Information Management in Portugal: education & employment conditions and some prospects

Authors

  • Maria Cristina Vieira de Freitas Universidade de Coimbra - UC
  • Maria da Graça de Melo Simões Universidade de Coimbra - UC

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/atoz.v3i1.41329

Keywords:

Information Management, Job market, Professional training

Abstract

The Professors Cristina Freitas and Maria da Graça Simões answer questions prepared by teachers from the Faculdade de Informação e Comunicação (Gestão da Informação Undergraduate Degree) da Universidade Federal de Goiás - UFG. The questions are related to the educational structure dedicated to the issues of information management in Portugal, the influence of the "Big Data" phenomenon on education and training in the area - including discussions on data governance, the fundation areas of Information Management and the main approaches to information research in the Country. Besides, they discuss the employment conditions (threats and opportunities) for professionals in Information Management in Portugal and in Europe [Available Language: Portuguese/Portugal].

Author Biographies

Maria Cristina Vieira de Freitas, Universidade de Coimbra - UC

Licenciada em História - FAFIC, Licenciada em Documentação e Arquivística - UC/Portugal, Mestre em Ciência da Informação - UFMG, Doutor em  Biblioteconomia e Documentação - USAL/Espanha. Professor Auxiliar - FL/UC.

Maria da Graça de Melo Simões, Universidade de Coimbra - UC

Licenciada em História - UC, Especialização em Estudos Europeus - UC, Especialização em  Ciências Documentais - UC, Mestre em Ciência da Informação - UC, Doutor em Ciência da Informação - USAL/Espanha. Professor Auxiliar - FL/UC.

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Published

2014-09-01

How to Cite

Freitas, M. C. V. de, & Simões, M. da G. de M. (2014). Information Management in Portugal: education & employment conditions and some prospects. AtoZ: Novas práticas Em informação E Conhecimento, 3(1), 6–11. https://doi.org/10.5380/atoz.v3i1.41329

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 1 (2014): jan./jun.

Section

Interviews

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