Bibliófilos ou colecionismo: um olhar biblioteconômico no perfil dos alunos de Biblioteconomia da UFPB

Abstract

It aims to verify if the students of the Library Course have traces of bibliophilia or collecting, experienced in their memories. Its specific objectives are: to identify if the Librarianship Course contributed to awaken the profile of bibliofhiles or collectors; reflect on the importance of the professional librarian in relation to collecting practices highlight the importance of collecting / bibliophilia for the Library. This is an exploratory research, qualitative and quantitative, whose answers were analyzed based on the characteristics identified in the profile of the library bibliophile / collector. The research instrument was the questionnaire applied to students from the 9th and 10th periods of the Library Course, to identify characteristics of bibliophilia or collectors. For data analysis, we adopted the 13 characteristics that make up the profile of the collector / bibliophile. Given the answers obtained, it was possible to verify that the respondents do not have traces of the profile of a collector / bibliophile. Therefore, the professional Librarian should value these directly linked aspects with regard to collecting, becoming of paramount importance to the library, since organizing collections, among other things, leave their contributions to society.