The trajectory of the university library in Brazil in the 1901-2010 period

• Autor(a) principal: Cunha, Murilo Bastos da
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Outros Autores: Diógenes, Fabiene Castelo Branco
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Encontros Bibli
• DOI: 10.5007/1518-2924.2016v21n47p100
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/eb/article/view/1518-2924.2016v21n47p100
• topic: Biblioteca universitária; Brasil; University libraries; Brazil

The article shows some of the ways that Brazil has faced in higher education, especially concerning its universities and university libraries. In 1901 it was drafted a legislation on the functioning of libraries linked to higher education institutions; but only after 1945, the growth of universities and the creation of their libraries has received more attention. The theory of open systems based the University Reform of 1968, affecting their on libraries that should plan services for the university's goals. In August 1973, it was created the Brazilian Association of University Libraries with the objectives of studying the problems of university libraries in order to formulate a national policy for its development. In the 1980s, the university libraries were subject to an explicit and integrated public policy through the National University Libraries Plan under the Ministry of Education. Are also analyzed the PROSSIGA Program, the CAPES Journal Portal, the Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations and the Electronic System for Journal Publishing. Brazilian university libraries are adapting to changing global State policy, higher education, technological changes, have to deal with internally personnel problems, reduced budget, make breakthroughs in traditional activities and meet new demands of the university in relation to its educational role. The text concludes by pointing out that the need for systemic form of government actions is still a dream for these libraries.