Competences, accessibility and advances in technology in librarianship routinesSynopsis
The RDBCI editorial presents volume 23 of 2025, highlighting articles that align with the theme "Competences, accessibility and advances in technology in librarianship routines". The text highlights the evolution of Information Science with the adoption of technologies, such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), which optimizes the survey and analysis of bibliometric data. Examples such as research on gender inequality at UNICAMP and the use of AI tools for bibliographic search illustrate this trend. In addition, the editorial discusses the need for scientific journals, such as RDBCI, to adopt clear policies on the use of AI and on publication ethics, following recommendations from the SciELO Network and COPE to combat predatory journals. The text also emphasizes the importance of accessibility for the inclusion of People with Disabilities (PwD) and the adoption of continuous publication to speed up the dissemination of knowledge, themes that reinforce the relevance and commitment of the journal to integrity and innovation in the area.
Sinopse
O editorial da RDBCI apresenta o volume 23 de 2025, destacando artigos que se alinham à temática "Competências, acessibilidade e avanços da tecnologia nas rotinas biblioteconômicas". Os textos evidenciam a evolução da Ciência da Informação com a adoção de tecnologias, como a Inteligência Artificial (IA), que otimiza o levantamento e a análise de dados bibliométricos. Exemplos como a pesquisa sobre desigualdade de gênero na UNICAMP e o uso de ferramentas de IA para busca bibliográfica ilustram essa tendência. Além disso, o editorial discute a necessidade de as revistas científicas, como a RDBCI, adotarem políticas claras sobre o uso de IA e sobre ética em publicação, seguindo recomendações da Rede SciELO e do COPE para combater periódicos predatórios. O texto também ressalta a importância da acessibilidade para a inclusão de Pessoas com Deficiência (PcD) e a adoção da publicação contínua para agilizar a disseminação do conhecimento, temas que reforçam a relevância e o compromisso da revista com a integridade e a inovação na área.
This editorial presents the contents of volume 23, 2025, highlighting a rich collection of articles that address a variety of topics in Information Science. The works explore everything from the practical application of new technologies and data management to critical and social discussions, demonstrating the continuous evolution and relevance of the field. A notable trend in this issue is the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for literature surveys, an increasingly important tool for librarians and researchers.
In parallel to this impact of AI, and worth mentioning in this editorial, external initiatives, such as Bibliometrix 5.0 with Biblio AI, and studies that apply AI in evaluations of scientific production, show how these technologies are expanding the capacity to organize, analyze, and interpret scientific information, identifying trends and patterns in knowledge.
Precisely using this methodology, Martins et al. [1] presents an innovative scientometric study on gender inequality in UNICAMP's scientific production. The study uses data from the Scopus database API, aligning with the use of AI.
In the same context, in the study on "Artificial intelligence in literature surveys in scientific databases: comparing search expressions in ChatGPT, Copilot, and Gemini," the authors Antonio Carlos Picalho, Gisele Rosa de Oliveira, and Adriana Stefani Cativelli make a significant contribution. The article compares search expressions in AI tools like ChatGPT, Copilot, and Gemini to perform literature surveys in scientific databases, highlighting AI's role in optimizing this process.
The study stands out to use a Large Language Model (LLM) like ChatGPT to infer the gender of authors from their names. This procedure, combined with bibliometric analysis, not only facilitates large-scale data collection but also demonstrates how artificial intelligence is becoming a fundamental tool for analyzing complex data in Information Science, contributing to the investigation of social challenges in academia.
It is also worth noting in this editorial that, starting in 2025, the RDBCI is adopting a policy on the use of AI in the journal. This policy guides the responsible use of artificial intelligence in our publication, ensuring the integrity, transparency, and excellence of the research we endorse. This is a recommendation from SciELO, and the RDBCI is implementing it because it is part of the SciELO Brazil Journal Collection.
It is also worth mentioning that this issue features international contributions, with the inclusion of researchers from Nigeria who address cataloging and technology resources for library tasks. This editorial presents one of the articles that addresses the concern with the growth of predatory journals and the need to defend research credibility and integrity, highlighting the journal's adherence to the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
For this issue, we had a proposal to publish a Dossier on “Public communication of scientific and technological information in the AI era,” which would have included authors from both Brazil and other countries. However, this dossier will be published in volume 24 of the next issue in 2026. The proposed Dossier highlights public communication in Science & Technology in the AI era. In this regard, according to Broussard et al. (2019), we highlight that Artificial Intelligence (AI), generally understood as the development and implementation of computational systems capable of performing tasks typically associated with human intelligence-such as learning, problem-solving, and language processing-is a transformative force in communication sciences. It is reshaping how communication is understood and practiced, from individual interactions to mass media, especially in mediated communication.
