Information literacy for selection and dissemination of children’s literary collection of municipal public library “Barreiros Filho”: an esthetic view

Abstract

Records the potential of children's literature and the responsibility of the Public Library in selecting the works that will make the child collection, and provide the opportunity for contact with the book reading public. Informs about the official library and the importance of the development of Information Literacy and explores the aesthetic dimension of this competency. The overall objective is to verify the skills, behaviors and attitudes (competencies) of the Librarian of the Public Library Municipal “Barreiros Filho” in the selection dissemination of children’s literary collection process as a way to promote and encourage reading. How to list specific objectives are: a) check for a specific librarian for child care user; b) professional record who is responsible for the selection of children's books of the searched library; c) describe the relationship between library staff and users; d) record the activities for which the circulation and dissemination of child collection occurs; e) register as the interaction between child and book occurs; f) observe Informational Competence of library staff to work with the children's collection. It is an investigation of descriptive and exploratory and qualitative approach. The investigation has a phenomenological bias and is characterized as a case study. The interview was used for the face to face data collection and presentation of results as we opted for categorizing information.