No balanço da onda tem um livro: biblioteca na praia como prática social

Abstract

Beach libraries are known to be another alternative to social practice in Librarianship. It is a sort of library which still unknown over the society, but it could offer information services regarding the public that uses the beach and library as leisure. The beach library at Pipa beach, Rio Grande do Norte, is a noteworthy space from the traditional concepts of libraries, it uses the same goals to spread information focused on the enjoyable practices of reading as a tool of leisure. This research aims to goal describe the actions developed at the beach library at Pipa beach, Rio grande do Norte state. In this context, specific goals are; a characterization of the beach library in Pipa beach, verify the organization of the acquis, identify the target audience, and detect the activities developed in this beach library at Pipa beach. It is characterized as a study case, identifying in the researched field the instrument of study. As a data collection tool, we apply a quiz to the beach library founder. The data organization was made starting at the quiz questions where we develop extra topics in order to easily analyze a qualitative research. The democratic space assumes an important whole as a library which disseminates the enjoyable pleasure of reading at the beach libraries by using social practices.