Nevertheless, we highlight the use of the 17 UN SDGs in the RDBCI, qualifying and classifying each article according to the SDG theme. We have not found publications in the BCI area or other areas that use these resources to classify articles.
In this issue, many articles were classified under SDG 4, which highlights "Quality Education." In second place, there is a tie between two SDG categories, with six works in each. Following that, there is another tie, this time with two works, and finally, a last tie with two SDGs, each with one work. In table 1 below, we have the classifications by the number of articles per SDG:
From now on, we will present the topics classified by the JITA classification scheme, which we adopted in RDBCI since 2015, emphasizing the most published topic in the journal, as shown in table 2 below:
The JITA classification scheme for Information Sciences was developed from a fusion of the News Agent Topic classification scheme (maintained by Mike Keen in Aberystwyth, UK, until March 31, 1998) and the RIS classification scheme of the (now defunct) Review of Information Science, originally conceived by Dagobert Soergel (University of Maryland). JITA is the acronym of the authors' first names: <J>osé Manuel Barrueco Cruz, <I>mma Subirats Coll, <T>homas Krichel, and <A>ntonella De Robbio (JITA, 2011).
In this issue, we had the publication of 32 works, including 14 Articles, 15 Research Articles, 2 Experience Reports, and 1 Review, with the majority participation of Brazilian authors. In one of them, there was co-authorship by a researcher from Mozambique. In addition, a retraction was published, corresponding to volume 21 of 2022.
We present the works, with a brief introduction (synopsis) contextualized with the theme defined for this issue: “Competencies, accessibility, and technology advancements in library routines.”
In the first article, on "The construction of the concept of information for innovation: approaches from a systematic literature review," the authors Ieda Pelógia Martins Damian, Lillian Maria Araújo de Rezende Alvares, Washington Luís Ribeiro de Carvalho Segundo, and Marcel Garcia de Souza, conduct a systematic literature review to construct the concept of information for innovation.
In the article on "Content curation for librarians: an experience report from a teaching internship in Library Science," Rosaria Ferreira Otoni dos Santos, Frederico Mafra, and Benildes Coura Moreira dos Santos Maculan, highlights that the work shares an experience report on content curation for librarians, based on a teaching internship in Library Science.
In "Optimization strategies for search engines: an analysis from the data lifecycle," the authors Gustavo Camossi, Cecilo Merlotti Rodas, and Ricardo César Gonçalves Sant'Ana analyze optimization strategies for search engines from the data lifecycle.
In the fourth article, on "Critical information competency for people with disabilities: necessary concatenations," Guilherme Goulart Righetto discusses the necessary concatenations for critical information competency for people with disabilities.
Following that, as a highlight of the issue's theme, the work "Artificial intelligence in literature surveys in scientific databases: comparing search expressions in ChatGPT, Copilot, and Gemini," by authors Antonio Carlos Picalho, Gisele Rosa de Oliveira, and Adriana Stefani Cativelli, brings a significant contribution. The article compares search expressions in AI tools like ChatGPT, Copilot, and Gemini to perform literature surveys in scientific databases, highlighting the role of AI in optimizing this process.
Enrique Muriel-Torrado and Renata Teodoro Viana, in the article "Censorship narratives: coverage of book censorship in Brazilian newspapers," analyze the coverage of book censorship in Brazilian newspapers in the contemporary period.
In the seventh article, on "Accessibility in scientific journals: approaches, technologies, and applications," Luan Soares Silva, Patrícia da Silva Neubert, and Thiago Magela Rodrigues Dias highlight that the work addresses accessibility in scientific journals, exploring approaches, technologies, and applications for people with disabilities (PcD).
The article "Insertion of information competency in the training of librarians in Mozambique," brought by Ilídio Lobato E. Manhique and Helen de Castro Silva Casarin, stands out as one of the works with co-authorship from Mozambique and Brazil. This article examines the insertion of information competency in the training of librarians in Mozambique.
