Cassia Cordeiro Furtado is a Professor at the Federal University of Maranhão – Brazil; PhD in Information and Communication in Digital Platforms at the University of Aveiro and University of Porto - Portugal. Academic Degrees: Licenciate in Librarians and Social Communication in Federal University of Maranhão (Brazil), Specialist in Librarians at Federal University of ParaÃba (Brazil) and Master in Sciences of Information in University of BrasÃlia (Brazil).
Her main researching areas has been Public and School Library, Educational Technology, Library 2.0, School Library 2.0 and Social Networks.