scale, histograms and non-parametric methods, such as Mann-Whitney and Chi-Square, allowing subsidies for the use of the Flexible Systems Methodology for the construction of conceptual models. The following findings in the field of Information Organization stand out: i) need for the discipline of Information Organization based on information classification; and ii) metadata must be participatory elements in the process of
identification, description and retrieval of audit work papers. Regarding Information Security: i) transparency of information must be exercised, obeying due legal criteria; and ii) there is no Information Management System that guarantees transparency, that allows tracking of information, that offers security to the auditing process and to the auditor and that mitigates data integrity risks. Related to Information System Planning, the Audit Information Management System must: i) ensure inviolability and traceability of information; ii) be rigidly tied to business processes and rules; and iii) operate in compliance with legal aspects. As a result, the Information Architecture Model for Governmental Internal Audit (M2AI-G) is proposed, structured in three layers, seven pillars and an interface. The proposed model equates problems related to data security, integrity and transparency, in addition to satisfying the needs of auditors. It supports the organization of information in areas of Governmental Internal Audit.

This research aims to analyze how the use of the electronic administrative process at the University of Brasilia impacted on the procedures and technical operations of records management, in order to understand whether records management has changed in the digital environment. The methodology adopted in this research is descriptive and qualitative, as the data collection technique is a case study from the reality observed at the University of Brasilia.The comparative analysis of the context prior to the implementation of the electronic administrative process with the context after its implementation had as its main reference the performance of the archivists of the Coordenação de Gestão de Documentos in the development of archival functions creation, classification, evaluation and description. To understand the aspects related to archival governance, an interview was conducted with the Director of Arquivo Central.As a result, it was observed that the context of production of digital archival documents requires the archivist to reflect on the fundamentals of the area and the best way to apply them in the treatment of digital records. Considering the problem of this research, it can be concluded that the records management did not change in the digital environment, it had to adapt to the new environment, in view of the specificities of the digital records.The electronic administrative process fostered new theoretical and methodological reflections on how to perform the procedures and technical operations of records management in the digital environment in the Sistema Eletrônico de Informações(SEI). Considering the general objective of the research, it is concluded that the main impacts of the electronic administrative process on the management of records of UnB were the greater qualification of records management carried out by the university, the greater approximation of all university workers with archival practice when using the SEI and the promotion of discussion on the management of the digital records in a broad sense in the context of UnB.

The work investigates information actions in dialog with the articulation in museum networks and systems, understanding museum policies in Brazil from the perspective of network governance and the implications for the Sistema de Museus do Distrito Federal. The Sistema de Museus do Distrito Federal, initially created in 1990 and re-established in 2012, is a case study with an emphasis on its information actions and on understanding its organization, (dis)articulation and challenges for its continuity. The qualitative research methodology was
based on a bibliographical review as a theoretical contribution on public policies for museums, museum management, museum networks and systems and information policies; documentary analysis carried out by consulting the archives of the Secretaria de Estado de Cultura e Economia Criativa do Distrito Federal and documentation from the Instituto do Patrimônio Histórico e Artístico Nacional, specifically documents from the Fundação Nacional Pró- Memória do Serviço do Patrimônio Histórico e Artístico Nacional. The aim
was to understand the information actions and the reasons that contributed to their discontinuity.

This work addresses the topic of digital preservation, which has gained critical relevance in the era of digital information, necessitating a modernization of traditional practices and concepts in record-keeping. Technological obsolescence poses a particular challenge, jeopardizing the integrity and authenticity of digital objects. The ISO 16363 standard emerges as a significant regulatory mechanism, establishing stringent criteria for the auditing and certification of trustworthy digital repositories. Implementing this standard in digital preservation repository software has the potential to significantly elevate security and compliance standards, thereby positively influencing user trust and encouraging broader system adoption. The primary objective of this dissertation was to analyze and propose digital object management requirements for the study and construction of digital object management software in reliable digital preservation environments. This was evidenced through an analysis of the Tainacan software, in relation to the evaluated items, which demonstrated shortcomings in the selected criteria, emphasizing the necessity for enhancements for its qualification as a reliable digital repository. The normative framework of ISO 16363 provides a robust foundation for effective audits and successful certification processes, serving as a robust tool for quality control and governance. Tainacan's eventual compliance with these guidelines could revolutionize digital preservation and access practices. In addition to extending its applicability, this could benefit a wide range of stakeholders, including academics and institutions, who are focused on efficient preservation and enduring access to digital data and objects.

