Embrapa Technological Information: a bridge between research and society

This paper presents the efforts undertaken by the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation regarding Science and Technology information management, through one of its Decentralized Units, Embrapa Technological Information (Scientific and Technological Information Service', SCT). The major aim of SCT is to promote and improve the processes of scientific communication - information that feeds and that results from research activities - and of science and technology dissemination - information that results from research activities and that is directed to the general publi

Tacit knowledge in the context of dynamic research : some indications

Este artigo explora a questão do conhecimento tácito no contexto da ciência. Destaca inicialmente, com base na literatura, a dimensão tácita da produção e do conhecimento científico. Por meio de entrevistas buscou obter a percepção de pesquisadores docentes de diferentes áreas do conhecimento acerca dos processos de aquisição do conhecimento e de experiência, do compartilhamento do conhecimento científico, sobre a explicitação do conhecimento científico, o papel das tecnologias no compartilhamento do conhecimento científico e outros. Conclui com a elaboração de uma sistematização sobre a dinâmica do conhecimento científico tácito e explícito na pesquisa e na comunicação científica. _______________________________________________________________________________ ABSTRACTThis article explores the question of the tacit knowledge in the context of science. It highlights, initially, the tacit dimension of the production and the scientific knowledge. Through of interviews it searched to get the perception of researchers from different subject areas about: processes of acquisition of the knowledge and experience, sharing of the scientific knowledge, scientific knowledge explicitation, the technologies in the sharing of the scientific knowledge and others. It concludes with the elaboration of a systematization on the dynamics of the tacit and explicit scientific knowledge in the research and the scientific communication

Open Access to scientific information in agiculture : the Embrapa initiative

Este artigo relata a iniciativa da Embrapa na implementação de suas estratégias de acesso aberto à informação científica. O texto apresenta brevemente o ambiente em que a iniciativa foi desenvolvida assim como características do projeto, de sua implementação e os resultados alcançados. Além disso, relata peculiaridades do funcionamento dos serviços de informação da iniciativa, como seu povoamento, gestão de direitos autorais e equipe envolvida. Conclui refletindo acerca da necessidade de harmonização entre o potencial do acesso aberto e a realidade institucional. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ABSTRACTThis paper describes the Embrapa initiative in implementing its open access strategies regarding scientific information. It briefly presents the environment in which the initiative was developed and the characteristics of the project, of its implementation and the results attained. It also presents peculiarities of information processing, such as its population, copyright management and work teams involved. It concludes by reflecting on the need for harmonization between the open access potential and institutional realities

Comunicação científica e gestão do conhecimento: enlaces conceituais para a fundamentação da gestão do conhecimento científico no contexto de universidades

This article, product of theoretical research, has as goal to signal the theoretical similarities between the approaches to knowledge management and to scientific communication. The clarification of the convergence points between such approaches is justified by the necessity of conceptual foundation for the studies on scientific knowledge management in the academic environment, since the specialized literature until the present moment seems not to consider the specificities within this context, or even the characteristics of the production and the communication of this type of knowledge. These reflections consider initially, the communication and knowledge management from the point of view of the enterprise organizations, preparing a theoretical model that illustrates the relationship between communication, culture and knowledge management. In a second moment, on the basis of theoretical reflections, it directs the discussion to the academic environment, considering, in the model, the scientific communication, the scientific culture and the knowledge management. After that, it explores the similarities between knowledge management and the scientific communication, based on a comparison between the processes involved in both approaches. The conclusion points out to the processes of scientific communication as an essential and indispensable layer to the management of scientific knowledge within the university context

Scientific communication and knowledge management : conceptual correlations for the foundation of scientific knowledge management in the academic context

Este artigo, produto de pesquisa teórica, tem por objetivo sinalizar as similaridades teóricas entre a abordagem da gestão do conhecimento e a da comunicação científica. O esclarecimento dos pontos de convergência entre uma e outra abordagem justifica-se pela necessidade de fundamentação conceitual para os estudos de gestão do conhecimento científico no ambiente acadêmico, visto que a literatura existente, até o presente momento, não considera as especificidades desse contexto, nem tão pouco a natureza da produção e da comunicação desse tipo de conhecimento. As reflexões consideram, inicialmente, a comunicação e gestão do conhecimento do ponto de vista das organizações empresariais, elaborando modelo teórico que ilustra a relação entre comunicação, cultura e gestão do conhecimento. Em um segundo momento, com base em reflexões teóricas, direciona a discussão para o ambiente acadêmico, considerando no modelo a comunicação científica, a cultura científica e a gestão do conhecimento nesse meio. Em seguida, explora as similaridades entre gestão do conhecimento e a comunicação científica, com base na comparação entre os processos de cada uma das abordagens. Conclui destacando os processos de comunicação científica como camada essencial e indispensável à gestão do conhecimento científico no contexto de universidades. __________________________________________________________________________________________________ ABSTRACTThis article, product of theoretical research, has as goal to signal the theoretical similarities between the approaches to knowledge management and to scientific communication. The clarification of the convergence points between such approaches is justified by the necessity of conceptual foundation for the studies on scientific knowledge management in the academic environment, since the specialized literature until the present moment seems not to consider the specificities within this context, or even the characteristics of the production and the communication of this type of knowledge. These reflections consider initially, the communication and knowledge management from the point of view of the enterprise organizations, preparing a theoretical model that illustrates the relationship between communication, culture and knowledge management. In a second moment, on the basis of theoretical reflections, it directs the discussion to the academic environment, considering, in the model, the scientific communication, the scientific culture and the knowledge management. After that, it explores the similarities between knowledge management and the scientific communication, based on a comparison between the processes involved in both approaches. The conclusion points out to the processes of scientific communication as an essential and indispensable layer to the management of scientific knowledge within the university context

Growth and debt in Angola at provincial level

This paper analyses GDP growth and public debt at the provincial level in Angola from 2004-2015, using a spatial model. First a SAC -Spatial autocorrelation model panel is estimated. Later, a robust test is adopted estimating the Hans-Philips linear spatial dynamic model. Finally, a spatial 3sls model is estimated taking into account the possibility endogeneity of regional spatial autocorrelation. The three models give similar results revealing that in Angola public expenditure increase GDP growth but debt decrease it.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio