Elementos estruturantes para a infraestrutura organizacional dos repositórios institucionais dos Institutos Federais brasileiros

Abstract

The Institutional Repositories (IR) are strategies of the Open Access movement in favor of the democratization of knowledge. The thesis research aims to recommend structural elements for the organizational infrastructure of the Institutional Repositories (IR) of the Federal Institutes of Professional, Scientific, and Technological Education (IF). To this end, it had the following specific objectives: a) to synthesize the literature regarding the necessary recommendations for the organizational infrastructure of institutional repositories; b) to conduct a situational diagnosis of the IRs of the IFs; and c) to highlight the interrelationships between the systemic strategic areas of the Institutes and the repository. Methodologically, it is classified as descriptive and exploratory in terms of purpose, but applied in nature, using procedures such as bibliographic and documentary research. It is characterized as a qualitative approach, and for a better analysis of the issues, it uses content analysis based on Bardin (2011). With the literature review assisted by an Artificial Intelligence (AI) model, 47 scientific articles collected from databases (Scopus, Web of Science, and Library, nformation Science & Technology Abstracts) were analyzed. The study identifies the organizational infrastructure for institutional repositories, according to the scientific field, in 4 dimensions: 1) Governance; 2) Institutional Policies; 3) Human Resources; and 4) Financial Resources. In the mapping of the 38 Federal Institutes, based on the analysis of Institutional Development Plans (PDI), General Regulations, and Institutional Information Policies, the investigation identified the existence of 29 institutional repositories linked to federal institutions. It points out that the governance of IRs is based on committees, decentralized, and with low formalization of management functions and responsibilities. It shows that the repositories are operating without regulations but are frequently linked to libraries and librarians. The research also reveals that only a few Institutes are allocating financial resources to the repository. Nine strategic areas that make up the institutions were observed, and interrelationships between these areas and the institutional repository were established. Structural elements were proposed with actions connected to the 4 dimensions of organizational infrastructure for the repositories of the Federal Institutes. It is concluded that by enabling connections between the repository and the institution, the democratization of knowledge is promoted, and Open Access is strengthened.