What are the men´s next human project? Yuval Harari in Homo Deus: a brief history of tomorrow, leads us to wonder about it. Since war and hunger have not disappeared completely, but although, are under a certain control, what would it be society’s next goal? It would be the search of the domain of information? Since Otlet e La Fontaine, whom have glimpsed a center capable of reuniting the whole documentation worldwide, passing through Google, which manifested mission is to organize the global information, information has been in the center of discussions. Internet has been enhanced as an empowered social instrument able to provoke phenomenon also constituted with great power. One of them is the phenomenon of disinformation. This paper aims to analyze the current information consumption throughout digital social networks. The adopted method used is bibliographical, with qualitative exploratory nature, with the application of forms to interview a group of people. What are the consequences of being informed mainly with digital social networks? How do they deal with disinformation? As a result, this paper aims to stimulate future discussions on information in digital, disinformation and digital records, through analysis of the posts.

Presents a study about the practices of researchers in the RedeBRASIL network regarding null, negative or inconclusive data. It aims, in general, to investigate the procedural and tool-based strategies adopted by researchers in the RedeBRASIL network in relation to the knowledge and use of null, negative, or inconclusive data/results in the field of Collective Health. Specifically, it aims to: profile the researchers engaged in investigations in the field of Collective Health based on their competencies; assess the level of knowledge that researchers have about null, negative, or inconclusive data, considering the motivating context for using these types of data in research; identify health information sources and digital platforms that provide null, negative, or inconclusive data used by researchers; and analyze the strategies adopted by researchers in the search, use, and sharing of null, negative, or inconclusive data. The research is grounded in six themes: research data; null, negative, or inconclusive data, including aspects related to the dissemination of such results from the perspective of Information Science authors and theorists David Bloor and the Karin Knorr-Cetina; Collective Health; Health Information; and Information Competence. Methodologically, it is characterized as a study with a philosophical conception of Social Constructivism and qualifies as basic, descriptive, bibliographic and documentary research, which uses a quantitative approach with qualitative layers for data collection and analysis. As a data collection instrument, it uses a questionnaire created in the online software Microsoft Forms, applied to an effective sample of 46 members of the RedeBRASIL network. Data analysis is performed using descriptive, comparative, and inferential statistical typologies. It presents results regarding the practices of RedeBRASIL network researchers in relation to the profile of members, considering their competencies in null, negative, or inconclusive data, their perspectives on the data under study and the information sources they typically seek, use, and manage for these types of data. It also understands the profile of publications of participating researchers in terms of the typology of data produced (confirmatory or not) and the habits of seeking, using, and sharing null, negative, or inconclusive data.

Technological innovations impact the way institutions produce and treat records. Proper management of digital records is a necessary condition to ensure economy, transparency and effective support for administrative procedures in government actions. In this digital records production scenario, the aim is to analyze how record management has been applied and the procedures and strategies that may contribute to its effective application in digital records produced by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, through the Electronic Information System – SEI. The growth of the registration of information in digital records and the right of access to information confer relevance on researches that deal with the digital records management. A qualitative descriptive research method was used, through a case study supported by an interpretative analysis of organizational phenomena, in order to allow a deeper understanding of the organization, in relation to the digital records management. The theoretical basis explored concepts of Archival Science and Information Science to substantiate the questions addressed in this text. The conclusion presents the current panorama of digital records in the Brazilian Federal Public Administration.

Nowadays, we are experiencing phenomena of virtualization and the ephemerality of information, which will bring new configurations to the organization of work and the accumulation of knowledge in institutions. Digital preservation practices in the institutions' collections must be carefully observed, especially concerning the preservation of the memory of present events, which is primarily constructed in a virtual environment, to ensure the recovery of information and the longevity of institutional memory. Digital preservation needs to be constantly questioned due to the quick technological obsolescence and to the challenges related to selection and preservation methods. From this perspective, memory centers emerge as strategic entities for institutions in terms of preserving institutional memory. The main objective of this research is to reflect on the preservation of institutional memory, relating it to the use of information and communication technologies in digital archival documents in institutional memory centers, based on the assumption that technologies help in the process of preserving institutional memory. This research primarily utilizes a qualitative, exploratory approach, with a literature review as the method. This article presents reflections on the preservation of institutional memory in the digital environment, particularly in relation to Memory Centers, mainly through the proper use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). The universe of the research is the Network of Marist Memory Centers, from which the sample of units to be analyzed was drawn.

