Librarian’s social role to the trans people: theoretical approaches: aproximações teóricas

• Autor(a) principal: Goulart Righetto, Guilherme
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Figueiredo Vieira da Cunha, Miriam, Vieira Vitorino, Elizete
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Em Questão (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/EmQuestao/article/view/80877
• topic: Bibliotecário. Biblioteca. Pessoas trans. Minorias sociais. Competência em informação.; Librarian. Library. Trans people. Social minorities. Information literacy.

This paper analyzes, through a literature review, the librarian’s andlibrary’s social role for trans people. It emphasizes information literacy as asocial practice of the librarian, as well as points out the inexpressiveness in theBrazilian context of the initiatives aimed at the trans population and also lesbian,gay, bisexual and other populations. It also reaffirms the need to participate,based on their professional practices, in the political, socioeconomic,informational and resistance progress of the minority classes, pointing to socialprotagonism, empowerment, freedom and emancipation as necessary factors forpersonal, professional and of individuals. As a result of the study, it is pointedout the urgency of political librarian adherence to social minorities, focusing onsocial approaches (inclusion, citizenship and digital inclusion), especially indeveloping countries, such as Brazil. It is concluded that the librarians socialrole should be able to experience, capture and seek information needs in theirown way, just as libraries and contemporary information units need to be creative, innovative and free of prejudice, aiming to successful in dealing withhuman and technological complexities.