The challenge of formation of auxiliary library in Brazil: account of a pioneering experience of professional education in paraiba backwoods

Abstract

Reports an unprecedented experience of internalization of professional education in Paraiba backwoods facing the context of training workers for libraries, which occurred under the Access Program Technical Education and Employment (PRONATEC) offered by the Federal Institute of Paraiba - Campus Sousa. Describes the profile and the particular characteristics of the course Library Assistant in the aforementioned social and geographical context. It is a participant research reported in the form of reporting experience. Was used to describe the documentary research with rigor and detail analyzed the profile of the course. A search led to the contextualization and theoretical basis of the approach. And from the collected data was analyzed and described possible to reflect critically on the potential of the initial and continued to generate employment opportunities, cultural transformation and social inclusion training courses. The study points to new scenarios and new perspectives on the role of the librarian as a socially responsible agent for educational projects. We conclude that the provision of training courses for library assistants in remote areas of financial urban centers of the country, as the Paraiba backwoods, and train skilled professionals to work in libraries, allows dissemination of the culture of the book, the reading and libraries, social responsibility inherent in the Librarianship and Information Science.