 It deals with the proposal of a model for organizing the information of the knowledge bases involved in mediating technologies of communications between producers and consumers of information in digital environments. It uses the theory of Boundary Objects as theoretical support for modeling virtual assistants (chatbots) used in informational practices of qualified mediation that use artificial intelligence (AI) and that are of interest to various user communities. It aims to provide methods to expand the field of activity of the information scientist in an increasing synergy with the area of data science, both in informational modeling and in the digital curation of these new technological resources. A case study was used as a methodology in the context of the income transfer program for victims of the Brumadinho tragedy. It presents a framework and a functional prototype as a proof of concept that enables informational dialogues for the elaboration of these solutions in any domain of knowledge, starting from the taxonomic construction of intentions and conversational flows that allow the interaction between human beings to be maintained with a high degree of assertiveness. and the machine, establishing an informational practice characteristic of the new media languages used by society

It presents a multicenter study on the communicative action of the Community Health Agent (ACS) and the Endemic Combat Agent (ACE) in Brazil, based on an investigation into disinformation in the context of collective health. The profile and context research shows three different perspectives: Individual knowledge (ACS and ACE); Knowledge of issues related to the team (CHA and ACE Team); Knowledge of issues related to assisted families (ACS and ACE in action). Through a national survey on the profile of CHAs and ACEs, carried out in partnership with Rede Brasil/UnB, it is suggested to develop information and knowledge management instruments that help improve the skills and practices of CHAs and ACEs in the use of information. Identifies the skills of ACS and ACE in filtering information, fighting the proliferation of false news, which arrive in the networks and social media used. By investigating needs for the use of best community communication practices, the qualitative and quantitative research addresses agents from the 26 federative units and the Federal District, initially through an electronic questionnaire, constituting the first part of the study, and later in a qualitative approach, with interviews to obtain an understanding of the practices of the ACE and CHA in the light of theoretical references of Information Science, and of authors of Education and Communication in Health. Aiming to reach answers with statistical significance for the quantitative research questions, two significant random samples were calculated for the ACE and ACS by Federative Units, stratified by municipalities according to the typology of the IBGE. In order to know the size of the study population, the National Registry of Health Establishments (CNES) was considered, from which a total of 94,769 ACE and 285,681 CHA (01/2021) were counted. The research is based on the assumptions that the strategic performance of the ACS in the area of Collective Health can be evaluated in the light of Information Science, for a multidisciplinary understanding and updating of good practices in community communication, and in the face of misinformation. As a result of the research, it is sought to prove that disinformation is an aggravating component for health crisis situations, such as the pandemic and endemics caused by arboviruses, and that there are possibilities to redesign, in a structured, qualified way and based on technical knowledge. scientific, organizational modes of information communication processes in the work of CHAs and ACEs and in their training.

Assertiveness and effectiveness of a set actions in an information context depends on the subject ability to produce and adapt representations about reality. The process of building these representational models begins with the proper combination of learning methods and the selection of what is presented to this subject, whom perception capacity is limited. With regard to machine learning, it appears that Computer Science historically adhered to the syntax of the relations between Computational Subject and Object of analysis: it produces algorithms for calculating incidence and proximity between the properties of texts, images, sounds and others perceptible forms of manifestation. The following work aims to position Multimodal Information Architecture as the counterpart of Information Science in the semantic study of manifestations to be presented to a Computational Subject in its development of an artificial intelligence neural network.

