Scientific and Technical Information

Code:

MCI0014

Acronym:

ICT

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Information Science

Instance: 2010/2011 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Informatics Engineering
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Information Science

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MCI	19	Plano de estudos oficial	1	-	6	60	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

To endow students with knowledge and skills enabling them to master the scientific communication system and to explore its resources in an effective and efficient way.

Program

1. Scientific communication system: the visible and the invisible, the formal and the informal
2. Scientific and technical information market: the present, trends and forecasts
3. Open access movement
3.1 Open Archive Initiative
3.2 Open access and institutional repositories
4. Information materialization and diversity
4.1 Documents typology
4.2 Data management and the e-science problematic
5. Information resources typology
5.1 Approach by content nature
5.2 Approach by document typology
6. Exploration of information resources
6.1 Research techniques
6.2 Added value services
7. Provision of scientific and technical information services
7.1 Modalities
7.2 Assessment: Impact results
8. Systems associated to scientific and technical information management
9. Scientometry and bibliometics perspectives
10. Documents and bibliography management
10.1 EndNote

Complementary Bibliography

David R. Anderson, Dennis J. Sweeney, Thomas A. Williams; An introduction to management science. ISBN: 0-324-00321-8
OGC - Office of Government Commerce; ICT Infrastructure management. ISBN: 0-11-330865-5 brochDO

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical and practical classes.
Theoretical classes will be based on a brief period of presentation of course units themes, being followed by the discussion of bibliography.
Practical classes will be divided into two parts: problem solving and execution of a research certificate in scientific and technical information.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	52,00
	Trabalho laboratorial	80,00		2011-05-31
	Teste	30,00		2011-05-31
	Total:	-	0,00

Eligibility for exams

Execution of a research certificate in scientific and technical information – 100%
Problem solving – 100%
Attendance to 50% of the theoretical classes

Calculation formula of final grade

Research certificate in scientific and technical information = 50% of the final grade
Resolution of 10 problems = 30% of the final grade
Attendance to theoretical classes = 20% of the final grade

Examinations or Special Assignments

The execution of the research certificate in scientific and technical information, which has to be divided into six sections in e-learning environment, is mandatory.

Classification improvement

A theoretical and practical final exam.