História e cultura afro-brasileira: um olhar sobre o acervo das bibliotecas públicas do Crajubar

Abstract

Discusses about public libraries as information units indispensable that serve subsidies to educational practices and informational needs society, treating regarding theirfunctions and missions to be performed. Presents some aspects concerning the creation of Law 10.639/03, which requires the teaching of Afro-Brazilian and African cultureand history in public and private elementary and secondary education schools, describing their contributions to the history of the black population. Aims to carry out an analysis of a collection of municipal public libraries of the CRAJUBAR - matching Crato, Juazeiro do Norte and Barbalha in Cariri cearense regarding the existence and use of the th collection at addresses the effectiveness of the assignments of Law 10.639/03 and as an assistance to educators, students and the community at large. It develops in a qualitative way through a field research with the use of semi-structured interviews applied to librarians and / or guardians of the libraries also involving the method of participant observation, used to verify and analyze the physical structure,human resources and the collection of these ambiences which is the main focus of thiswork. Identifies the amount of titles found concerning the subject in question benefited from these skills in their training. It was found that very few teachers attend the libraries insearch of materials which are more sought after by students. Seeks to contribute to a scientific, methodological aspects and combining research results and promote discussion with a view to promoting awareness of professionals working in those libraries and thus contributing to boosting the colletion. It concludes by pointing out deficiencies faced by the public library and the state where they are.