A Biblioteca do Centro de Educação da UFPB: Professora Valneide Maria de Almeida e o processo de gestão de coleções

Abstract

Analyze the collection management process of the library of the Education Center of the Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB) – Campus I, Professora Valneide Maria de Almeida. It concerns a qualitative descriptive research approach. Interviews were used as the data collection instrument. The study also had as goals to describe the process of bibliographical material acquisition adopted by the library, to give evidence to the strategies for the preservation and maintenance of the library’s collection, to identify the influence of UFPB’s central library on the management of this sectorial library, and to describe its weeding policies. The collected data allowed the verification that the library has a partially implemented collection management process, and that criteria for the collection’s acquisition, preservation and maintenance are used. With respect to the usage of technological innovations, the library of the Education Center uses a data base implemented at all UFPB’s libraries through Sistemoteca. It also includes a data base of digital books, which can be visualized by the library users and have part of its content printed. The management process and the innovations currently adopted by the library make it satisfactory, considering its functionality, capacity and target audience.