Estágio em biblioteconomia: um estudo a partir das atividades realizadas pelos futuros profissionais da informação

Abstract

The librarian profession has undergone a series of changes since the emergence of communication and information technologies that have created new demands for information professionals. However, this profession still does not have the social representation it deserves. This requires new studies to be developed in the area to help understand what is happening with the training of these professionals. This research aimed to analyze the activities performed by Library Science students in mandatory and non-mandatory curricular internships. The internship was analyzed according to what Brazilian legislation determines for its practice in terms of planning, execution, monitoring and evaluation. The activities were identified and analyzed according to the existing literature and then classified into typical activities of Librarians or Library Assistants. It was found that the second activity had a higher percentage than the first. The method used in the field research was a bibliographic survey, questionnaire and consultation of the archives of the Institute of Information Science of the Federal University of Bahia.