FROM CUSTODY TO ACCESS
THE RI OF LAIS/UFRN AS A HEALTH INFORMATION ECOSYSTEM
Keywords:
digital repositories, institutional repositories, open access, health informationAbstract
Digital repositories have become a key tool used by higher education institutions and research institutes to preserve institutional memory through the collection, organization, accessibility, and dissemination of scientific output. This movement is consistent with the principles of the open science movement, particularly those related to transparency, visibility, and social responsibility concerning public investment in scientific research. Within this context, this study is guided by the following research question: How does the Institutional Repository of the Laboratory for Technological Innovation in Health constitute a health information ecosystem capable of organizing, preserving, and expanding the circulation of the scientific and technological output generated by the projects developed by the laboratory? Accordingly, this study aims to analyze how the Institutional Repository of the Laboratory for Technological Innovation in Health constitutes a health information ecosystem based on its practices of organizing, preserving, and disseminating scientific and technological output in health. The study adopts a qualitative approach and employs a case study methodology. The results demonstrate the successful trajectory and relevance of the scientific output generated by the projects developed institutionally, as well as the information flow management practices involved in its indexing and dissemination through the repository. Finally, the study argues that the laboratory’s scientific repository constitutes a health information ecosystem, as it brings together information management, institutional memory, and scholarly communication in health.