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

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

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

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

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

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

Search, access and dissemination of scientific information from scientists, social scientists and humanists

Apresenta resultados de estudo sobre características das atividades de busca, acesso e uso da informação, assim como hábitos de disseminação de pesquisadores de institutos de pesquisa. Do ponto de vista metodológico, é um estudo de abordagem mista que adotou a estratégia de triangulação concomitante. Os dados foram coletados por meio da aplicação de questionários, realização de entrevistas e lista de verificação e, em seguida, submetidos à análise estatística e de texto. O universo da pesquisa foi constituído dos pesquisadores vinculados às unidades de pesquisa do Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação e a base amostral foram os pesquisadores do Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas (CBPF) e do Museu de Astronomia e Ciências Afins (MAST). Entre outros aspectos, os resultados revelaram que, resguardadas suas diferenças disciplinares, as atividades de busca, acesso e comunicação da informação científica, independentemente da área, ocorrem preponderantemente em ambiente digital; hábitos de comunicação são estimulados por motivações comuns a físicos e a cientistas sociais e humanistas; compartilhar o conhecimento e busca por visibilidade constituem os principais motivos para a disseminação de resultados de pesquisa; físicos estão naturalmente inseridos no contexto do acesso aberto à informação científica.This paper presents results of study on the characteristics of search activities, access to and use of information, and dissemination habits of researchers from scientific research institutes. From the methodological point of view, it is a mixed methods study which adopted the concurrent triangulation strategy. Data were collected through questionnaires, interviews and checklist, and then submitted to statistical and text analysis. The research sphere was consisted of researchers linked to the research units of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, and the sample basis were the researchers of the Brazilian Centre for Physics Research (CBPF) and Museum of Astronomy and Related Sciences (MAST). Among other aspects, the findings shows that the safeguarded their disciplinary differences, search, access and communication activities, regardless of the knowledge area, occurring mainly in the digital environment; communication habits are stimulated by motives common to scientists and social scientists and humanists, share knowledge and visibility are the main reasons for the dissemination of research results, physicists are naturally within the open access context