Políticas Públicas para o livro, a leitura e a biblioteca: o Sistema Estadual de Bibliotecas Públicas do Ceará em foco

Abstract

The public library in Brazil is strengthened by public policies aimed at books, reading, literature, writing and the library, which contribute to the socio-cultural development of Brazilian society. In Ceará, the State Public Library System is responsible for coordinating the network of municipal and community public libraries in the state. It is linked to the National Public Library System, which seeks to establish itself as a public cultural policy for public libraries, using the Federative Cooperation Agreement as an instrument to strengthen its effectiveness. Thus, considering the importance of the agreement signed and the actions necessary to comply with it, we undertook this investigation. In this study, we sought to evaluate the implementation of the policy of the National Public Library System, through the State Public Library System of Ceará, focusing on the Federative Cooperation Agreement. The specific objectives are oriented towards: Analyzing the Federative Cooperation Agreement; Identifying the actions expressed in the Federative Cooperation Agreement; Verifying compliance with the axes of the Federative Cooperation Agreement. The work methodology used is developed through qualitative research, of an exploratory nature, carried out through bibliographic and documentary research and empirical research, through data collection in the field, through the application of a questionnaire with the technical team of the Ceará State Public Library System. The method for processing the collected data is content analysis, by Laurence Bardin (2022). The evaluative perspective adopted is that proposed by Raul Lejano (2012), inspired by his experiential model. Since the policy and the institution, represented here, are analyzed and understood as text and context. From the results obtained, we verify that the Ceará State Public Library System contributes to the implementation of the policy of the National Public Library System, executing and coordinating actions to promote books, reading, and libraries