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Citizen Science (CS) is an approach to scientific work and part of the Open Science movement. This study aims to analyse the perception of the librarians about their participation in the aBEIRAr project, which is a CS partnership for the valorisation of the territory developed in the Intermunicipal Network of Libraries of Beiras and Serra da Estrela (RIBBSE) in Portugal. The methodology comprised a literature review, and the case study includes an interview and a survey. Of the results obtained, the following stand out: the libraries are the driving forces behind the aBEIRAr project; they choose the themes, organise and dynamize the activities in their local communities, and establish various partnerships with the mediation of the project's scientific coordination; the level of satisfaction of the librarians in this project is very satisfactory; in the libraries, after carrying out the aBEIRAr project, the number of participants in other face-to-face activities and the interaction on their social network profiles increased; librarians consider that CS can bring to public libraries and their users participative scientific knowledge. The data provides valuable insights into the possibilities and challenges associated with executing CS projects in collaboration with public libraries. These findings contribute to the ongoing discussion about the role of libraries as essential community centers.

Keywords: Science Citoyenne, Citizen Science, Bibliothèques publiques, Public Libraries, Intermunicipal Library Network of Beiras and Serra da Estrela, Réseau Intercommunal de bibliothèques de Beiras et Serra da Estrela, Projet aBEIRAr, aBEIRAr Project

Beginning with my 1999 account in The Philosophy of Argument, this essay explores views about adversariality in argument.  Although my distinction between minimal and ancillary adversariality is widely accepted, there are flaws in my defense of the claim that all arguments exhibit minimal adversariality and in a lack of sensitivity to aspects of gender and culture. Further discussions of minimal adversariality, including those of Scott Aikin, John Casey, Katharina Stevens and Daniel Cohen, are discussed. The claim that all argument are adversarial in at least a minimal sense is defended due to its connection with arguers’ intent to support their conclusions.

Keywords: argument, adversariality, dialogue, feminism, politeness, culture

The world changed. More than ever information gains a strategic role in professional contexts. Organizations are told that they will not survive in the modern era without a strategy for managing and leveraging value from information (extended to knowledge). This means that organizations must change the way information is managed, from a “housekeeping” style to a transversal mode, similar to how Human Resources, Finance, or Information Technology departments. This paper recommends some actions to make information/knowledge management an asset to be measured and with an impact on career development. It is a qualitative analysis resulting from an exploratory literature review and its comparison with working experience and observation in the last 15 years as an information manager. Via this combination, it was possible to approach a different type of intellectual capital investment, resulting in the proposal of creating an information/knowledge ladder strategy followed by a new performance evaluation indicator resulting from the information/knowledge management investments. The key conclusion shows that although information/knowledge management is a key asset for success, it’s necessary to reinforce research and implementation studies in strategies that measure the returns on information/knowledge investments. It’s also fundamental to the role of the academic side, extra engaging with organizations but also investing more in studies and creating new measurement techniques and indicators to be explored by future information professionals, particularly information managers.

Keywords: information/knowledge ladder, information management, information/knowledge culture, information governance

In Brazil, there are more than 10 million Deaf people. Of these, 2,592 Deaf people are enrolled in Higher Education institutions. This pilot study aims to explore how the field of Library and Information Science (LIS) has studied Deaf people in university libraries. This research uses a mixed methods approach: the first part of the study uses a descriptive approach to present the current state of LIS literature on Deaf users of university libraries. The second part of the research is empirical and consists of a survey that has yet to be fully carried out. It also suggests how the university library can contribute to the empowerment of the deaf community.

Keywords: University Library, Deaf community, Information behaviour