O protocolo verbal e a organização da informação e do conhecimento: em destaque os trabalhos apresentados ao GT 2 do ENANCIB

Abstract

Information Science, through actions which aim to organize collection, produce representations that describe in a synthetic way information by means of extrinsic and thematic aspects. Therefore, it is evidenced the importance of adopt procedures, namely stages performed in order to elaborate representations. In agreement with this perspective, the aim of this research is to investigate papers submitted to GT 2 of Encontro Nacional de Pesquisa em Ciência da Informação, which used think aloud as a technic to collect data and approached themes. A documental exploratory qualitative research was conducted on the Conference Annals. It was identified two hundred fifty-five studies presented as oral communication and poster between 2013 and 2017, nevertheless, only nine applied Verbal Protocol as a data collection technic. According to conducted analysis on abstracts and keywords of the papers, the methodological resource was employed in studies related to documental languages; indexing processes or indexing strategies of different material; construction of instruments of information representation; legal information organization; Verbal Protocol and archive users. These themes possess procedural characteristics; therefore, they are related to the objectives of the emphasized data collection strategy. Although the studies indicate the scarceness of researches applying Verbal Protocol for data collection and analysis, it is argued its relevance in studies in Information Science contexts. For that matter, it is expected to arouse more reflections and researches about the theme approached in this paper.