The present research aims to discover the role of makerspace in the transformation of academic
libraries. In a scenario of rapid evolution and changes that libraries are going through, the makerspace
has shown itself to be a space of enormous potential, since in the scientific literature on the subject it is
constantly correlated with libraries. The research has a general objective: to analyze the impact of the
use of makerspaces for the future of the physical space of academic libraries. Research problem: does
the insertion of the makerspace in the physical spaces of libraries represent a permanent change in the
conception of the university library? To guide the objectives and reach an answer to the research
problem, the method used was the survey. A questionnaire was sent to academic libraries around the
world, based on Time Higher Education ranking, in order to assess their opinion regarding the use of
makerspace in their physical spaces. Data analysis revealed that most makerspaces were from the
United States, the focus of makerspaces is on the areas of science, technology, arts and mathematics,
the most available tools are 3D printers, video and audio, digital laboratory, welding, sewing, electronics,
carpentry, programming and robotics. 67% of the makerspaces exists for more than 3 years, are
supported mainly with resources from the academic library and with free access. The public served is
focused on the university's internal community and 75% of the libraries needed to make some kind of
adaptation in the physical space to include the makerspace; there were no major complaints from users
regarding the loss of physical space. Most respondents understand makerspaces as a permanent trend
for the university library, as well as there is a positive relationship between the makerspace and the
academic performances. The makerspace was also considered to enhance engagement. In the open
question there were reservations about the purpose of the makerspace within the academic library and
its alignment with the university curriculum. It is concluded, therefore, that, given the current scenario,
within the universe researched, the makerspace can be considered as an active transformer of
academic libraries as long as it is aligned with departments and university curriculum, in addition to
financial planning that guarantees their livelihood.

In the last 50 years, technological advances and the formation of large volumes of information have had a transformative impact on organizations. Auditing, an activity that aims to provide confidence in the relationships between an organization's stakeholders, has also undergone changes.
has also undergone changes. The emergence of a new specialty in this field stands out: Information Auditing. In this discipline there is still a lack of a theory on which the operational elements can be based. This lack can lead, for example, to misunderstanding of the phenomena involved and inefficient approaches. The aim of the thesis is to propose guidelines for an Information Audit Theory. The study considered the importance of the auditor knowing the institution and the business under evaluation, so the investigation was carried out based on data from only one type of organization: financial institutions. The subject is discussed from three sources of information: literature related to the subject, perceptions of professionals working in the Audit and content of Audit reports published by Independent Audit firms. In the research trajectory, ideas and trends in auditing are presented. The result is a list of guidelines for an Information Audit Theory, with a suggestion to recognize the relevance of Information Audit to the strategic management of organizations and the need for this activity to be independent of management.

The dissemination of documentation about cultural heritage on the internet is a growing factor in the reality of memory institutions that seek to digitize and publish their collections. The increase in this digital presence of collections reveals a two-sided phenomenon: on the one hand, it improves access conditions to cultural assets for users with internet access; on the other hand, it poses the problem of the diversity of access points to collections, revealing the gap in the difficulty of retrieving information in an aggregated manner on the same topic, in this case, culture. It is this identified gap that the present research aims to address. Concerning the theme of aggregating digital cultural collections, we aim to answer how digital collections published on the internet by institutions linked to the Ministry of Culture of Brazil are made available, in terms of their technological characteristics, organization of knowledge, and representation of information, considering the possibility of implementing an aggregation service for these collections. Through the theoretical framework, which includes a literature review on the organization of knowledge and representation of information in digital collections, a conceptual survey on metadata mapping for aggregating these collections, and a review of the technological characteristics of national aggregation initiatives, we were able to formulate a research strategy to characterize the digital collections of entities linked to the Ministry of Culture and develop a prototype for aggregating these collections. To achieve these results, we employed the methodology of multiple case studies, coupled with the application of categorical analysis and descriptive statistics techniques to process the results obtained. The prototype development method comprised five stages, based on the theoretical framework of this research. Based on the results of the characterization of the digital collections of the cultural entities analyzed, we identified heterogeneity in several aspects of the collections' documentation, which helped to anticipate the difficulty of implementing an aggregation service. As for the aggregation prototype, it was primarily developed using data scraping programs, indicating high complexity and minimal sustainability capacity for an aggregation service. Therefore, we conclude that the research conducted in this thesis fulfilled the initial proposal of characterizing the digital collections of entities linked to the Ministry of Culture and developing a prototype for aggregating these digital collections. It is also understood that the content of this study can serve as scientific input for other research on the topic of aggregating digital collections, as well as in decision-making within the scope of Brazilian cultural heritage institutions. Additionally, it underscores the need for coordination between these institutions to promote more Brazilian initiatives for aggregating cultural collections.

