O bibliotecário na editoração de periódicos científicos eletrônicos: possibilidades empreendedoras

Abstract

It promotes reflections about new ways of the librarian, especially in the electronic publishing of scientific journals. It aims to present activities performed by librarians in this segment, in order to confirm the entrepreneurial possibilities arising from this work context. The adopted method characterizes the study as descriptive, with a qualitative approach, with bibliographic research procedures and experience reports, based on the practical experience of a librarian who is part of the editorial team of a scientific journal. It was verified that this professional assists in the activities of managing the journal, improving the interface of the journal and assigning roles to team members, as well as performing exclusively the activities of textual review and standardization; treatment and organization of metadata; layout and, finally, publication of a new edition. In addition to these activities, other more complex ones are necessary, such as the maintenance of the management system and the elaboration of strategies that improve the storage of scientific production and bring about improvements in the information retrieval system. In sum, these findings are expected to spark entrepreneurial possibilities in 21st century librarians.