Biblioteca itinerante: quando o cidadão não vai à biblioteca, a biblioteca vai até o cidadão

Abstract

The public library is the more present cultural public institution in the majority of the Brazilian cities, however, much of the population did not go to libraries because of lack of access. An alternative to reach communities had as minority or disadvantaged populations, who have no access to a central library, as elderly people in hospitals, prisoners, illiterate (children and adults) living in outlying areas, among other public marginalized, is the car library, that is, the mobile libraries. Thus, the purpose of this study was to investigate the role of mobile libraries in training readers in Fortaleza, specifically the mobile library service Public Library Governor Menezes Pimentel, the largest public library in the state of Ceara. The methodology chosen was qualitative and quantitative research exploratory, investigative, it intends to analyze the theory and practice. The literature review focused on the importance of the circulating library for reading practice. The theoretical references were based on studies of Feitosa (1998), Costa (2000, 2005), Dumont (1990, 1995, 2006) among others. The field research showed that the implantation of libraries in distant localities of the urban centers contributes to supply the informational lacks of the same ones, however this necessity must be urgent, therefore, beyond promoting the formation of the individual and the access to the information it also makes possible the rescue of the citizenship, auto-esteem and the social integration, in the development of a critical look and a more conscientious society. In this perspective, one perceives that the mobile is a canal that provides beyond the access to the democratization of the information, also makes possible the educative process, awakening in individuals, the interest for the reading. For many people the mobile library is the only form of access to the culture and information. Finally, the conclusion of this work it is that the reading is an emancipation act and the library the propitious space for citizen to access the information and the full citizenship.