A essência do estágio obrigatório em Biblioteconomia: relato de experiência em uma biblioteca comunitária

Abstract

The present study is aboutan experience report made in the community library called Biblioteca Comunitária do Mar during a supervised internship fulfilledduring the Librarianship undergraduate course at UFPB. The research aims to report the experience of a supervised internship performed at a community libraryin Jacumã Beach, in the city of Conde, state of Paraíba, Brazil. The research has a qualitative nature and uses action and descriptive research elements to describe the planning and development of activities carried out throughout the experience report, which demonstrated the importance of a link between university and community for a successful internship. The practice at the Biblioteca Comunitária do Mar allowed the contact with this type of library, which presented itself as an important place for the exchange of knowledge, information and articulation with the local community. This contact also provided the possibility of experiencing technical knowledge learned in the classroom, such asdiagnosis, classification, cataloging and the cleaning of materials. Reflecting uponthis type of community space provides its inhabitants access to culture and knowledge, which is essential to build policies that support it. In conclusion, this study presentspractices performed at the BibliotecaComunitária do Mar during a supervised internship plannedin a classfocused on integrated practices at the Library Sciences Course at the Federal University of Paraíba-UFPB.