In the sphere of the C&TI field, the work on "The technological and innovation development in knowledge management," by authors Rafael Gutierres Castanha, Fernanda Bochi dos Santos, and Augusto Júnior Macucule, discusses the technological and innovation development in knowledge management considering the BCI area.
Sabrina Alves da Silva Marzano and Lorena Tavares de Paula, authors of the article: "Mapping of scientific dissemination communities and collections in digital repositories: descriptive analysis of the Brazilian scenario," present a descriptive analysis of the Brazilian scenario for communities and collections of scientific dissemination in digital repositories.
In the same sequence of themes on RI, in "Canvas business model applied to institutional digital repositories," Renato Marques Alves, Ana Paula Lopes da Silva, Francisco Ricardo Duarte, Jorge Luis Cavalcanti Ramos, and Lúcia Marisy Souza Ribeiro de Oliveira highlight in the article the application of the Canvas business model to institutional digital repositories.
In the article on "The public debate on social distancing in the context of COVID-19: analysis of a community of attention on X (Twitter)," Marília Catarina Andrade Gontijo and Ronaldo Ferreira de Araújo reveal a study on the public debate about social distancing during COVID-19, analyzing a community on X (Twitter), even though the cycle of this tumultuous period, experienced about 5 years ago, has already ended.
In the last work of this section, Karina de Oliveira Silva, Tainara do Socorro Silva Cardoso, Hamilton Vieira de Oliveira, and João Arlindo dos Santos Neto, in "Information competency and social protagonism: the role of public libraries in Belém, Pará," discuss the role of public libraries in Belém, Pará, in relation to information competency and social protagonism.
For the Research Articles section, we highlight "The conception of chatbots: perspectives and intersections in Information Science," by the authors Jordana Rabelo Soares and Patrícia Nascimento Silva. The authors explore the conception of chatbots, their perspectives and intersections in Information Science, concluding that the "constant evolution of AI and information retrieval technologies opens a promising horizon for the development of chatbots." (Soares; Silva, 2025)2.
In the first international contribution of this issue, with the work "Making basic and vulnerable people digitally inclusive: the roles of Nigerian libraries and librarians in perspective," the author Adeyinka Tella, from the University of Ilorin (Nigeria), brings a valuable contribution that discusses the roles of Nigerian libraries and librarians in making basic and vulnerable people digitally inclusive.
In "Informational anxiety and organizational performance: challenges and solutions in the digital age," Nelson Mitsuo Shimabukuro and Francisco Carlos Paletta address informational anxiety and organizational performance, in addition to the challenges and solutions in the digital age. In the era we live in, connected to technology, the growing digitalization and the exponential increase in the volume of data have generated profound impacts on the organizational environment, resulting in challenges related to informational anxiety. This phenomenon, coined by Wurman (1989), describes the difference between what we know and what we believe we should know, generating discomfort, frustration, and cognitive overload.
"Emerging trends in the field of cataloging: a look at national scientific production," authored by Raimunda Fernanda Santos, provides an overview of emerging trends in the field of cataloging, based on national scientific production.
Meanwhile, in "Editorial mediation and its relationship with the popularization of science," Martha Suzana Cabral Nunes explores the relationship between editorial mediation and the popularization of science.
In the sixth research article, Nancy Sánchez Tarragó and Taliane de Assis Oliveira, with the contribution "Librarians, scientific publishing and open science: competencies and challenges in a transforming ecosystem," discuss the competencies and challenges for librarians in scientific publishing and open science within a transforming ecosystem.
Following that, with "The needs of informational literacy for university students," Ueliton Araújo Trindade, Maria Aldecy Rodrigues de Lima, and Ana Flávia de Lima Rocha bring the work that focuses on the informational literacy needs of university students.
"Endogeneity in scientific journals: analysis of authorship links in articles from Santa Catarina titles," by Orestes Trevisol Neto, Rosangela Schwarz Rodrigues, and Patricia da Silva Neubert, aims to study the analysis of authorship links in articles from Santa Catarina journals to investigate endogeneity.
Again, with the theme of accessibility and PcD, Ana Paula Lima dos Santos, with the work "Training of librarians for accessibility and inclusion: challenges and impacts of the information regime in university libraries," discusses the training of librarians for accessibility and inclusion, highlighting the challenges and impacts of the information regime in university libraries.
