Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

The Library Science program trains professionals capable of locating, storing, retrieving and organizing information in any medium: from books and paper documents to those stored in electronic databases or available on the Internet.

Diversity and versatility are hallmarks of the Library Science graduate, who is skilled in creating information access tools and conducting library marketing and promotional activities. Graduates can find employment in a variety of settings, including companies, organizations, law firms, trade unions, museums, newspapers, and federal, state, or municipal government agencies that have libraries or documentation centers.

In the computer lab, students develop research techniques especially focused on the internet, which is gaining increasing relevance, as it creates new job positions. Other traditional areas of study are also included in the program.

The curriculum is comprised of around 50 courses, grouped into three areas: general foundations, including courses taught in other programs; instrumentals, which covers subjects in the fields of languages, logic and research methods and techniques; and professional training, which provides students with the theoretical foundations of library science.

Throughout the program, students can engage in a number of outreach activities developed in two support libraries: the Education Library and the Virtual Library in Library Science and Information Science. Additionally, they have access to the Document Conservation and Restoration Laboratory and the Information Handling Laboratory, which is dedicated to the study and thematic analysis of texts and books, providing a valuable opportunity to explore different fields of knowledge.