Evaluation of the school library for the development of information literacy: the experience of the Instituto Federal da Bahia’s library – Campus Camaçari

Abstract

It considers the school library as a place of knowledge, mediated by the teacher and librarian’s figures. The aim of this study is investigate the profile of the academic community of Instituto Federal da Bahia – Campus Camaçari and what are its information needs aiming at the development of information literacy. It presents an alternative approach to the study of users that cares about the use and need of information. Discusses that the school library shall meet the demand of education for the new millennium, developing in students the competences related to measurements of skills, attitudes and knowledge, becoming autonomous subjects. For this, it brings the model of Kuhlthau’s information searching process, necessary for all individuals in the information society. The methodology used was the study of users with application of electronic questionnaires, it was realized the need for future research with users through the application of verbal protocol that given the subjectivity in the responses, it becomes closer to the validity. It concludes that the school library is no longer a static space and quiet to become a space of research and questions.