A Lei 12.244/10 e a realidade das bibliotecas escolares municipais na cidade de João Pessoa: cabe a nós um grito de alerta!

Abstract

It aims to identify what measures are being taken by the municipal schools of João Pessoa, Paraíba, in relation to what is determined by law 12.244 / 10. For this purpose, a sample of seven schools of the municipal network, located in the most populous neighborhood of the city, Mangabeira / JP. The research is based on the theme of school library with librarian, in order to strengthen what is dealt with in law 12.244, information was used from bibliographical, documentary and online sources. It was characterized as a quantitative-qualitative, exploratory research, applying the technique of semi-structured interview, to the managers of seven selected schools. From data collection, it can be identified that the municipality has a total of 95 schools. However, of this total 27 schools were contacted, of which 26 answered that they have Libraries. The results show that the librarian did not exist in the schools studied, besides that they are not adequate, thus complying with Law 12.244, in addition to being verified during visits, the inadequacy of the physical and organizational structure of the libraries, The lack of knowledge of the law by the managers.