A competência informacional em profissionais das unidades de informação: o caso das bibliotecas dos tribunais supremo e administrativo da cidade de Maputo

Abstract

This research analyzes the development of informational competence in professionals from the Information Units, focusing on professionals who work in the libraries of the Supreme Administrative Courts of the city of Maputo. Check the understanding that these professionals have in relation to the informational competence for the scientific development of these institutions. The research was carried out with 14 professionals who work in the Administrative and Supreme Courts in the city of Maputo. The methodology adopted was exploratory and descriptive, combining qualitative and quantitative, whose data collection translated into a semi-open questionnaire. The results of the research show that these professionals do not perform other activities besides of the activities considered technical and daily of the information professional such as reference and service to the user, treatment and analysis of information, and this leads us to believe that they are attached to these activities and are resistant to changes, leaving behind the entrepreneurial spirit , the search for new sources and informational demands. (TRADUÇAO NOSSA)