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The information services and units, organized in networks, perform a vital role in the processes of information management, from acquisition, organization, and dissemination to information attainment by the final user. With the objective of raising the participation of information services and units in networks in Brazil, we have carried out an investigation, in which we consulted, especially, the sites of the main university libraries here, which resulted in a mapping of the current networks in Brazil. We have identified a Brazilian participation in 41 networks, which were categorized according to their function. The category with the largest number of networks is the one of specialized information; however, we have also found networks of information matching, networks of information services, networks of information processing, and networks of digital information. The participation in a network increases the institutional and informational assets, and, in the contemporary society, it has become, more and more, the foundation for actions strengthening. |
