A formação em Ciência da Informação no modelo do movimento I-school: o Programa de Pós-graduação em Gestão e Organização do Conhecimento

Abstract

The present paper describes an innovative project for academic education in Information Science (IS) implemented through a new program, called Graduate Program of Knowledge Organization and Management. The program was created in 2016 in the Information Science School of the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Based on the triad information, technology and people, it aims to provide the students with background for dealing with current needs of society such as: the creation of controlled vocabularies to be applied in the Internet of Things; the organization of the massive volume of data currently available in different knowledge domains, the so called Big-Data; and the uses and needs of users, usability and human-machine interfaces in specialized contexts. The program recent creation and operation resulted in a great demand for the kind of education offered. We hope to educate professionals and researchers aligned with the demands of both the job market and the academic requirements for faculty positions in national and international levels. In addition, we hope that these professionals and researchers will be qualified to undertake activities of knowledge and information organization in key fields for the development of society such as agriculture, medicine and engineering, to mention but a few.