Punitivismo na filosofia da inclusão social em universidades federais: multas por atraso em bibliotecas universitárias

Abstract

Introduction: Disciplinary sanctions are a common method used by public universities to educate students who delay the return of borrowed bibliographic materials. Objective: To seek a correlation between the monetary value imposed by the institution and economic or geographic aspects (HDI and Brazilian region) that justify the heterogeneity of these punitive modalities. Methodology: The main data collection technique in this study was documentary research, through the analysis of user regulations available on the websites of 47 Brazilian federal public university libraries. In some special cases, data were collected via email. Results: It was found that the determination of the late return fine value in university libraries is a complex issue without evident standardization. Conclusions: Based on the results obtained, reflections were proposed regarding the nature of these sanctions, university autonomy, and users as unique individuals.