Information science based on FEBAB’s census of Brazilian library science: postgraduate data
Jorge Moisés Kroll do Prado, Priscila Machado Borges Sena
Abstract
The Library and Information Science areas are relatively new compared to other fields of knowledge, with few updated and reliable data that portray their profiles and scarce scientific studies focused on understanding the characteristics of the people composing them. The guiding objective of the research presented in this work is to evidence the data of postgraduates (master’s and doctoral students) and postgraduates (masters and doctors) from the Brazilian Library and Information Science Census. Four filters related to the education mentioned above levels were applied, with the data worked in Excel dynamic spreadsheets. The results show a predominant profile of white cisgender women between 36 and 40 years old, working in federal higher education institutions, earning above R$10,454.00, with experience in the area between 11 and 15 years. The geographical concentration is in Rio de Janeiro, and the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro has the highest number of graduates who continued their studies in stricto sensu post-graduation. However, the Federal University of Santa Catarina has the highest number of master’s and doctor’s respondents. The research objective was achieved to the extent that it presents the profile from the socioeconomic aspects, academic training, and professional performance. We hope that other studies will be conducted using the dynamics of filters provided by the Brazilian Library and Information Science Census so that the government, universities, class entities, and the area itself will better know its profile.