Preservação e conservação da Biblioteca Guaracy Nóbrega: um estudo de caso no Instituto Bíblico Betel Brasileiro

Abstract

The present research aims to propose a way and conservation procedures for the environment and the collection. For the development of this study, we used the exploratory method and the observation, with the technical procedure of field study, that allowed the diagnosis of conservation of the library of the Guaracy Nóbrega Library of the Brazilian Biblical Institute Bethel. The Library's conservation proposal is focused on hygiene, packaging and storage; however, suggestions for improving the environment in which the collection has been preserved have not been dispensed with. For the elaboration of this proposal, recommendations were followed of specific literature in the area of librarianship of conservation and documentary preservation. At the end of the research, it is concluded that it is necessary to develop conservation actions aiming at extending the useful life of the documents, since their maintenance is fundamental for the use of the collection.