KOHA SOFTWARE KNOWLEDGE IN BRAZIL BY LIBRARIANS EACHERS OF PRESENT COURSES

ABSTRACT

Koha is a free library management system used worldwide by all types of libraries. However, this Integrated Library System is still little known in Brazil, which may reflect the library science students’ lack of familiarity in the academic life as a large part of Brazilian university libraries use paid tools. Thus, the present study aims to analyze the degree of knowledge about Koha software by professors of the undergraduate degree in Library Science in Brazil. Therefore, a survey was sent to professors of library science programs throughout the country. Thus, it verified that 61.4% of the professors who answered the questionnaire do not know Koha. The study confirmed the hypothesis proposed to enable the creation of strategies for the dissemination of this software to professors.

KEYWORDS:
Library management; Library science teaching; Libraries automation; Professors; Undergraduate degree curriculum