Bibliotecas digitais: divulgação e preservação

Uma biblioteca digital pode definir-se como um conjunto de documentos digitais disponibilizados em linha, com mecanismos de pesquisa e de recuperação da informação. A disponibilização dos acervos através das bibliotecas digitais confere um elevado índice de visibilidade dos documentos, fomenta a preservação dos originais e permite o acesso a pessoas com necessidades especiais ou em determinadas circunstâncias de inacessibilidade. A criação de uma biblioteca digital, além de exigir um cuidadoso planeamento, pressupõe a sua manutenção no tempo, a eficácia da recuperação dos dados, o incremento dos conteúdos e a atualização tecnológica.

Content analysis model to analyze facets of social mission of public library on the Facebook and in the websites

In this paper we present the development and the implementation of a content analysis model for observing aspects relating to the social mission of the public library on Facebook pages and websites. The model is unique and it was developed from the literature. There were designed the four categories for analysis Generate social capital and social cohesion, Consolidate democracy and citizenship, Social and digital inclusion and Fighting illiteracies. The model enabled the collection and the analysis of data applied to a case study consisting of 99 Portuguese public libraries with Facebook page. With this model of content analysis we observed the facets of social mission and we read the actions with social facets on the Facebook page and in the websites of public libraries. At the end we discuss in parallel the results of observation of the Facebook of libraries and the websites. By reading the description of the actions of the social mission, the general conclusion and the most immediate is that 99 public libraries on Facebook and websites rarely publish social character actions, and the results are little satisfying. The Portuguese public libraries highlight substantially the actions in the category Generate social capital and social cohesion.