The Postgraduate Program in Information Science (PPGCI), linked to the Institute of Applied Social Sciences (ICSA) at the Federal University of Pará (UFPA), was approved by the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES) in 2016 as an Academic Master's degree in Information Science. The Program has a grade of 4 in the Quadrennial Evaluation 2021 of CAPES, for the 2017-2020 quadrennium.
The field of Information Science studies the properties and behavior of information, the forces that govern its flow, and the means of processing it to improve its access and use.
In this context, the proposal of the PPGCI aims at the formation and training of professionals with an interdisciplinary perspective and the capacity for critical reflection on theories and practices related to the organization, mediation, and use of information, in search of the development and application of knowledge.
The creation of the Program meets the demand of professionals and technicians from the Amazon Region for stricto sensu courses in the area of Information Science, that, for lack of opportunities, ended up seeking training in other regions or countries. In this sense, the PPGCI will contribute to the diffusion of training and research at the graduate level in the area, besides improving the focus and discussion of problems and solutions in the scope of organization, mediation, and use of information in the Amazon Region. Currently the Program is structured around the Area of Concentration "Information Management and Knowledge Organization" and two Research Lines: "Mediation and Use of Information" and "Information Organization". The faculty is composed of twenty-one professors, eighteen permanent and three collaborators.
Self-evaluation PPGCI ICSA UFPA
The major impetus for the Program's self-evaluation process began in the year 2019 with the release of the report of the CAPES Graduate Programs Self-Evaluation Working Group. The planning and development was organized as one of the final links of the Program's strategic planning structure and, consequently, of the formalization of the development of the fundamental driving elements such as the vision, mission, and values of PPGCI/UFPA. The self-assessment process was discussed and defined as its bases and methodologies by the Self-Assessment Commission.
The basic principle of the self-assessment is freedom of expression, and an anonymous instrument is used for the answers from the different strata included in the consultations. This process starts from each program stratum's perspective on quality, expressed as their perception of the added value received. This indicates the measurement of the ability to deliver added value by the community enrollment.
Ordinance N. 1/2021, of March 09, 2021
Composition of the committee:
Prof. Dr. Cristian Berrío-Zapata, Vice-Coordination (PPGCI)
Profa. Dr. Franciele Marques Redigolo, Coordination (PPGCI)
Profa. Dr. Marise Teles Condurú, Commission Representative (APCN PPGCI)
Prof. Dr. Fernando de Assis Rodrigues, Faculty Representative
Prof. Dr. Gilberto Gomes Cândido, Faculty Representative
Profa. Dr. Natália Marinho do Nascimento, Faculty Representative
Prof. Camila do Nascimento Brito, Student Representative
Suelene Santana Assunção, Student Representative
Me. Ester Ferreira da Silva, Graduate Representative
Me. Rodrigo Oliveira de Paiva, Graduate Representative
Prof. Dr. Gustavo Silva Saldanha, External Peer (IBICT/UFRJ)
Prof. Dr. Lena Vania Ribeiro Pinheiro, External Parecer (IBICT)
Prof. Dr. Mariângela Spotti Lopes Fujita, External Parecer (UNESP)
Prof. Dr. Marta Ligia Pomim Valentim, External Parecer (UNESP)
Prof. Dr. Maurício Lissovsky, External Peer (PROPESP/UFPA)
Eunice da Conceição Borges, Staff Representative
Ester Souza Rolo, Staff Representative
Unit Development Plan (PDU) PPGCI ICSA UFPA
The objective of the PDU is to reflect, plan, and control the actions through which the sub-units of UFPA can articulate and contribute to the institutional mission, vision, and values, from its own strategic plan, formalized and based on the Institutional Development Plan (IDP), on the PDU of its shelter institute, in this case ICSA, and on its own mission and vision.
The Program makes its mission, vision and values proposal, considering the analysis of the context in which it develops and the targets of its stakeholders or interest groups. This level of strategic statements unfolds into actions organized in its tactical plan, which includes objectives, goals, actions, indicators, time terms and responsible parties. Being a new and pioneer graduate course in the Amazon, it was necessary to have an initial period of learning and reflection that, together with the experience and data accumulated during the first quadrennium, would allow a clear view of the strategic elements (context and particularities of the course, specific characteristics of the community, demands of interest groups or stakeholders) before launching a proposal.
Ordinance N. 2/2021, of May 24, 2021
Composition of the Commission:
Prof. Dr. Cristian Berrío-Zapata, Vice-Coordination (PPGCI)
Profa. Dr. Franciele Marques Redigolo, Coordination (PPGCI)
Profa. Dr. Marise Teles Condurú, Commission Representative (APCN PPGCI)
Prof. Dr. Fernando de Assis Rodrigues, Faculty Representative
Prof. Dr. Gilberto Gomes Cândido, Faculty Representative
Profa. Dr. Natália Marinho do Nascimento, Faculty Representative
Prof. Camila do Nascimento Brito, Student Representative
Suelene Santana Assunção, Student Representative
Me. Ester Ferreira da Silva, Graduate Representative
Me. Rodrigo Oliveira de Paiva, Graduate Representative
Prof. Dr. Gustavo Silva Saldanha, External Peer (IBICT/UFRJ)
Prof. Dr. Lena Vania Ribeiro Pinheiro, External Parecer (IBICT)
Prof. Dr. Mariângela Spotti Lopes Fujita, External Parecer (UNESP)
Prof. Dr. Marta Ligia Pomim Valentim, External Parecer (UNESP)
Prof. Dr. Maurício Lissovsky, External Peer (PROPESP/UFPA)
Eunice da Conceição Borges, Staff Representative
Ester Souza Rolo, Staff Representative