Ontology, from the Information Science (CI) perspective and its interaction with the areas of Health and Computer Science (CC), is the means of organizing information to represent the information in the Electronic Patient Record (PEP), sufficient to its location and retrieval when shared on Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT). The work presents theoretical references on the three areas of knowledge regarding ontology, information organization, PEP and DLT metadata. This is an exploratory, qualitative research that uses the inductive approach method. Technical procedures of bibliographic research with search engines were used to explore and quantify the contributions of the three areas regarding the organization of information, using ontologies. Intensive non-participant direct observation in the field was used to achieve automatic or semi-automatic processes of knowledge acquisition that generate PEP metadata, as well as to identify aspects that favor the interoperability of the information coming from the diversified databases for the subsequent use of the DLT This work proposes to verify the ontology formation from the PEP metadata to be stored in the DLT, in order to locate them in the support of the care provided by health professionals, from the perspective of IC. For that, it used the Ontology Development 101 methodology and the help of the ontology editing tool Protégé (5.5.0) in handling metadata from a volunteer Hospital, sufficient for the unequivocal location of the individual's PEPs eligible for storage in the DLT and recoverable by health professionals for better care.

This dissertation studies the objects of the Rui Barbosa Historic House Museum (MCRB) collection that belonged to Maria Augusta Viana Bandeira (1855 – 1948), known by her name after her marriage to Rui Barbosa (1849 – 1923): Maria Augusta Rui Barbosa. We focused our attention on the proposal of a first identification of what would be the “Maria Augusta Rui Barbosa Collection” and particularly on a black silk satin dress with a white print. Therefore, it was necessary to characterize the objects related to Maria Augusta – here treated as a collection, but not understood by the MCRB in this way – as well as to understand Maria Augusta Rui Barbosa herself, considering that the objects belonged to her. In addition to the MCRB collection, photographic records of the iconography of the Casa de Rui Barbosa Foundation (FCRB) were also analyzed. Through the dress – and related studies in Rui Barbosa’s biographies, archives, and other primary and secondary information sources – the persona and trajectory of Maria Augusta was composed. The materiality of the dress, its production method and correlation with the fashion of the time were also addressed, treating such aspects as informational foundations. Finally, a preliminary proposal was made by the Maria Augusta Rui Barbosa Collection, which organized the items that probably belonged to her. The objective is to increasingly bring to light the trajectory of this woman, who was a key piece for the construction of one of the most important institutions in the fields of research and museums in Brazil.

The present work aims to present the applications of Artificial Intelligence, with emphasis on machine learning, in libraries, whose main objective is to map benefits and impacts that machine learning can offer for the development of products and services in libraries. In order to meet this objective, the study will be based on qualitative and quantitative research, with an exploratory approach, of a pure nature, through the use of bibliographic research. And, to carry out such an investigation, a systematic literature review is used, through the production of a research protocol, based on the guidelines proposed by Galvão and Ricarte (2020) for the field of Information Science, complemented by studies produced by Kitchenham (2004) and Felizardo et al (2017) for the field of Computer Science. Finally, it is concluded that this study allows the researcher to reflect and identify new phenomena in the interdisciplinary relationships between Information Science and Artificial Intelligence.

 The present study aims to present the concepts and theoretical contextualization associated with the concepts of developing digital collections containing functions and principles. It was also investigated, definitions about digital library composed by comparisons of characteristics associated to a set of four free softwares being them: Greenstone; Dspace, Omeka, and Tainacan that feature diverse use cases and institutionalized participating user communities. As methodological procedures, a descriptive exploratory study was adopted with a qualitative approach. The main results achieved refer, therefore, to the relevance of the development of digital collections that is aligned with the planning of the Information Architecture components for the feasibility of good access practices during the implementation of digital libraries and the success of navigation, consultations and retrieval. of digital objects that are managed in these softwares to their end users.

