Bibliotecário empreendedor: uma análise nas principais plataformas de periódicos sobre práticas empreendedoras desenvolvidas por bibliotecários

Abstract

This study has as its central theme the Entrepreneurship in the area of Library science. We sought to analyze the possibilities of entrepreneurial practices for the librarian. Therefore, we sought to characterize the terms entrepreneurship and undertake, identifying the librarian's fields, competencies and skills, as well as their entrepreneurial practices from the specialized literature. It is, therefore, an exploratory bibliographical research, of a quantitative and qualitative nature, in which searches were carried out covering the period from 2015 to 2020 on the following platforms: Brazilian Digital Database of Theses and Dissertations (BDTD), Information Science Database (BRAPCI), CAPES/MEC Periodicals Portal and Digital Monograph Library of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (BDM/UFRN), using the following search expressions in Brazilian Portuguese language: entrepreneur librarian, library science, entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship in library science. In this search, 27 (twenty-seven) articles and 3 (three) graduation monographs were retrieved, in which the greatest productions are present in the theme "professional training of the librarian" and the main author on the subject is teacher Daniela Fernanda Assis de Oliveira Spudeit, from the undergraduate course in Library Science and the Graduate Program in Information Management at the University of the State of Santa Catarina (UDESC). It is concluded that there is still a need for more discussion, as well as the occupation of librarians in entrepreneurship and the overcoming of many challenges. It is noticeable in the presentation of scientific papers that this is an area that requires innovation and personal commitment from the professional. As it is a very competitive area, many people think that entrepreneurship is just being the owner of their own business, this thought is just the tip of the iceberg, the librarian needs to be prepared to also escape the obvious and see the countless possibilities that entrepreneurship has to offer and it starts in the classroom.