A Biblioteca Pública Governador Menezes Pimentel como um lugar de cultura e educação

Abstract

It presents a brief historic of libraries in a effort to highlight the emergence of Publics Libraries and the role being executed by them. Treat of inclusion of the libraries, specially the publics, in Contemporary Society, considerate Information Society. This actual society requires of that libraries, who are more than books and documents stored, in Contemporary Society there is a need for more dynamics libraries, which allow interaction and integration of knowledge with the community as a whole, and the community with itself. The objective is of show how the Public Library Governador Menezes Pimentel, assuming its real role as a disseminator of information, culture and education, can interact with the society will be reported a number of possibilities and forms of contribution to the formation of communities, can be formed by students, teachers, workers in general and anyone of any race, creed, sex or political option. As the production of information and, consequently, development educational, social and cultural of society are more and more quick’s, fell the need to access the information produced. From this need came the idea to study the Public Library on another aspect, noting it not only as a deposit f books and documents, but as a place of culture and education, which is too viewed by society. Thus, this article offers a review of the literature, emphasizing the importance of Public Libraries for training and cultural development of society, and seeks a contribution to the studies conducted until now.