The social appropriation of the Internet by librarians in Santa Catarina: a portrait of a decade

Abstract

Analysis of web pages by information units in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina, with the aim of understanding the librarian’s interaction with the Internet, through his/her participation in the creation and maintenance of web pages from different institutions in Santa Catarina. The study aims to reevaluate the picture in Santa Catarina a decade after a similar survey carried out by the author in 1999. Sixteen institutions were listed, divided into the following categories: Industrial Sector, Business Sector, Agricultural Sector, Science and Technology, Environment Sector and Universities. Through the description of page contents, it was sought to identify mention of the librarian responsible for the creation or maintenance of the web page (directly on the page or indirectly through an analysis of the products and services offered). It was found that only two institutions mentioned the direct participation of the team’s librarian responsible for the pages. The current findings support those of ten years ago: other professionals have been busy creating web pages for the Information Unit on the Internet, still quite timid signs of social appropriation of the network as a field of work.