Metric studies of the basic bibliography used at the LIS course plans of education from the University of São Paulo State

Abstract

This study has as objective analyzing and evaluating the basic bibliography used in the Bibliotheconomy course schedule from the University of São Paulo State, Unesp- Marília Campus. Thus, it is explored if the course has a more humanistic or technical nature, contributing to its search of identity and selfknowledge. Thanks to citation analysis it is possible to evaluate the performance and the impact of diverse types of documents (books, magazines, papers, etc.). The of following items are analyzed: typology of documents, languages, cited authors, average life of literature, format of documents, origin of the authors, universities, authors and newspapers more cited. The partial results revealed that books and chapters represent the greatest percentile of citation frequency, as well printed documents, although electronic ones are also being contemplated in all the disciplines, however with lesser frequency. The authorship analysis identified a majority as Brazilian authors; Portuguese as the more cited language; and 8 years as the average life of literature.