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Título: The Reproductive Health Virtual Library: listening to the userAutor: Alvarez M. do C.A
Instituição: Faculdade de Saúde Pública da Universidade de São Paulo
Data de publicação: April, 2005
Meio onde foi publicado: São Paulo (BR): Faculdade de Saúde Pública da USP
Abstract: ''The theoretical foundation of this study is based on theorists who analyze modern and post-modern cultures, focusing attention on information and communication technologies. These technologies have been achieved importance in academic research and information science fields. The virtual libraries have been created in order to allow the users to get closer to the institutionalized information stock. The Reproductive Health Virtual Library (RHVL), supported by the Library and the Departmento de Saúde Materno Infantil, da Faculdade de Saúde Pública - USP, is part of these new technologies and is the subject of this study. The objective is to verify the communication process between the RHVL and its user, reproductive health researchers, attempting to identify his or her expectations, to perceive gaps in communication and to improve interactive communication to enhance the meaning of this kind of service. We adopted a qualitative method, known as focal group, which was applied to three meetings at chat rooms (Internet relay chat), on the Internet. The results indicated the lack of awareness of RHVL and a poor acquisition of interactive communication by the society. Several suggestions were made, such as: meeting rooms, links among databases and other VLs, availability of validated sources, modern presentation, divisions according to the user profile, among others.''
Palavras-chave: Internet; Reproductive health; Virtual libraries; Communication technology; Interactive communication.
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