Projeto Kasandra, a bibliotecária de bolso: proposta de criação de um aplicativo auxiliador para usuários do sistema de bibliotecas da UFC

Abstract

To present a proposal for a helper application, called Kasandra – the pocket librarian, which will allow finding and disseminating information. The general objective of the research is to develop a model of an informational tool, in the application style, that helps users of the University Libraries System of the Federal University of Ceará in the search for safe and reliable information. To achieve the general mission, the following specific objectives were formulated: a) Demonstrate how Kasandra can be developed to be an auxiliary tool in the professional development of users; b) Collect data on the opinion of students from the fifth to the eighth semester about the application; and c) Analyze the informational need of UFC Library System students about the application. The methodology built in the research is of the bibliographic type with the use of books and articles; the field of study was the undergraduate users, between the fifth to the last semester, who use the University Libraries System of the Federal University of Ceará; in order to be able to identify the users' needs, a data collection tool was built, which is a questionnaire; and to analyze the responses collected from the participants, the quantitative-qualitative approach was used with the aim of achieving an adequate interpretation of the responses. Satisfactory data was obtained for the future of the application, mainly by confirming the approval of the use of Kasandra. In short, the research demonstrate the proposal of an auxiliary tool in the dissemination of safe and adequate information for students who use the library system.