Information literacy in the context of LGBT community: a survey of national and international publications

• Autor(a) principal: Ottonicar, Selma Leticia Capinzaiki
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Brito, Jean Fernandes, Silva, Rafaela Carolina, Barbosa, Everaldo Henrique dos Santos, Moraes, Cassia Regina Bassan de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Informação & Informação
• Texto Completo: https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/informacao/article/view/34561
• topic: Information Literacy; Interdisciplinarity; LGBTQ Community; Respect for Diversity; Systematic Literature Review; Alfabetización Informacional; Comunidad LGBT; Respeto a la Diversidad; Interdisciplinariedad; Revisión Sistemática de la Literatura; Competência em Informação; Comunidade LGBTQ; Respeito à Diversidade; Interdisciplinaridade; Revisão Sistemática da Literatura

Introduction: The LGBT Community has been facing difficulties in society because of some people’s prejudice. The law of many countries and public policy have focused on these groups, so they can be included in society. The purpose is to guarantee human rights and respect minority to improve people’s life quality. Objectives: This paper aims to discuss how information literacy can contribute to the respect of LGBTQ community. Furthermore, it also aims to demonstrate how Information Science theory has studied the theme to include the LGBTQ community in research. Methodology: It involves a systematic literature review about information literacy and LGBTQ in Information Science field. Results: The theme is not very common in Information Science in both national and international contexts. Furthermore, the paper introduced a model to show how information literacy can help to LGBTQ community. That model can be used in many contexts to reduce prejudice against minorities. Conclusions: There is a need for more deep research about the theme. The effective use of information contributes to understand the LGBTQ context and respect their life style