Sustentabilidade nas bibliotecas universitárias de Alagoas

Abstract

Sustainable development is a cause for concern and debate at the global level, comprising all spheres, whether public, private, non-governmental organizations, societies and citizens, all of whom are required to commit to rethinking their practices in order to contribute to the reduction and consumption of natural resources. In this context are the university libraries that need to innovate in their services and products from the perspective of sustainability, helping in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda. In view of the above, the research problem was to identify which public and private libraries in the city of Maceió - Alagoas play the role of promoters of sustainable development? The research objective was to study the sustainable actions developed by the central libraries of six Higher Education Institutions in the city of Maceió - Alagoas: Universidade de Ciência da Saúde de Alagoas, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Centro Universitário CESMAC, Centro Universitário Tiradentes, Faculdade Única de Ipaninga and Faculdade de Ciências Jurídicas e Sociais de Maceió. The research methodology is characterized as descriptive and qualitative, having as applied methodological procedures the bibliographic research on the concepts and theoretical frameworks of sustainability and sustainable development goals advocated by the 2030 Agenda, relating to university libraries and the documentary research of the websites of the institutions and their respective libraries focusing on the subjects, groups and research projects, institutional documents, Institutional Periodicals, Institutional Repository, consultation catalogs and social network. The main conclusions of the study were that none of the researched libraries have sustainability practices only the Biblioteca Craveiro Costa presents actions in the administrative aspect of actions aimed at reducing energy and paper consumption, thus demonstrating that the university libraries are unaware of or do not exercise practices that contribute with the 2030 Agenda and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals.