The influence of the organizational environment in the development of an information literacy program: the case of a public library

• Autor(a) principal: Brito, Tânia Regina
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Belluzzo, Regina Celia Baptista, Valentim, Marta Lígia Pomim
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Informação & Informação
• Texto Completo: https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/informacao/article/view/39600
• topic: Public Library; Organizational environment; Information Literacy; Social Vulnerability; Biblioteca pública; Entorno organizacional; Alfabetización informacional; Vulnerabilidad social; Biblioteca pública; Ambiente organizacional; Competência em informação; Vulnerabilidade social

Introduction: It presents the public library as a mediation space, whose organizational environment has an influence on the construction of the user's knowledge, and therefore on the development of an information literacy program. Objective: To reflect on the influence of the organizational environment for the development of an information literacy program. Methodology: This is a qualitative study, based on a literature review carried out on the CAPES Journals Portal involving the themes 'information', 'knowledge', 'sociology of information and knowledge', ‘information literacy', 'public library' and ‘library as an organization'. It is also a field research, using the semi structured interview technique. Results: The semi structured interview conducted with the head of the State Public Library Dr. Isaías Paim, in Campo Grande City, Mato Grosso do Sul State, shows that activities developed in this space, present elements related to dimensions of information literacy, however they do not present a program or project aimed at this end. Conclusions: It is understood that the organizational environment of public libraries is influenced by internal and external conditions that interfere in the conditions of information access, especially for people in conditions of social vulnerability, such as people on the street who frequent these organizations.