Scientific communication of knowledge management to improve innovation processes of information professionals

Abstract

This study addresses the importance of scientific communication as a process that contributes to the propagation and improvement of knowledge management practices in informational contexts. In fact, it argues that scientific communication also aims to collaborate with the creation of knowledge, which is one of the most important stages of the existing knowledge management models in the literature. Knowledge management, in turn, is seen as a process that helps practices that involve innovation in information environments, carried out mainly by information professionals. In view of these contextualizations, the research started from the following questions: what are the levels of scientific production about the practice of knowledge management, carried out by the field of Information Science in the field of scientific communication, in the last 10 years? How can the stages of knowledge management contribute to innovation in the practices of information professionals in their work environments? In order to answer the questions, the general objective is to analyze the stages of knowledge management and their interference in the innovation practice of information professionals. The specific objectives were broken down into: 1. Map, analyze and present the interdisciplinary contributions that involve scientific communication and knowledge management in the last ten years; and 2. Analyze the stages of knowledge management and their influences on the innovation practices of information professionals. In order to enable the achievement of the general objective and specific objectives, the study is bibliographic and qualitative in nature. For the composition of the theoretical survey, a search was carried out in the Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISA) and Information Science Database (Brapci) databases, using the following keywords: "scientific communication", " knowledge management”, with the following Boolean combination: “scientific communication” and “knowledge management, with the period established between the years 2015 to 2020. In addition, in parallel, the study also proposed to contextualize knowledge management to the generation of innovation in the work practices of information professionals in different organizational environments. For this, in the theoretical framework, concepts of innovation, informational environments and the performance of information professionals were used, in order to propose, through cross-referencing and theoretical analyses, contributions that the stages of knowledge management can offer to the practices of these professionals. As a result, it was noted that there is a wide variety of research available on each of the themes (scientific communication and knowledge management). However, when these terms are combined, there is a lack of results in the period from 2015 to 2018, with a slight increase in 2019 and 2020, respectively. The research highlighted a large gap in published studies that cover the mutuality between the themes portrayed. Furthermore, as final considerations, it was noticed that there is an interdisciplinarity between the concepts of innovation and its implementation in the organizational environments in which information professionals work, especially through the use of knowledge management, as a process and tool that contributes to decision making. assertive decision making and work practices that add value to users.