Partnerships
The development of partnerships with organizations external to the libraries is seen as an opportunity to strengthen the actions of libraries. In this sense, the interviews seek to identify whether the services offered counted with the participation of partners.
The most common partnerships among the visited public libraries were with other departments from the government. All the libraries that provide access to computers and internet were partners with the department of science and technology or another department of technology from the local government as technicians responsible for the equipment and several other times responsible for the training of the attendants that mediate the use of computers in libraries. In some cases, these departments that are external to the libraries and culture departments are responsible for paying the technicians that work with the mediation of the use of technology.
In the past decade, the Ministry of Communication and the Ministry of Culture established several partnerships in order to equip public libraries with telecenters. These partnerships intended to meet the needs of public library updates to the Brazilian public policies of digital inclusion that distributed computer, furniture and internet connection kits to several types of public or private organizations, always with the objective of providing free, public access to information and communication technologies.
Regarding digital inclusion policies developed by ministries, state or municipality departments outside the culture area, public libraries are seen as receivers of internet public access points. When these policies offer training for staff members that mediate the use of computers, they offer training that is disconnected to the missions of the public library. Consequently, telecenters installed in public libraries, due to partnerships with government departments in the technology or communication area, work as access islands inside the libraries without contributing to the remaining services offered by the library staff.
Aside from the public policy of access being born and getting to the user in a manner that is disconnected from the policy and strategies of public libraries, the partnership between the Ministry of Communications and Ministry of Culture faced several setbacks in the delivery of equipment, furniture and connection, which resulted in a limited number of public libraries that were benefited by this partnership. According to information provided by most coordinators from the visited libraries, the computers installed there came from state or municipal resources.
Partnerships between the libraries and departments of education are also common and contribute to take children to libraries where they have activities that are cultural and foster reading. The city system of public libraries of Guarulhos (SP) has some libraries and reading centers that receive resources also from the department of education.
Some coordinators of state systems have functions in the state board that are responsible for the local execution of programs that promote reading, which do not directly involve libraries, but are relevant to populations that are less favored or residing in areas that are far from urban centers.
Local departments of culture establish partnerships with the Ministry of Culture for the development of programs that promote reading that go beyond libraries. These programs are described in “4.7 Activities that Promote Reading”.
State departments of culture also establish partnerships with other ministries, as informed by the representative of the government of the state of Acre. She highlighted the importance of the “Arca das Letras”, a program of the Ministry of Agrarian Development which makes possible the use of arks, or little mobile shelves with a capacity for 200 books in rural areas for the use of families of farmers, agrarian reform settlers, fishermen, maroons, natives and riverside populations.
Partnerships between libraries and organizations that are not related to the government are less frequent. The Monteiro Lobato Youth Library of Sao Paulo works with intense communication with a local organization network. The offices and courses are advertised through this network. The Guarulhos library network makes a good use of partnerships for the acquisition of collection. They receive donations from universities, the local community and seek public notices from the federal government.
Library Da Floresta in Rio Branco (AC), which is a reference for culture and information about people of the forest, disseminator and guardian of local culture and knowledge, has a partnership with several study groups that use installations from the library to discuss topics related to several areas like philosophy, history, cinema, photography, and graffiti, among others. They also have partnerships with schools that bring children for theater presentations.
The most common partnerships among the visited public libraries were with other departments from the government. All the libraries that provide access to computers and internet were partners with the department of science and technology or another department of technology from the local government as technicians responsible for the equipment and several other times responsible for the training of the attendants that mediate the use of computers in libraries. In some cases, these departments that are external to the libraries and culture departments are responsible for paying the technicians that work with the mediation of the use of technology.
In the past decade, the Ministry of Communication and the Ministry of Culture established several partnerships in order to equip public libraries with telecenters. These partnerships intended to meet the needs of public library updates to the Brazilian public policies of digital inclusion that distributed computer, furniture and internet connection kits to several types of public or private organizations, always with the objective of providing free, public access to information and communication technologies.
Regarding digital inclusion policies developed by ministries, state or municipality departments outside the culture area, public libraries are seen as receivers of internet public access points. When these policies offer training for staff members that mediate the use of computers, they offer training that is disconnected to the missions of the public library. Consequently, telecenters installed in public libraries, due to partnerships with government departments in the technology or communication area, work as access islands inside the libraries without contributing to the remaining services offered by the library staff.
Aside from the public policy of access being born and getting to the user in a manner that is disconnected from the policy and strategies of public libraries, the partnership between the Ministry of Communications and Ministry of Culture faced several setbacks in the delivery of equipment, furniture and connection, which resulted in a limited number of public libraries that were benefited by this partnership. According to information provided by most coordinators from the visited libraries, the computers installed there came from state or municipal resources.
Partnerships between the libraries and departments of education are also common and contribute to take children to libraries where they have activities that are cultural and foster reading. The city system of public libraries of Guarulhos (SP) has some libraries and reading centers that receive resources also from the department of education.
Some coordinators of state systems have functions in the state board that are responsible for the local execution of programs that promote reading, which do not directly involve libraries, but are relevant to populations that are less favored or residing in areas that are far from urban centers.
Local departments of culture establish partnerships with the Ministry of Culture for the development of programs that promote reading that go beyond libraries. These programs are described in “4.7 Activities that Promote Reading”.
State departments of culture also establish partnerships with other ministries, as informed by the representative of the government of the state of Acre. She highlighted the importance of the “Arca das Letras”, a program of the Ministry of Agrarian Development which makes possible the use of arks, or little mobile shelves with a capacity for 200 books in rural areas for the use of families of farmers, agrarian reform settlers, fishermen, maroons, natives and riverside populations.
Partnerships between libraries and organizations that are not related to the government are less frequent. The Monteiro Lobato Youth Library of Sao Paulo works with intense communication with a local organization network. The offices and courses are advertised through this network. The Guarulhos library network makes a good use of partnerships for the acquisition of collection. They receive donations from universities, the local community and seek public notices from the federal government.
Library Da Floresta in Rio Branco (AC), which is a reference for culture and information about people of the forest, disseminator and guardian of local culture and knowledge, has a partnership with several study groups that use installations from the library to discuss topics related to several areas like philosophy, history, cinema, photography, and graffiti, among others. They also have partnerships with schools that bring children for theater presentations.