Information Management in Portugal: education and employment conditions and some prospects

• Main Authors: Maria Cristina Vieira de Freitas, Maria da Graça de Melo Simões
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade Federal do Paraná 2014-09-01
• Series: AtoZ: Novas Práticas em Informação e Conhecimento
• Subjects: Gestão da Informação; Mercado de trabalho; Formação profissional
• Online Access: http://ojs.c3sl.ufpr.br/ojs2/index.php/atoz/article/view/41329

The Professors Cristina Freitas and Maria da Graça Simões answer questions prepared by teachers from the Faculdade de Informação e Comunicação (Gestão da Informação Undergraduate Degree) da Universidade Federal de Goiás - UFG. The questions are related to the educational structure dedicated to the issues of information management in Portugal, the influence of the "Big Data" phenomenon on education and training in the area - including discussions on data governance, the fundation areas of Information Management and the main approaches to information research in the Country. Besides, they discuss the employment conditions (threats and opportunities) for professionals in Information Management in Portugal and in Europe [Available Language: Portuguese/Portugal].