A discussion about the community library concept

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the term “community library” in the librarianship literature and its relationship with the kinds of libraries identified by the area. The literature review proposes a discussion about the differences between the public and popular libraries. The conclusion is...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor: Machado, Elisa Campos
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:2009
País:Brasil
Recursos:Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)
Repositório:Revista Digital de Biblioteconomia e Ciência da Informação
Idioma:português
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br:article/1976
Acesso em linha:https://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/rdbci/article/view/1976
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Community library
Typology of library
Library science
information sciences
Biblioteca comunitária
Tipologia de bibliotecas
Biblioteconomia
Descrição
Resumo:The purpose of this paper is to analyze the term “community library” in the librarianship literature and its relationship with the kinds of libraries identified by the area. The literature review proposes a discussion about the differences between the public and popular libraries. The conclusion is that community library, due to its particularity, represents today in the Brazilian society a new type of library, because they are organized according with principles of autonomy, flexibility and local network. The paper also highlights that participation is more linked to the cultural action rather than to the organization services and information treatment. Finally, presents a definition for “community library”.