A multipotencialidade que habita no profissional bibliotecário: em busca de uma práxis profissional inovadora

Abstract

It emphasizes that multipotentiality has existed for a long time in the field of psychology, as a term used to identify people who have different interests and who develop different skills throughout life. Because of this, they can change to act in different areas at the same time or combine them, creating something new. Other terms that denote the same idea are polymath and renaissance, that is, a term that values intelligence, knowledge and art as the most valued qualities in human beings. In this bias, this research seeks to relate the idea of multipotentiality, to the profile of the professional librarian, outlined in the Pedagogical Project of the Course (PPC) of Graduation in Librarianship of the Federal University of Paraíba (CGB/UFPB) It has as general objective to identify the characteristics of the multiple abilities and skills discriminated in the PPC of the Graduate Course in Library Science at UFPB with the multiple characteristics of multipotentiality. It builds the theoretical foundation, from

the theorists of informational competence, funneling to the profile, competence and skills of the librarian. It also revisits theorists of multipotentiality. It articulates the intersection of the different domains of the librarian's performance in the information units, to discover the multipotentiality that inhabits the practice of this profession. It points out as research subjects the librarians of the CCHLA/UFPB Library. It is a research of a basic nature, with a qualitative approach to problematization. From the point of view of its objectives, a descriptive research is presented, with bibliographical research as a technical procedure. It points out the questionnaire as a research instrument. It concludes that the findings of the research revealed the characteristic of multipotentiality in librarian practice, given the: speeches of the research subjects, the demands of the information society, consequently the demands of library users.