O Olhar da biblioteca da Faculdade Maurício de Nassau para o provimento de serviços informacionais destinados ao usuário surdo

Abstract

Emphasizes that the document edited by John Michael Day and translated by Ana Maria V. C Duckworth, entitled: Guidelines for Library Services for the Deaf serves as a parameter for librarians who want to make the cultural assets of the company available for deaf people. It aims to investigate whether the overall system the Faculty Library Mauricio de Nassau (FMN), assembles and provides access to a wealth of informational material of interest to the deaf, following the guidelines of the directives of library services for the Deaf. Bring the following objectives: detect if employees of the library system trace FMN guidelines, allowing members of the deaf community to be involved in planning and development of library services through advisory boards, volunteer organizations, networks of contacts. Used as an instrument of data collection, semi-structured questionnaires. Points out that research is a qualitative approach, and the subjects correspond to the human capital of the library (01 librarian 04 employees and 01 trainee). Concluded that employees know the document emphasized the research that serves as a parameter for the provision of library services for the deaf, but look for ways to interact with deaf users, while recognizing the precariousness of a quality service to this clientele.