Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-04T18:36:19Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Eder Cassiola 1.pdf: 774978 bytes, checksum: 866687d30e76cc8deb843d7ba5ae7f61 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-02-10 / This research work is related to the effectiveness of Software Manuals for Library, as a tool for information transfer. The elements that potentially can play a role and assure the user the access to the Software relay on the fields of the Information Science and Technical Communication. In this work the basic requirements for the building of the Software Manuals according to the IEEE 1063 Standard and also to the complete model proposed by Galv?o (2003) are presented. From the integration of the two models the model here proposed is created, which is expected to satisfy small developers and the Free-Software community, incorporating both the printed and the Manual built-in formats. Once the reduced model is accomplished, it follows the empirical-exploratory study where a sample of the Software Manuals for Library is applied with the aim of identifies the presence (or not) of the model elements. Considering the key role of the technological advent in the information transfer, this work considers both supporting formats, establishing a comparison that indicates the trend and advantages from each one. / Pesquisa sobre a efici?ncia dos Manuais de Software para Bibliotecas como meio de transfer?ncia de informa??o. Conceitua-se no ?mbito da Ci?ncia da Informa??o e da Comunica??o T?cnica os elementos que possam influenciar e garantir ao usu?rio o acesso ao Software. Apresentam-se os requisitos b?sicos para a constru??o de Manuais de Software segundo a Norma IEEE 1063 e tamb?m o modelo completo proposto por Galv?o (2003). Da integra??o dos dois modelos surgir? o modelo reduzido por n?s proposto, que busca atender as necessidades de pequenos desenvolvedores e da comunidade de Software Livre, contemplando o formato impresso e o formato incorporado do Manual. Uma vez consolidado o modelo reduzido, seguimos com o estudo emp?rico-explorat?rio onde iremos aplicar a uma amostra dos Manuais de Softwares para Bibliotecas com o objetivo de identificar a presen?a ou n?o dos elementos do modelo. Dada a import?ncia da influ?ncia dos adventos tecnol?gicos na transfer?ncia de informa??o, este estudo contempla os dois formatos deste suporte, estabelecendo um comparativo que aponta as tend?ncias e as vantagens de cada formato.