Super 8

educação em informação na biblioteca universitária

Abstract

This study analyzes whether the Super 8 Extension Program, developed by the Library System of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (SBUFRGS), promotes information literacy actions in the context of university libraries. It starts from the understanding that the university library plays a fundamental role in supporting teaching, research, and extension, in addition to acting as a formative space capable of contributing to the critical development of information subjects. Information literacy is understood as a set of actions aimed at developing competencies to search for, evaluate, use, and critically appropriate information. The research has a qualitative approach, with a bibliographic, documentary, and descriptive character. An analysis of the syllabi of the Super 8 modules, classified as regular, literary, occasional, and discontinued, was carried out in order to identify information literacy actions. The results indicate that most of the modules offered initially have an instructional character, focused on the use of tools, databases, and reference managers. However, evidence of information literacy is identified in activities that stimulate critical reflection, ethics in research, and reading practices, such as in the Ethics in Scientific Publication modules and the literary modules. It is concluded that, although the formative dimension is still incipient, the Super 8 Program has been reducing its instrumental focus by incorporating actions that favor the appropriation of information, the development of critical thinking, and the autonomy of individuals in the use of information.