A contribuição da mineração de dados na recuperação da informação e suas relações com a biblioteconomia

Abstract

The use of intelligent tools to expand the means and methods for information retrieval is unquestionable. This paper means to do a biographical summary on the contributions of data mining, which, when used with the rigor it requires, can help uncover valuable information, many of which weren't even thought of before, and will be used in the decision making process. It is in this scenario, overtaken by the explosion of day-to-day data, that we find the users: plural in their demands, languages, urgency, informational demands, eager to get their needs met, who are recognized as protagonists in this process. This relevance places them under a magnifying glass when we identify the amount of existing studies on communities, users, and their importance. In this triad, the last facet is dedicated to librarians, with emphasis on the positive changes on the current assignments of the profession, on curricular changes, aiming to reach the equivalence between their job and the social function of the librarian, motivated by the new and diversified expectations that emerge from society. All of the changes that have occurred, added to the continuing education and the engagement of the librarian, make them able to conquer new occupations in the competitive work space.