A Biblioteca Universitária como cenário à mediação cultural: Relato de experiência na universidade católica Dom Bosco em Campo Grande- MS

Abstract

The university library, taking advantage of its dynamic character and link between the record and the knowledge society, has sought to establish itself as a cultural mediator in rescue its social dimension. The article presents a cultural mediation experience and reflects on cultural action in university libraries, its implications and results, as well as discusses the profile of the professional librarian front of these initiatives. The research is characterized as a field research from the case study method in a descriptive design. The setting of the research was to Fr Happy Zavattaro Library, Central Library of the Catholic University Dom Bosco -. UCDB in Campo Grande - MS, held between 11-31 August 2015. It was noticed the cultural mediation process developed in the scenario of a university library, contributes significantly to the establishment of new institutional relationships between the library itself and university instanciamentos, bringing in new academic perspectives, teachers, course coordinators and senior management as a function of cultural mediation. The action suggested a more dynamic library and living from the point of view of dating proposition, but also more effective with the process of teaching, extension and university research.