Letramento informacional: um estudo sobre as necessidades e competências informacionais dos idosos da Universidade Aberta da Terceira Idade (UNATI) da Universidade Estadual do Piauí

Abstract

This study aimed to analyze the process of information literacy of the elderly of the Open University of the Third Age (UNATI) developed and hosted by the State University of Piauí in the areas of search and retrieval of information. In order to do so, it analyzed the concept of information literacy, its role in the contexts of user competences and access to information, as well as characterizing the profile of the elderly of UNATI and their informational needs and competencies, presenting the main difficulties of the latter in the search and the use of information in their daily personal and academic. The research is characterized topologically as descriptive with quantitative-qualitative approach, made use of the questionnaire and the interview as instruments of data collection; the first for the purpose of obtaining information from the UNATI coordinators and the second to collect necessary information with the elderly. For the analysis of data, we used the nonparametric descriptive analysis to allow the tabulation of the quantitative data, and to analyze the qualitative data, we used content analysis. With this, it was verified that the informational needs of the elderly are related to health, education, leisure and rights; and that most of these subjects have informational skills regarding the search and use of information, therefore they have information literacy. In this regard, UNATI contributes to this process, stimulating continued learning