Análise temática das produções científicas sobre Repositórios Institucionais Digitais

Abstract

The present work proposed to make an analysis in the scientific production of Information Science, in order to know which are the subjects related to thematic repositories in the last 20 years and to evidence which are the authors and journals most active in the theme during the analyzed period. It presents the concepts of Digital and Institutional Repositories and their relationship with information management. The Referential Database of Articles from Journals in Information Science (Brapci) is used as a source of data about scientific production limited to the aforementioned theme. The study counted 199 articles, written by different authors and co-authors and were published by scientific journals in the area of Information Science, which contemplate the theme between the years 2000 to 2020. The methodology used is characterized by being a quantitative- qualitative, of a descriptive nature that used content analysis as a method of assessing the collected data. I concluded that the terms: open / free access, scientific communication, digital preservation, metadata and interoperability are the most related to the thematic institutional digital repositories in the area of Information Science. The authors who publish the most on the theme are: Silvana Vidotti, Milton Shintaku, Fernando Vechiato, Flávia Rosa, Henrique Santos. The journals that publish the largest number of articles on the subject studied are IBICT Information Science, BiblioCanto, Access Point, Brazilian Journal of Library and Documentation, Cadernos BAD and Informação & Sociedade.