The digital Initiative CONVIDE-i9 in the fight against COVID-19 infodemia: brief action points

Abstract

Introduction: Presents notes resulting from an experience about the cataloging of materials in the virtual library CONVIDE-i9, a reliable informational product in the fight against misinformation, fake news and infodemia. Points out characteristics of the library; list the topics covered; quantify the publications registered by category and report the personal performance in the material register. Method: It is characterized as descriptive and bibliographic research, with a quantitative and qualitative approach to data collection in the virtual library CONVIDE-i9, from May to June 2020. Results: Presents CONVIDE-i9 as a collaboration between national information institutions and volunteer librarians, whose aim is to be a source of reliable information within the scope of COVID-19 and related topics; covers eight thematic areas, such as “support for teleworking”, “fake news and phishing” and “protocols and recommendations”; it has 294 registered materials; lists that personal performance culminated in the registration of 102 items; results in the volunteer who has the largest number of records registered until 01/07/2020; and reports thematic affinities coined from experience in the library, on mental health, eating disorders, guidelines for public libraries before COVID-19, etc. Conclusions: Therefore, it mentions the importance of librarians in providing a digital environment that reaches the largest number of people geographically dispersed, especially in a pandemic scenario, promoting well-being and the dissemination of investigated and subsequently publicized information about COVID-19 in varied perspectives.