Commons of Knowledge in Libraries of Universities in Curitiba (PR), Brazil

• Autor(a) principal: Rodrigues, Ana Paula da Silva
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Favorito, Andressa Rando, Figueiredo, Maria de Lourdes Alves
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Digital de Biblioteconomia e Ciência da Informação
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/rdbci/article/view/8661538
• topic: Commons de conhecimento; Biblioteca; Biblioteca universitária; Curitiba (PR); Commons of knowledge; Library; University library; Curitiba (PR, Brasil)

In the context of the discussions on the hegemony of knowledge, a diverse view emerges aiming to show the plurality of knowledge and the necessity of sharing. In the scope of the development and dissemination of knowledge, prerogative of higher education institutions, libraries are characterized as a channel of access. Knowledge is considered in this research as a Commons, as proposed by Charlotte Hess and Elinor Ostrom. Commons of knowledge, from this perspective, is being considered a resource shared by a group of people and submitted to rules of self-governance. Thus, the present article aims to identify the university library as a commons of knowledge. Data was collected with the aid of semi-structured interviews conducted with librarians from a public and a private library, and with a survey with students from both universities. The results indicate that the digital library of the public library conforms to the principles of commons of knowledge governance, regarding the rules of governance. On the other hand, the availability of the collection within the physical spaces at the libraries under evaluation, does not satisfy all the requirements, being, therefore, impossible to classify the university libraries analyzed in the present research as commons of knowledge.