Memory of scientific and technological information: changes and permanences in production and access in Brazil between 1969 and 2019

Abstract

It presents a historical overview of access to scientific information in Brazil from 1969 to 2019, and points out changes and permanences related to the Brazilian scientific scenario, having as its starting point the analysis of the text by Etienne Poubel presented at the II Regional Congress on Documentation in 1969, organized by the Brazilian Institute of Bibliography and Documentation (IBBD). Through a research in the annals of the aforementioned congress, from the scenario portrayed by Etienne Poubel, a parallel is drawn between the difficulties present in the 1960s for the acquisition of scientific information and the scenario in this second decade of the 21st century. To this end, a bibliographical and documentary research on the theme is carried out, characterizing the study as exploratory-descriptive. It is noted the permanence and intensification of issues such as abundant scientific production, the high cost of access to scientific journals and the lack of knowledge of another language on the part of Brazilian researchers, with, on the other hand, significant changes in the international context related to free access to scientific information, expressing these, in Brazil, in the Brazilian Manifesto of Support to Free Access to Scientific Information, launched by the Brazilian Institute of Information in Science and Technology (IBICT) in 2005. It is concluded that free access to scientific information requires the commitment of institutions and researchers, united in the objective of giving visibility, free of charge, to scientific production sponsored with public resources.