Biblioteca religiosa: um olhar sobre a biblioteca do Seminário Nossa Senhora da Assunção

Abstract

Libraries have always played the role of guardians of knowledge over the centuries. In this sense, this article describes, through a brief introduction, the emergence of libraries and their importance over the centuries. It highlights religious libraries as one of the guardians of humanity's memory and establishes a connection with the Library of the Nossa Senhora da Assunção Seminary, presenting its rich collection accumulated since its foundation in 1930. It presents the Seminary as the first institution to offer a higher education course in the state, demonstrating its importance for the educational formation of the people of Alagoas. This article is the result of ongoing research for the final project of the course, which will have as its general objective “to investigate whether the collection of the Seminary library meets the needs of its users”. The research is descriptive in nature, with a qualitative approach, with data collected from bibliographical research. It is concluded that religious libraries are very fascinating for preserving traces of antiquity, accumulating extremely rich collections that preserve the knowledge recorded through generations.