Contributions of the Brazilian Network of Information in Health Sciences for the construction of a Latin American thematic repository: practices and lessons learned

Abstract

Thematic repositories are used as one of the main tools for the implementation of Open Access in the world and as a mechanism for memory preservation and information management. This work seeks to systematize the strategies used by the Brazilian Network of Health Sciences Information on the processes of cooperation and decentralization of technical-scientific information, from the perspective of the key actors involved, seeking to understand the challenges, limits and possibilities of providing equitable access to knowledge and updated scientific evidence. Learning from mistakes and right answers is fundamental to the life of any human being and in teaching and research institutions it is no different since they have a tendency to forget the past. The methodology of this study will be based on the qualitative approach, in the light of case studies, through the application of semistructured questionnaires, whose objective is to collect information about the participants’ perception and content and document analysis. The implications of these lessons are fundamental for the elaboration of networking strategies for the construction of a Latin American thematic repository, with the idea of scientific information as a concept of citizenship and public communication of science as a fundamental value.