Speech at the formal opening of the academic year 2016/2017 that took place on the 21th October 2016. The author refers the broad acceptance of the IHMT educational provision, for instance in the Portuguesespeaking countries, both by attendance or e-learning. The democratization of knowledge is one of the IHMT priorities, mainly with the new Knowledge and Communication Management Office and also, at the same ti...
Lecture delivered at the formal opening of the academic year 2016/2017 regarding open science and knowledge sharing for development , as a stimulus for the universal acess to scientific knowledge, contributing towards decreasing asymmetries and providing a greater equity and development.; Conferência proferida na Sessão Solene de abertura do Ano Letivo 2016/17 sobre Ciência aberta e a partilha de conhecimento p...
This work aims to contribute to the discussion, in times of daily huge volumes of data for use on the web, of global public health issues. Furthermore, the potential of open science to the scientific research and the context of its complexity to the knowledge management. The volume of available data exceeds 2.5 x 1018 new bytes / day on the web. This data is presented in several forms, such as videos, photos, a...
The management of information is currently subject to legal restrictions, particularly information relating to generated knowledge enhancing economic advantage, as the one registered in patents. Such legal restrictions derive from a classical concept of the innovation cycle, which provides a basis for the current parameters of Science funding and commercial exploitation of technological development and innovati...
Collaborative transnational research and action to promote health for all can be translated as Global Health. The 21st century brought the need for teams to increasingly work on scientific and technological research networks because of the sheer volume of data in this new millennium. New models of work need to be created to accelerate the advancement of science. Therefore, collaborative networking can contribut...
In the health research field, there is a clear and growing need to use the scientific knowledge produced into health strategies, actions and policies. In this regard, the knowledge translation became critical for health research. The present project aims to maximize the potential of the knowledge translation within the context of the projects supported by the two Grand Challenges Brazil programs: Reducing the B...
In an interview to ANAIS of IHMT, Dominique Cardon explains how algorithms expanded the public space and how public and private concepts were redefined by algorithms programmers, directing, yet not forcing.; Numa entrevista aos ANAIS do IHMT, Dominique Cardon explica como os algoritmos expandiram o espaço público e como os conceitos de público e privado foram redefinidos pela classificação de informação que é f...
This article aims to present the new trends for university libraries in the domain of new technologies, investigation, information literacy in order to add value, competencies and empowerment to library professionals. Focus areas like semantic web, digital curation, information literacy, bibliometrics, altmetrics and open science are some of relevant new opportunities for librarians to develop and learn, if the...
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