THE USE OF DIGITAL REPOSITORIES FOUND IN THE ORGANIZATIONS

Abstract

This studies objective is to identify the digital repositories found in organizations around the world. For this, a bibliographic research was carried out in the databases of Scielo, Bank of theses and dissertations of the Comissão de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal do Nível Superior (CAPES), Ebsco and Google Scholar. The search terms were "digital repository", "knowledge repository", "DSpace" and "knowledge registration methodology". In addition, these terms - except "Dspace" - were also searched in English. In some forms of search, we opted to include the search terms also in the keywords and abstract fields. The results indicate, from the analysis of the articles, that there are several software that are digital repositories, but the two most used are the Dspace and the E-Prints. Digital repositories are expanding and their beginnings occurred in the academic world, especially in universities. In Portugal, all universities use DSpace and in Spain it is present in more than 80% of Spanish universities. In Brazil, the DSpace was first implemented by the Universidade de São Paulo (USP), the Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR) and the Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia (IBICT). In addition, it has also been used by other organizations and entities that are not part of the academic and scientific spectrum, such as the Legal Library - BDJur of the Justice’s Court and the Digital Library of the Federal Senate. In the case of the managerial works implications, it is verified that digital repositories are a fundamental tool for knowledge sharing and knowledge about the main tools, advantages and disadvantages, as well as future studies related to the management of software repositories Are important items for knowledge managers in academic institutions and companies.