Ciência da Informação e o Mercado de Trabalho na Era Digital

Abstract

Looks upon the characteristics of the present time and the challenges it represents to Information Science in what regards to the impacts of the technology and to professional education, also discussing the information professional´s competences and abilities on knowledge organization. The values that should permeate the professional performance in the digital era are emphasized, with special attention to issues related to creativity and ethics. It finishes with a consideration about aspects of the professional education in the informational environment, taking in account the informational and digital competences, as well as the need of the education organizations to prepare themselves to properly answer to those changes, improving their processes of education by the incorporation of the demands and expectations both from the organizations as the work market. KEYWORDS – Information Science; Digital Era; Information professional; Work market; Information Ethics.