As origens das práticas de gestão da informação: dos primeiros modos de produção à sociedade da informação

Abstract

In the context of Library and Information Science, there are important studies about the Information Management, especially for the organization and the use of information in companies. Currently there are few studies that clearly define the birth of the practice of information in the first mode of production. The purpose of this research is to identify thehistorical origins of the practices of Information Management in organizations. The methodology is strictly theoretical, based on bibliography research of the main sources of the area and related areas. The first part of the research suggested an object for the Management of Information, to make it possible to identify their practical origins. The second part investigated the historical origins of the forms of ownership and the use of information by companies from the earliest forms of production until the advent of the Information Society. The survey allowed the identification of possible lines of distinct thought about the Information Management, or attempts to reply to this supposed object, or better, the four generations of understanding of the Information Management.