Práticas bibliotecárias na editoração de periódicos científicos eletrônicos: uma pesquisa ação-participante no periódico Pró-Discente

Abstract

The thematic of this study concerns the participation of the librarian in the publishing of electronic scientific journals. It is based on the discourse that this professional has knowledge and skills that allow him to work in market segments of the most varied, although in Brazilian reality, the work of librarianship is still limited to libraries and documentation centers. It aims to demonstrate the contributions of the librarian in the publishing of electronic scientific journals, in order to awaken entrepreneurial actions. In addition, it presents the structure, composition and editorial flow of an electronic scientific journal of the field of Education and reports the librarian practices carried out by a librarian with the editorial team of this journal. Therefore, the study is characterized as described and exploratory and adopts as a methodological procedure, bibliographical, documentary and participant-action research, with a qualitative approach. The results indicated that, following the insertion of the librarian in the editorial team, the activities developed allowed the expansion of the editorial flow, in which textual revision, normalization and diagramming activities were carried out, thus making possible improvements in the presentation and use of published works , acting the professional in a technical, dialogic and pedagogical way. Further studies on the subject are suggested in order to identify, strengthen and / or disseminate the participatory actions of the librarian in the process of publishing electronic journals.