A competência em informação e os profissionais da informação em museus: diálogos possíveis

Abstract

In a world increasingly connected with new information technologies, museum professionals use information, resources and informational sources to perform all museum activities. Therefore, museum professionals produce, mediate, consume and share information. Therefore, the professionalrole of the museum worker turns to the constant development of new skills with regard to the appropriation of information. Competence in information, in addition to gathering skills in order to access and use information, is closely related to society. In such a way that this competence contributes to the development of individuals, so that they are able to make more conscious choices in their lives. For this reason, this article aims to present possible dialogues between information competence and museum professionals, with regard to the use and sharing of the information input, in the physical or digital museological environment. The methodology used came from a descriptive bibliographic research. The results indicated that both the competence in information and the museological institutions aim at improving citizens. Both are concerned with the formation of the individual as an informational subject. In conclusion, it is evident that the museum's team of workers is made up of information professionals, who have information needs to solve problems arising from the museological process, the development of an ethical and responsible attitude of museum professionals regarding the use of the information, as well as bringing museums closer to Museology.