Innovation, telecommuting and public educational libraries: ways to digital transformation in the post-pandemic world of work

Brandão, Jobson Louis Almeida; Perucchi, Valmira; Freire, Gustavo Henrique de Araújo

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Article • RDBCI : Rev. Digit. Bibl. e Cienc. Inf. 21 • 2023 • https://doi.org/10.20396/rdbci.v21i00.8670044/30794 copy

Innovation, telecommuting and public educational libraries: ways to digital transformation in the post-pandemic world of work

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ABSTRACT

Introduction:

The development of more assertive public policies in libraries, in accordance with the dynamics of telecommuting that are being created, is an essential debate in the field of Information Science.

Objective:

This article discusses the evolution of public educational libraries in telecommuting to serve a community of professionals who work and communicate in a network.

Methodology:

Methodologically, the research has an exploratory level, a qualitative approach, developed through bibliographical research and elaborated from the data of a doctoral research that uses the action science method.

Results:

The results highlight the possibility of innovation through remote work in the federal public service, especially with the advent of Decree 11,072, of May 17, 2022; the opportunity to innovate in the public sector with a promising service performed by public educational libraries at federal institutes; and the inseparability between work and research agendas, as well as between social development and digital transformation.

Conclusion:

It is concluded that the paths for the digital transformation in the world of work can become even more productive, innovative, profitable and sustainable, when the continuous and adequate investment in library infrastructure that fulfills an educational function and is of a public nature is sought; and in policies that ensure the performance of librarians as agents of innovation in federal institutes.

KEYWORDS:
Public educational libraries; Innovation; Telecommuting; Work; Digital transformation

ASPECT	CONCEPTUAL PERSPECTIVE
1.	First, the citizen lab is a new form of institution, one in which openness, accessibility, and re-appropriability predominate. [...] in a citizen lab, people can make proposals and thus become producers (of their own or other people's ideas) rather than consumers (of something predetermined by the institution).
2.	Second, a citizen lab is a meeting space for different actors to collaborate on the development of a shared idea.
3.	Third [...] participation in a citizen lab is its connection to its closest environment. Regarding this aspect, it is about valuing the culture of proximity, prioritizing the meeting and cooperation between different actors linked to the same context (a neighborhood, a city, an organization, etc.). The laboratory is therefore a tool for listening and observing what happens in these contexts, trying to identify the community's needs, desires, resources, and strengths that can be put into action to develop collective ideas.
4.	Fourth, [...] the laboratory works in a specific way, from the logic of experimentation and prototyping. This is one of the most characteristic and relevant features of the proposal of a citizen laboratory because it implies prioritizing the process over the result, accepting uncertainty, and supporting it collectively, and relating directly with error, understanding it as another learning resource. Experimentation, due to its open, provisional, and even playful nature, allows the diverse knowledge of all participants to be brought together, and thus promotes cooperation and the creation of bonds, particularly of trust and reciprocity.
5.	Fifth, the articulation of diverse actors around the development of a common idea generates a large volume of knowledge. A citizen lab is not only a space in which this production of knowledge is possible, but also a tool so that the knowledge generated continues to circulate after the lab is over and can be useful in other contexts. To achieve this, we work from the principles of free culture (freedom to copy, distribute, modify, and improve other people's creations), documenting the work done in the development of each idea.
6.	Sixth and last, the conceptual positioning and the main characteristics we have indicated respond to the fundamental purpose of a citizen lab: to create communities of learning and practice. These communities are intended to be spaces to collectively test forms of self-management, knowledge production, and coexistence because in a laboratory people participate who, for the most part, do not know each other and have not chosen to work together, and therefore it is necessary to establish a learning relationship with others. All this with the aim of improving the conditions of coexistence in our neighborhoods, our cities, or our institutions; in short, in those places that are close and meaningful to those who inhabit them.

TOPIC	DESCRIPTION
1	Organizational identity of libraries in federal institutes
2	Innovation, remote working, and infrastructure of educational libraries
3	Digital transformation and innovation in information services through projects
4	Learning and practice communities in libraries and research groups
5	Users need and experience in virtual learning networks
6	Social media marketing strategies for educational libraries
7	Public policies to combat intergenerational information poverty

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[1] Conflicts of interest:

Authors certify that they have no commercial or associative interest that represents a conflict of interest in relation to the manuscript.

Makerspaces	These are spaces qualified to function as incubators of ideas, in the most diverse areas, which favor creativity, experimentation, and entrepreneurship. In them, community spirit and collaboration are stimulated, and technologies and tools are made available to create individual and collective projects.
Learning commons	These are spaces that are conducive to collaborative learning. They consist of a meeting space to discuss projects and hold meetings. They are created as an alternative to classrooms, informal learning environments.
Coworking	These are spaces that have the objective of sharing the physical structure, furniture, rental costs, and a commercial address, which allows an environment conducive to the exchange of experiences, the sharing of knowledge, the participation in events, and training programs.