Representação documentária: a construção de uma linguagem documentária sobre a produção científica do Curso de Biblioteconomia da Universidade Federal do Ceará

Abstract

The present work aims to propose a thesaurus, a documentary language, for the institutional repository of the Federal University of Ceará (UFC). Surveying the main subjects indexed in scientific productions in the area of Library Science and Information Science, relating and presenting the possibility of a documentary language within the UFC repository in the mentioned area and with the possibility of expansion to other areas of knowledge. Public universities are the main producers of research in the country, based on this and understanding that the UFC's institutional repository concentrates the institution's scientific productions, observing the need for a proposal for a documentary language. The general objective of this research is to survey the main terms used for the indexing of research produced in the Department of Information Science (DCINF), in relation to the specific objectives of the research, with the intention of: a) proposing a documentary language mapping and relating the main themes used by Library Science students and researchers; b) provide easier access and dissemination of the course’s scientific production; c) indicate a standardization of language for indexing and retrieving documents in the institutional repository of the Federal University of Ceará. As a methodological procedure, the integrated methodological model for constructing Cervantes' thesaurus was updated. The study concluded that the thesaurus is a sound and flexible resource, which significantly contributes to the standardization of the indexing of academic and scientific productions of the Library Science course at the Federal University of Ceará.