INNOVATION IN BRAZILIAN INFORMATION STUDIES

THE ROLE OF IBICT AND ITS SCHOOL AT THE FOREFRONT OF TEACHING FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES IN INFORMATION (2013-2025)

Abstract

This study examines the integration of teaching as a strategic element in the work of an information institute, through the implementation of the National School of Information (Enacin) and the consolidation of the "Rio School" at COEPE/IBICT. The objective is to understand how the articulation of teaching, research, and outreach can reinforce the institutional mission and respond to the challenges of a rapidly changing information society. To this end, a qualitative and quantitative mapping of the training activities developed between 2019 and 2024 was conducted—including workshops on digital tools (Koha, OJS, Archivematica, DSpace, Visão, and InovaSUS), DesignThinking courses, digital preservation workshops, and data management training—and of the research projects linked to the four institutional coordination areas. Based on these findings, a taxonomy was defined comprising eight thematic domains: ethics, disinformation, and artificial intelligence; algorithmic surveillance and quality of life; media literacy and digital citizenship; historical epistemology and critical theory; knowledge organization and publishing networks; digital humanities and laboratory methodologies; social memory and historical movements; and innovative teaching models in Information Science. The results demonstrate the creation of a "School device" supported by an integrated academic management platform, teaching portal, video library, and data repository, capable of promoting continuous processes of transindividuation, in which the experiences of "I" and "we" are co-constructed in collaborative training networks. The conclusion is that this model, aligned with the principles of open science and transdisciplinarity, democratizes access to knowledge, strengthens institutional policy, and prepares professionals capable of tackling complex problems—from disinformation to algorithmic surveillance—in a context of accelerated sociotechnical transformation.