A mediação da informação nas bibliotecas públicas da cidade de Aracaju Sergipe

Abstract

This paper deals with the process of mediation of information in public libraries in the city of Aracaju - Sergipe, and had as its starting point the following problem: how is the dissemination and mediation of information from the work of librarians in public libraries from Aracaju? From there, the general objective was to verify the contribution of the information mediation librarian in the public libraries of Aracaju - SE in promoting the dissemination of information to users. The specific objectives were: to understand the relationship between information mediation and information dissemination; verify the education and performance of the librarian and their mediating role in public libraries; observe the types and resources of mediation and dissemination of information adopted by librarians. Bibliographic research was conducted with theorists in the area of Library and Information Science, and interviews were conducted with librarians from three municipal public libraries: the Clodomir Silva Library, the Ivone Menezes Vieira Library and the Mário Cabral Library. It was observed that mediation of information helps the librarian in working with users and that this process contributes to the dissemination of information in the library.