The trajectory of the Archival and Information Literacy Research Group

productions and perspectives

Abstract

The objective of this article is to present the trajectory and production of the Archival Science and Information Literacy Research Group, whose structure is based on four axes, configured as lines of research: learning, archiving, informational phenomena and informational practices. As a methodological approach, a narrative review of the literature was chosen, since the articles selected and presented are exclusively produced by Research Group. The publications are presented in blocks, according to the lines of research, which act as thematic markers, considering the breadth of possibilities to be explored from the Archival - Information Literacy dyad. Finally, the perspectives of the research group are presented, considering: the institutionalization of a curricular component in undergraduate courses in Archival Science; the offer of continuing education for archivists who are already in the world of work and who have not had a close relationship with theme in their basic education; the theoretical consolidation of and Information Literacy and its branches in Brazilian Archival Science; the promotion of actions that bring society closer to the precepts of CoInfo, both in theoretical training actions and in empirical actions allocated to archival institutions. It is believed that the discussions around the dyad and Information Literacy - Archival Science, have overcome some initial challenges and have been positioning themselves as part of a new theoretical framework responsible for supporting the formation of a new generation of archivists, whose performance will be guided by a perspective criticism aimed at human emancipation, empowerment and social protagonism.