BARBOSA, Johnny Rodrigues.; GARCIA, Joana Coeli Ribeiro.
Abstract:
This paper is the result of a research developed within the scope of the Programa de Pós-Graduação
em Ciência da Informação (Information Science Postgraduation Programme) at master degree’s level
at the Universidade Federal da Paraíba. Its main theme is the concern with the inclusion of librarian
professionals at Municipal Public Libraries (local political level) of Paraíba as a consequence of the
national policy (national political level) of introduction and revitalization of these local institutions.
Such policy is promoted in the States by acts of the Programa Livro Aberto (Open Book Programme)
which is implemented by Fundação Biblioteca Nacional/Sistema Nacional de Bibliotecas Públicas do
Ministério da Cultura (MinC) (National Library/National System of Public Libraries of the Ministry
of Culture) in joint with the Brazilian towns. Institutionally this is an act that has so far counting
on the federal government as its main supporter, since the action of the former Instituto Nacional
do Livro (INL), which was at that time subordinated to the Ministry of Education, is now under the
responsibility of the MinC’s agencies mentioned above. It discusses the conceptual matter concerning
the general concept of Politics, public policy, and information public policy, as well as the relation of
the Programa Livro Aberto to these concepts. During the research, eight towns were visited, all located
in the four regions (1) of the State which are funded by the programme. The municipal secretaries
of education and culture were interviewed and asked on the inclusion of professional librarians in
the Municipal Public Libraries introduced by means of the programme. Three of ive hypotheses
set up by the survey were conirmed. It was concluded that the public libraries from Paraíba do not
possess, in its most, the librarian professional, and this exclusion is backed up by the managers’ noncompliance
with the law 4.084/62, and the lack of both professionals in the countryside of Paraíba
and inancial support of the towns.
