Uso de linguagens documentárias no contexto de repositórios Institucionais de Universidades Federais da Região Norte do Brasil

Abstract

Study on the use of documentary languages in the context of university institutional repositories in the Northern Region of Brazil. It specifically aims to conceptualize Knowledge Organization and the paths that lead to the elaboration of documentary languages, as well as their characteristics and main types. Draw an overview of the Free Access movement, the crisis of traditional journals and the search for more freedom in accessing scientific texts, the context under which the repositories were developed. Demonstrate adherence to the free access movement and the first actions in its favor around the world and in Brazil, such as incentive actions by researchers and government agencies. It has a qualitative, explanatory approach, featuring a case study on the use of documentary languages in the standardization of representative terms of documents made available in university institutional repositories. The data collection instrument was configured in a semi open online questionnaire, containing 23 questions, applied to the research subjects (librarians), one respondent from each repository. The 23 questions are divided into three macro analysis sessions, each aiming to observe a guiding aspect of the investigation: a) setting of the repository and the activities of the librarian, b) verifying the existence of an indexing policy and the use of documentary languages ; c) observe the aspects of the conceptual translation method adopted by the indexers. Eight questionnaires were sent, one per repository, and 100% (one hundred percent) responses were obtained. The analysis of the data was made from these answers, according to the categories that make up the macro analysis sessions, being a proportion of 8/1, that is, for each question 8 answers were analyzed, which made it possible to draw a profile of the document indexing activity in federal university digital repositories in the Northern Region. In this sense, it was observed that the use of documentary languages in the researched repositories is not yet unanimous, since the absence of a policy of indexing in libraries allows the free choice for the use or not of a controlled language, still prevailing the use of language natural or the use of it together with LDs. Another factor that reflects in the adoption of a documentary language is the particular character of the Amazon region, where the terms, concepts and spellings vary, which, commonly, are not contemplated by the languages normally adopted, as these are more general and not specific to attend the demand of professionals who work with the indexing of documents generated by research in the region. It was concluded that, despite the prevalence of natural language, the indexers have an understanding of the importance ofterminological control and the processes that involve it, such as technical reading and the adequacy of cross-references. However, there is still a lack of libraries to adopt a guiding policy on indexing, which helps professionals to maintain a standardized catalog, which can be recovered in an exhaustive manner, be it from physical or digital collections.