"Innovation in teaching information competency in graduate school: a scope review" is also a recurring theme in this issue, where the authors Gizele Rocha and Simone Monteiro conduct a scope review on innovation in teaching information competency in graduate school.
School libraries and gender issues are also subjects addressed in this issue. André Luiz Avelino da Silva and Rodrigo de Sales, with the research article "Formative and informational strategies aimed at the LGBTQIAPN+ population in school libraries," address formative and informational strategies aimed at the LGBTQIAPN+ population in school libraries.
In the research article "Expanding transparency and collaboration in scientific research: proposal for a matrix model to support the formulation of action programs for Open Science," Luana Farias Sales Marques and Luís Fernando Sayão propose a matrix model to support the formulation of action programs for Open Science, aiming to expand transparency and collaboration in scientific research.
With the second international work, also from the African continent, Adeyinka Tella, Aderinola Ololade Dunmade, Yusuf Ayodeji Ajani, and Firdausi Abdullahi, in "Application of ICTs in Nigerian libraries: the need to look in the direction of 4IR technologies following the perspective of the diffusion of innovation theory," discuss the application of ICTs in Nigerian libraries, advocating a focus on 4IR technologies from the perspective of the diffusion of innovation theory.
In another theme focused on the area of publications, with the work "University publishers in Brazil: use of the OMP software for editing, mapping of privacy policies, accessibility and licenses of use and reproduction," Gilmar Gomes de Barros, Edna Karina da Silva Lira, Angélica Conceição Dias Miranda, and Eliana Maria dos Santos Bahia Jacintho analyze the use of the OMP software by university publishers in Brazil, mapping their privacy, accessibility, and licensing policies.
In the last research article, on "Libraries as spaces of inclusion for people with Down syndrome," Luciana de Souza Gracioso, Maria Cristiane Barbosa Galvão, and Paula Maria Pereira Merichelo highlight the role of libraries as spaces of inclusion for people with Down syndrome.
Finally, in the Experience Report section, we have the work "From shelf assembly to collection automation: the practices of the school library" authored by Edna Karina da Silva Lira, Gilmar Gomes de Barros, and Eliana Maria dos Santos Bahia Jacintho. In the second report, we have the work on the "Legal Documentation and Information Repository (REDIJ): challenges and experiences in the creation and development of a thematic repository," by Leonardo Silva Oliveira, Fabiano Ferreira de Castro, and Maria Tereza Machado Teles Walter. Lastly, we highlight the Review by Murilo Bastos da Cunha, speaking about "SBU 40 years: a vision through its managers (1983-2023) - Review."
In this issue, we included the first retraction in the 22 years of RDBCI's existence. From now on, this section will feature a retraction notice, when more serious treatment is needed. The retraction of a scientific article is the formal process of removing a publication from the academic record for containing unreliable data, serious errors, or for violating research ethics.
It serves as a crucial mechanism for the integrity of the journal, as it signals to the entire scientific community that the retracted content should not be considered valid. In doing so, the journal protects its readers from incorrect information and maintains its credibility as a reliable source of knowledge.
Thus, we conclude the edition of volume 23, 2025, ahead of schedule, following the continuous publication model [3]. As we have already mentioned, it is worth emphasizing the importance of this: continuous publication is a mode of editing scientific journals in which articles are published and made available online immediately after they are finalized and approved, instead of waiting for a complete volume or issue to be formed.
Unlike the traditional model, which gathers several articles to release an issue all at once, continuous publication ensures that each approved work is disseminated without delay. This streamlines the flow of scientific communication, as the content becomes accessible to readers more quickly, increasing its visibility and impact right after editorial approval. We move forward and wish everyone great navigation and reading of the published articles.
Editor-in-chief:
Gildenir Carolino Santos https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4375-6815
Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)
Campinas, SP - Brazil
Acknowledgments:
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MARTINS, M.S. et al.2025. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/2331186X.2025.2480502
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SOARES, J. R.; SILVA, P. N.,2025. DOI: 10.20396/rdbci.v23i00.8679339
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SANTOS, G. C.; RODRIGUES, C. M. 2019. Available at: https://econtents.bc.unicamp.br/boletins/index.php/ppec/article/view/9168.
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