Terminologia sobre mulheres na perspectiva das políticas de indexação: estudo realizado nas bibliotecas das universidades federais brasileiras

Abstract

This study examines gender terminology based on indexing policies of libraries at Brazilian federal universities. It begins with the following question: it possible to propose a terminological review based on the reality of Brazilian federal university libraries regarding gender issues, specifically the category of women? The general objective is to investigate terminology in the libraries of Brazilian federal universities in relation to gender issues, with a specific emphasis on the category of women, aiming at proposing a terminological review in dialogue with indexing policies. The specific objectives are: to discuss terminologies contextualized to the fundamentals of the field of Information Science; to analyze the indexing policies of libraries at Brazilian federal universities; to identify the set of terms referring to gender issues, specifically in the category of women, in catalogs of library systems at Brazilian federal universities, observing terminological consistency and the appropriateness of terms in the indexing process; to propose recommendations for reviewing indexing activities and improving the indexing policies of federal university libraries in relation to gender issues, with an emphasis on the category of women. The research methodology, in terms of its purpose, is descriptive; in terms of its means, it is a literature review; and in terms of data treatment, it is qualitative. The universe consists of 69 library systems from Brazilian federal universities, while the general sample is 9 federal university library systems that have indexing policy manuals (UFAM, UFT, UFC, UFG, UFRJ, UFF, UFSC, UFRGS, and FURG), and the specific sample is 3 federal university library systems that have indexing policy manuals addressing gender issues (UFC, UFRGS, and FURG). The instruments for data collection and analysis are divided into four stages: the existence of indexing policies in the libraries of Brazilian federal universities; analysis of the 9 indexing policies of the libraries of Brazilian federal universities; and analysis of gender-related terms in the online catalogs of UFC, UFRGS, and FURG, as these are the three institutions that address gender issues in their indexing policies. Proposal for a terminological revision based on analysis performed on the online catalogs of UFC, UFRGS, and FURG. It concludes that searches in the online catalogs of UFC, UFRGS, and FURG, using the terms "Gender", "Feminine", "Feminism", "Feminist" and "Woman", generated a robust set of terminological results that allowed for the identification of inconsistencies in the terms, in this case 255, which generated the following categories for correction: spelling errors; inadequate terms; ambiguity and polysemy; inadequate MARC field; lack of specificity; singular and plural; synonyms; term registered but without associated work. These categories generated a proposed terminological revision with 159 terms, and this revision was guaranteed by the vocabularies/terminologies: BN (Brazil); LCSH; DeCS; Homosaurus; USP Controlled Vocabulary; Thesaurus for Gender and Women's Studies; Brazilian Feminist Dictionary; Wikidata; RVBI Basic Controlled Vocabulary, BN (Spain); and the informational resource itself indexed.