O perfil do leitor da biblioteca pública do município de Itaporanga d’ Ajuda-SE : um estudo descritivo

Abstract

The main objective of this work was to conduct a survey to find out the profile of the reader who attends the municipal public library of Itaporanga D'Ajuda-SE, conducting a socioeconomic survey, their reading preferences, age, gender and education. In the theoretical basis we trace a trajectory that follows the conceptualization about reading, reader, public library, reader's formation, reading projects and studies of information users aligning theory and practice, also performing a historical trajectory of the main Brazilian public libraries arriving to the library object of study of this work. The research was carried out with a quantitative approach, with data collection and questionnaire application, making the work effective by sending the link of the questionnaire to the readers that was hosted in google forms, so that the users could answer the survey in question. In the final considerations we realize the importance of the user study for informational institutions, because this is the instrument that will lead the work of the institution to improve the meeting of the informational needs desired by its readers.