Confronto de realidades: bibliotecas e bibliotecários no contexto das Escolas Cidadãs Integrais da Paraíba

Abstract

This research addresses the relevance of school libraries in the educational context, based on the legislation that supports the presence of these spaces at all levels of education and the role of the librarian supported by laws such as Law No. 4.084/1962 and Law No. 12.244/2010. Given the regulated nature of the profession and its social importance, it is noticeable that there is no librarian recruitment process in the state of Paraíba.Thus, the need arose to outline the questioning regarding the effective presence in the staff of Integral Citizen Schools (ECI) in Paraíba, considering the transformations in the structure of high school in the state. This research is characterized as exploratory with a qualitative and quantitative approach. Data collection was based on official documents from archives contained in the virtual environment of the Paraíba Department of Education and correspondences to institutions. Through the quantitative survey of active librarians in ECI and their workspaces, it was possible to identify the situation of these professionals in the state's integral education institutions, as well as emphasize the relevance of this investigation for the need to continue exploring this theme and, above all, make visible the real situation of the demand for librarians in the state of Paraíba to demand effective actions from the competent authorities. It is concluded that Integral Citizen Schools in Paraíba do not have librarians in their staff. Furthermore, the Department of Education does not show any prospects for conducting a recruitment process to meet the demand for librarians in ECI.