Performance of the University Extension in the context of Librarianship: proposal of an Information and Knowledge Service for the Pro-Rectory of Extension of the Universidade Federal do Cariri
University Extension. Traditional Axes - Thematic Areas. Librarianship. Informational Axes - Technical-pragmatic, human and scientific foundations. Pro-Rectory of Extension.
It portrays the performance of the University Extension through the traditional axes, which are
its thematic areas (Communication, Culture, Human Rights and Justice, Education,
Environment, Health, Technology and Production, Work)and the information axes of
librarianship (foundations of technical-pragmatic, human and scientific information), in order
to streamline the institutional activities of the Pro-Rectory of Extension, focusing on the
Universidade Federal do Cariri (UFCA). It presents as problematizing condition, a question
that will be discussed from the following question: How to think about the proposition of an
information and knowledge service to boost the activities of the Pro-Rectory of Extension of
the Universidade Federal do Cariri? It defines, in the general objective, to investigate the
reality of University Extension practices in the field of information and knowledge from the
Pro-Rectory of Extension of the Universidade Federal do Cariri aiming to recognize the
proposition of an information and knowledge service. It discusses, in the theoretical reference,
the fundamentals of university extension; the traditional axes of extension and the
informational axes; and about how the Pro-Rectory of Extension act with the issues of the
traditional axes (focused on the modalities of action) and informational, as well as denotes a
proposal synthesis of the performance of the Pro-Rectory of Extension through the
biblioteconical informational axes. It determines, in the methodological procedures: the
comprehensive method, resting on the purposes (exploratory and descriptive), strategies
(bibliographic, documentary and case study) and the approach (qualitative); locus, the Pro-
Rectory of Extension (PROEX) of UFCA; social actors (Pro-Rector of Extension and/or
Deputy and the heads, advisors, coordinators, visual programmer and assistant in
administration of the nuclei and coordination of PROEX/UFCA); data collection instruments
(interview and questionnaire); data analysis technique (Content Analysis); and the
characterization of the information product (Informationand Knowledge Service), intending to
answer the problem, meet the objectives and enable the construction of the information
product. It concludes that the traditional axes of extension provide Biblioteconomia with a
niche network thematic potential for the performance of its informational practices and market
expansion, likewise, the contribution of the informational biblioteconômico axes to University
Extension enables a new look at the performance of the Pro-Rectory of Extension, focusing on
PROEX/UFCA, because they are contextual foundations that can scientifically support,
energize and raise the potential of their institutional activities.