A importância da biblioteca escolar na realização de pesquisas escolares

Abstract

The school library can be considered as a space for promoting access to information, and a study environment to foster students knowledge. This paper aims to identify the problems faced by students in conducting their school research in the 3rd years of high school, in a public school of the state school network located in Passo de Camaragibe – Alagoas. From the theoretical point of view, it addresses the contribution of the school library and the librarian in the carrying out of school research and the development of the students' teaching-learning process as well as other aspects that may impact such a process. The research is classified as bibliographic and used qualitative and quantitative methods to raise, respectively, opinions and numerical data. For this, the data collection instrument used was the questionnaire applied to 73 participants of both sexes in three classes belonging to the morning and afternoon shifts at the school participating in the investigation. As a result it was found that the students' difficulties regarding the development of school research are mainly centered on the lack of diverse informational materials, insufficient technological infrastructure, as well as in the absence of the librarian who can contribute to the construction of an informational culture through the use of resources, such as space, sources and services related to information. This work was gratifying, because we were aware that we must act on the hypotheses raised, always seeking to satisfy the informational needs that may attract attention and improve students learning. This shows, in fact that the school library is the place to diversify knowledge.