Biblioteca itinerante: plantando o futuro - leitura e formação cidadã em movimento, por meio do ônibus UFLA

Abstract

This experience report presents the execution of the project Travelling Library-UFLA Bus, which has children, adolescents and adults from neighboring towns, the countryside and suburbs of the city of Lavras as a target audience. This project was released during the VIII Book and Library Week at the Federal University of Lavras (VIII BLW/UFLA) and its main objective is to promote citizenship through education and culture, favoring the process of social formation. The aim is to go beyond the boundaries of the traditional space of the University Library and encourage the habit and pleasure of reading in Lavras and region, offering the loan of books, didactic and scientific exhibitions and recreational and cultural activities. The project is managed by the University Library Marketing and Communication department at UFLA. Although it is an innovation at Lavras and the region nearby, the Travelling Library intend to establish itself as a space of cultural reference for the local population covered by the project. However, even with the good results, the bus does not intend to replace the library. The aim is just use the Travelling Bus as a tool for spreading and encouraging reading, contributing to the formation of the citizen and to the dissemination of books and culture, increasing the frequency of users in public libraries and encouraging critical thinking skills of its readers. The project is gaining acceptance Lavras community, schools and residents of neighborhoods near the local bus stop who mobilize to participate in the visits.