A formação do bibliotecário para atuação com dados: uma análise dos cursos de Biblioteconomia do Brasil

Abstract

In contemporary society, data play a central role. Their generation, consumption, and analysis shape decisions and public policies, affecting people’s daily lives. In the scientific field, research data have proven to be an important resource for Open Science. In this context, this study aimed to analyze whether undergraduate programs in Library and Information Science in Brazil, offered by public institutions in face-to-face and Distance Education (DE) modalities, have incorporated into their curricula courses related to “data.” The investigation also sought to understand how these contents are addressed and distributed across different regions and modalities. This is a quantitative-qualitative, exploratory, and documentary study that analyzed 38 active programs in the country, with data collected between May and June 2025 through Course Pedagogical Projects (PPCs) and course syllabi available on institutional websites. The results show that the research objectives were partially achieved: more than half of the programs analyzed include, to a greater or lesser extent, content related to data. However, the presence of these courses remains uneven, with greater concentration in HEIs in the Southeast, Northeast, and South, and lower occurrence in the North and Central-West regions. Face-to-face programs present greater diversity and depth of content, while DE programs haveemerged with more standardized curricula and an applied focus. It is concluded that, although there have been advances in the inclusion of the theme “data” in library education, challenges persist, such as curriculum updating, deeper theoretical and practical development, and the standardization of a comprehensive course to meet the new demands of the field.