Artigo - Unicamp

Abstract
This study it searchs to verify which accessibility criteria must be included
in an instrument (checklist) of evaluation for the attendance to the necessities of all to
the access and use of libraries. It presents as objective main the creation of an
instrument of evaluation of the accessibility for libraries. The theoretical referencial
understands general aspects of subjects such as access to information and social
inclusion, accessibility and libraries. The carried through study it is of the type
exploratory-description with a qualitative boarding. The collection of the data was
carried through through the analysis of related official documents and technician with
the accessibility. The data collected and analyzed during the research are presented
through an instrument of evaluation structuralized in eight categories of accessibility
(architectural, furniture and equipment, communicational, informational,
methodological, instrumental, programmatic and attitudinal). The instrument, product
of this study, consists, thus, of a compilation of criteria identified in the documentary
analysis and transformed into direct questions for the context of the libraries. Finally,
the study it presents considerations on the instrument, suggestions of new studies
and verification of the validity of the instrument, as well as suggests the elaboration
of a classificatory scale for the instrument in order to evidence the degree of
accessibility of the libraries. Finally, the study presents considerations about the
instrument and indicates the librarian as the main agent of the accessibility of
libraries.
Keywords: Access to the information. Libraries. Accessibility. People with
Necessities Special.
1 Introdução
O acesso à informação é um direito constitucional em nosso país, pois
propicia desenvolvimento social, intelectual e econômico, além de ser fundamental à
formação da cidadania e do senso crítico dos indivíduos. Contudo, o suporte
inadequado da informação frente às necessidades especiais dos indivíduos a torna
inacessível. Assim, usuários com necessidades especiais se deparam com vários
obstáculos na arquitetura das unidades de informação, nos suportes, formatos e
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