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ABSTRACT
It deals with the management of rare books of the Faculty of Law Library (BFD) of the
Federal University of Ceará (UFC), from the perspective of the information user. The
Library of this century-old Law School has rare, old and special books, which are sought
after by its users; however, due to the lack of preservation and conservation of the books
over time, they are mostly deteriorated, making access and use difficult, leading to theloss
of knowledge recorded in these books. It understands that this can be solved, by means of
policy of development and preservation specific to such a collection, since the policy then
existing is generic, not contemplating the specificities of these books. Therefore, it
becomes relevant to know what the user understands about the question and what he
intends to say. The inquiries that guide the research are: a) How is the management of
rare collections in the BU / UFC System Development and PreservationPolicy? b) How
users perceive BFD's rare books collection. Thus, the general purpose of this work is to
propose the support for the improvement of the UFC's Collection Development Policy,
based on the study of users of the BFD in relation to those rare books and, for specific
purposes: a) Carry out a study of users of rare books in the BFD; b) Propose improvement
in the policy of preservation and development of this collection, depending on the study
of users. To do so, a descriptiveand participatory research was carried out, with a
qualitative approach, being configured a field research in the BFD. We used the
questionnaire as instrument of data collection and the procedure was the analysis of
content based on Bardin. As a result, the user understands andrealizes the importance of
rare books for the evolution of knowledge, suggesting actions to improve access,
digitization of books, greater dissemination of the collection and better maintenance of
these books. It concludes that the knowledge obtained fromthe study clarifies the
importance of these books and suggests improvements that can subsidize the
preservation policy based on this study of BFD users.
Keywords: Academic libraries. Rare books. Information users. Memory.
SOBRE A AUTORA
Camila Morais de Freitas
Mestra em Ciência da Informação pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência da Informação da
Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC).
E-mail: inhamorais@gmail.com.
ACESSO ABERTO
Copyright: Esta obra está licenciada com uma Licença Creative Commons Atribuição 4.0 Internacional.
Financiamento: Não
Recebido em: 04/06/2019.
Aceito em: 04/06/2019.
Revisado em: 04/06/2019.
Como citar este resumo:
FREITAS, Camila Morais de. Gestão de acervos de obras raras na perspectiva do usuário. Informação em
Pauta, Fortaleza, v. 4, n. 1, p. 87-88, jan./jun. 2019. DOI: https://doi.org/10.32810/2525-
3468.ip.v4i1.2019.41294.87-88.