Avaliação do software livre no gerenciamento das bibliotecas: estudo de caso sobre o Biblivre

Abstract

The research addresses an analysis of the evaluation of free software for managing Biblivre information units, from the point of view of librarians/information professionals, on the condition of identifying its functionalities that best serve the institution. A questionnaire containing the criteria for evaluating software in libraries described in the existing literature in the area was carried out. The methodology was characterized by descriptive, exploratory and bibliographical research with a qualitative and quantitative approach. It was concluded that the Biblivre software satisfactorily meets the basic computerization needs of the researched information units, such as selection processes, acquisition, technical treatment, recovery, dissemination of information and management processes.