FICAT 2.0 – UFPA’s Automatic Cataloging Sheet Generation System

The Central Library of UFPA has launched FICAT 2.0, a new module that enables the automatic generation of cataloging sheets for undergraduate theses, dissertations, and final papers (TCCs) in a fast, accurate, and secure way.

To use the system, simply access the website, fill in the required and optional fields, and the cataloging sheet will be instantly generated in PDF format, ready to be inserted into the academic work. The platform also provides tutorials and instructions to guide users.

Developed with a focus on usability and reliability, FICAT 2.0 follows international cataloging standards: the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules (AACR2) and the International Standard Bibliographic Description (ISBD).

 

Name: Microcomputers

Description: Intended for administrative tasks and the common use of students and Professors

Location: PPLSA Administrative Office

Pieces of equipment: 11 microcomputers

 

Name: Datashow

Description: Designed for presentation tasks of Professors and students

Location: PPLSA classroom

Pieces of equipment: 02 datashows

 

Name: Multifunction printer

Description: For administrative tasks of the PPLSA Coodinator’s Office

Location: PPLSA Administrative Office and Coordination Coordinator’s Office

Pieces of equipment: 03 printers

To access the updated production of this graduate program, visit the platform Sucupira Capes (https://sucupira.capes.gov.br/sucupira/public/index.jsf) and perform the following routines:

 

1) Select the icon Intellectual Productions: (https://sucupira.capes.gov.br/sucupira/public/consultas/coleta/producaoIntelectual/listaProducaoIntelectual.jsf).

2) Choice: the year; the institution (Federal University of Pará), the graduate program; Type of production (artistic; Bibliography; or technical).

3) activate the button "Browse".

4) After the last procedure, the list of production will be visibilizada. Then, activate the magnifying glass on the right side of each item. That way, you'll have detailed information about the production.

5) If you want to show all of the productions of the program, activate directly the button "Browse". The complete list of selected visibilizada year's production. To trigger the magnifying glass to the right of each item, you will have detailed information about each production.

INFRASTRUCTURE 

01 MINI-AUDITORIUM with a capacity of 80 people;
01 INCLUSION LABORATORY (with adapted computers, braille machine, braille printer, etc.) for supporting inclusion (blindness, deafness, among others);
03 CLASSROOMS equipped with data show projectors, glass boards, notebooks, speakers, desks, and chairs;
01 STUDENT LOUNGE AND RESEARCH SPACE providing access to computers, internet, and a collaborative environment for knowledge exchange;
10 SHARED OFFICES for faculty members (up to 03 professors per room), to carry out their academic activities within PPLSA;
01 PPLSA ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE;
01 COORDINATION OFFICE;
01 LIBRARY – The Bragança Campus Library is connected to the global network, with 03 desktop computers available for internet access. The system uses the Pergamum software (which manages UFPA’s library system) and has 2 additional computers for administrative use. The library has a multidisciplinary collection with open access. It offers services such as online and local catalog consultation, bibliographic searches, guidance on academic writing following ABNT standards, cataloging sheet preparation, document circulation (borrowing, returns, reservations), and in-person user training.
01 PPLSA BRANCH LIBRARY – This library holds a collection focused on Anthropology, Linguistics, Literary Theory, Social History, Education, and Sociology.

BOOK ACQUISITIONS DURING THE FOUR-YEAR PERIOD (2021–2024):
In 2021, 369 titles and 855 copies were acquired;
In 2022, 28 titles and 110 copies;
In 2024, 33 titles and 132 copies were acquired.
This latest acquisition was based on the reading lists suggested by PPLSA faculty for their courses.

LABORATORIES

Laboratory of Scientific and Environmental Education (LSEE):
Develops various teaching, research, and extension projects focused on the training of Basic Education teachers.

Language Laboratory:
Supports the development of professional identity and contributes to PPLSA by promoting the effective use of different varieties of foreign languages. It recognizes the object of study in both oral and written modalities, considering the conditions of discourse production.

Laboratory of Studies: Language, Image, and Memory (LSLIM):
Proposes to explore the potential of using audiovisual language as an interdisciplinary research method in studies related to narratives, contemporary issues, and new ways of constructing meaning.

Multidisciplinary Laboratory of Fisheries Engineering:
Enables professors to create educational materials, such as collections of fish, crustaceans, and mollusks. It also provides a model for aquatic organism farming using a recirculating system, and includes collections related to parasitology and hematology in Fisheries Engineering.

Inclusion Laboratory (blindness, deafness, among others):
Equipped with adapted computers, braille machine, braille printer, and other accessibility tools.

Laboratory of History and Cultural Heritage of the Amazon (HISTLAB):
Located at UFPA, Bragança Campus, in the Faculty of History. Its aim is to ensure the dissemination of cultural and scientific information.

Mangrove Ecology Laboratory (MEL):
Part of the Faculty of Biological Sciences within the Institute of Coastal Studies (ICS), based at UFPA's Bragança Campus. It has maintained its activities through national and international funding, producing scientific research on the mangroves of the Brazilian Amazon.



 

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