Leituras e práticas: entre emoções e descobertas.

Abstract

The research with descriptive exploratory-character, in a quantitative and qualitative approach, aimed to analyze the reading practices of the graduating students of the Undergraduate Course in Library of UFPB from semester 2015.2. The research universe consisted of 20 (twenty) graduates and the data collection instrument the questionnaire. The results obtained in the research were presented in Tables. Data analysis showed that the students consider themselves readers, althoughthey read little.Because it is a course of Librarianship that requires a lot of reading of the profession to understand the diverse universe of users, in order to convey a quality and accurate information, it is necessary that librarians are assiduous readers. It is concluded that reading is fundamental in the lives of individuals because it opens many possibilities to know and modify their social environment through a conscious reading. The graduating students should be aware of their social responsibility to educate readers and expand their reading practices.