The activity of "Reading Assignment" held at the IFSP: promoting practices to encourage reading

Abstract

Promoting practices to encourage reading is often performed by librarians and other information professionals in an attempt to present users of libraries and other information units reading as a social event, pleasurable and not required, that can permeate various aspects of the world real to the imaginary world. The act of reading nothing costs the player while that enriches and enlarges the extent that promotes the construction of new knowledge. This article covers the importance of holding practices to encourage reading in the contribution of student education reader and also presents an account of a simple thought experiment, organized and held by the Library of the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of São Paulo - Campus Araraquara called "Indication Reading" this activity aims to provide library users the amazing literary world there available. The activity that is conducted monthly generated a significant increase in the loan given to the literary reading, a factor that demonstrated the participation and involvement of the users of the library with this activity.