A biblioteca pública, o utilizador idoso e as políticas de infoinclusão: mapeamento da realidade portuguesa

Abstract

This work focuses on Public Libraries and their relationship with aged users, reviewing Ihe social and informational role ofthose libraries, based on the universal principies established by IINESCO, as well as the lack ofpublic polices devotedto old population. The analysis ofthe services provided by the libraries enabled to conclude that doesn't exist, from their side, an effective action d1ec1 ted to aged users, and that it is necessary to implement a planned action at national level, with Ilu- leadership of the organic sectors connected to libraries. The result of such national action would promote a change in the passive scenario played by public libraries in relation to the aged user.