The Classics of literature in public libraries in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul

• Autor(a) principal: Bernardes Zimmermann, Wagner
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Bonotto, Martha
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Educação em Ciência da Informação
• Texto Completo: https://portal.abecin.org.br/rebecin/article/view/242
• topic: clásicos de la literatura; Canon occidental; Bibliotecas Públicas; Acción cultural.; Clássicos da literatura; Cânone ocidental; Bibliotecas públicas; Ação cultural.

Case study that examines the treatment that classics of literature receive in public libraries in Porto Alegre. It proposes definitions of classics based on literary theory. The study conceptualizes the public library as an institution that should provide culture, education, leisure and information for free. It relates the classics to these functions and asserts the need for special disclosure of the Western canon in these institutions. It examines the dissemination that the classics receive in public libraries in Porto Alegre, by means of structured interviews with their chief librarians and systematic, individual and non-participant observations of the physical spaces and virtual environments of the units. The study concludes that the dissemination of high literature by public libraries is very limited, due to lack of investments by the State Government and to lack of knowledge of the classics and their potential with the public on the part of those responsible for the information units.