Mediação da leitura nas bibliotecas escolares da rede pública estadual em Salvador

Abstract

The mediation of reading in the school library environment is the theme of this research, whose general goal was to analyze how the mediation of reading in the libraries of State public schools in Salvador contributes to the formation of reading subjects. To achieve this goal, the following objectives were outlined: to identify the perception of librarians who work in school libraries regarding the mediation of reading; to map out the reading mediation activities carried out in State public school libraries; to verify the main goals and procedures of reading mediation activities. Regarding the methodology, this research is descriptive, applying the survey and study of multiple cases that enabled investigation into how reading mediation activities have been conducted in State public school libraries in Salvador, aiming to contribute to the formation of subjects. The technique of questionnaire application, conducted via email, aimed to identify the main goals and procedures of reading mediation activities in the 22 school libraries with librarians and to investigate whether these actions favor the education of reading subjects. The results of the research made it possible to identify that 19 librarians conduct reading mediation activities. It was also noticed that the most cited goal for these activities was the encouragement/stimulation/interest in reading, indicated by fourteen (14) librarians, in addition to the finding that twelve (12) librarians are conducting reading actions with teachers. Thus, it was concluded, from the investigative trajectory, that collective actions occurring more directly, with the participation of readers, constitute the mode of development of the majority of reading mediation activities in State public schools in Salvador.