This thesis analyzes archiving as a fundamental process of creating private photographic collections. The thesis defended is that the Photodocumentation, through the identification of the genesis in the Cycle of Information, makes it possible to recompose the archival organicity of a collection. The general objective is to investigate the genesis of photographic documents and their relationship with organicity. The empirical basis is the research instrument Catalog of Photographs from the Mário de Andrade Archive (IEB, 1988). The route methodological includes describing the projects for organizing the file photographic work, carried out after the institutionalization of the collection, and which resulted in the preparation of that catalogue. Describe the structure of the cited research instrument. Define documentary species and categories information found in the photographic archive of MA. associate the species documents to informational categories contextualizing the dossiers photographs through the Information Cycle. Identify the species organic documents and analyze their genesis. The theoretical framework is based in Archival Science, Diplomacy, Information Science and Criticism Genetics considering its applicability within people's archives. Issues of management, organization and classification of photographic documents and the possibility of prospecting the foundation theory of the Information Cycle, from the perspective of Photodocumentation, to discuss the origin, organization, recovery and use of different types of photographic collections. 

It presents a taxonomy model focused on the organization and retrieval of information to support the decision-making process of citizen participation in health conferences. In the scope of the Unified Health System (SUS), conferences are the initial stage of the governmental health planning process. Information Science and, in particular, documentary languages such as taxonomy, are constituted as models of organization and representation of information from documentary accumulated masses, facilitating the retrieval of information without necessarily resorting to the examination of all documents. To facilitate the retrieval of relevant information on government health planning for the decision-making process of citizen participation in health conferences, a taxonomy model was elaborated, with a qualitative and retrospective methodology developed in three stages: 1) Selection of sources of bibliographic information and documents related to the domain of governmental health planning within the scope of the SUS; 2) Systematization of decision-making process’ flow of citizen participation in government health planning; and 3) Elaboration of the taxonomy model. As a result, the sources of bibliographic information from the two most cited authors were listed, namely Carlos Matus and Mario Testa, and documentary information, which are the documents produced for and by the 15th National Health Conference and the planning and management instruments of the SUS and budget at the federal level. Based on the bibliographic research, the flow of the decision-making process of citizen participation in health conferences was systematized, considering governmental health planning as the totality in which the conferences are inserted. Twelve general terms were defined, based on the themes and thematic axes guiding the debates of the 8th to 16th National Health Conference, namely: 1) Access to health actions and services; 2) Science and technology in health; 3) Social control; 4) Right to health; 5) Unified Health System’ Financing; 6) Unified Health System’ Management; 7) Information and communication in health; 8) Models of integral health care; 9) Community participation; 10) Public health policies; 11) Public-private relationship; and 12) Health work and education, in which 820 terms were ordered in up to five hierarchical levels, systematized in a taxonomy model in list format and with cardinal numerals of the decimal system indicating their position in the structure.

Information Age or Silicon Age or Digital Age are terms often used to designate technological advances arising from the Third Industrial Revolution with a focus on the diffusion of a cyberspace, as a means of communication instrumentalized by computer science and the Internet. It is in this context that people from all over the world, including those with disabilities, are interconnected, sharing information, disseminating impressions, and spreading forms of culture and knowledge. Despite some achievements in recent years, people with some kind of disability around the world continue to face numerous barriers to their full inclusion and participation in the lives of their communities. Exercising the right of access to information, considered one of the fundamental human rights, enshrined in laws in most countries, still seems like a utopia for people of disability. The hypothesis of the study is that, in Brazil, an institutional portal based on accessibility requirements can contribute to access to information available in a web environment, reinforcing the greater participation of people with disabilities in line with the Brazilian Freedom of Information Act and the Brazilian Law for the Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities. The general objective of the research is to map actions to promote the inclusion of people of disability by Brazilian public archival institutions regarding access to information and to prepare a proposal to guide them regarding accessibility requirements in promoting this access in their institutional portals. The methodological procedures included the survey of international and national legislation on the inclusion of people with disability and the preparation and application of questionnaires on the Informational Practices of Public Archives in Brazil, including archival description finding aids. The research universe was defined based on two official registers of public archives and/or by Archival Brazilian collections.  It was found that despite the existence of a large legal framework in Brazil and abroad, access to information with accessibility requirements falls short of reality in the institutions surveyed. In legislation, there is an emphasis on standardizing priority care and promoting access with accessibility requirements at the expense of the terms designated for people of disability. Based on the data collected, I concluded by presenting a model proposal based on five strategies that can be adopted as principles for promoting access to information.