Práticas de mediação cultural e da leitura na Biblioteca Pública Municipal Antônio Luís Marcelo Antunes

Abstract

This paper presents the cultural and reading mediation practices developed for the Cascavel community at the Antônio Luis Marcelo Antunes Municipal Public Library. The general objective of the research is to analyze how the Antônio Luis Marcelo Antunes Municipal Public Library is inserted into the community, as well as its cultural and reading mediation practices, taking into account the political, social and cultural aspects of the locality, and the specific objectives: a) Identify public policies at national, state and municipal level that drive the development and performance of the BP; b) Check how the institution promotes its cultural and literary mediation activities, considering the diversity found in the Cascavel community and c) Understand the population's view of the activities mediated by the Public Library, bringing reflections on the feeling of belonging to the community. The theoretical framework explored the historical and conceptual aspects of public libraries, public policies for public libraries, cultural mediation and reading mediation, as well as presenting the municipality of Cascavel and the creation of its municipal public library. This is an exploratory study, which begins with a bibliographical survey, with a qualitative approach, and uses content analysis. The data collection instruments used were a semi-structured interview with the librarian of the institution studied and an online questionnaire for the community. From the results obtained, it can be concluded that the community of Cascavel participates in and values the cultural and reading mediation practices promoted by the institution, generating a sense of belonging to the place where it is located. In addition, the municipal public library works continuously to democratize access to information, culture and encourage reading for the formation of citizenship.