Museu Epitácio Pessoa: com a palavra o usuário

Abstract

The studies of Information Users have awakened the attention of Librarianship researchers long ago in Brazil, traditionally these studies were developed in libraries. However, in the last decade we can see a connection between the areas of Library, Archival and Museum Studies, which certainly helped to broaden the horizon of these studies to other types of information units.This is an exploratory research aimed to investigate users of Epitácio Pessoa Museum and their information needs. The methodology included a literature search on the thematic studies and museum user. It was adopted as a tool for collecting questionnaire consisting of open and closed questions, which was applied to 40 users. The focus of the analysis was a quanti-qualitative one. The search results pointed to the satisfaction of the majority of users who are satisfied with the organization of the collection, the proper care of employees of the institution and because they realize the importance of the museum to expand its cultural and historical knowledge. The research allowed to profile the users Epitácio Pessoa Museum: most users are women, in the range 31-40 years, with higher education and incomes up to two minimum wage. The users of Epitácio Pessoa Museum are from Paraíba and other regions of the country. We conclude that the Epitácio Pessoa Museum is an important information unity, able to meet the informational needs of their users, who seek the institution greater insight into the illustrious Paraíba person that became president of the republic and also, about the history of Paraíba.