Abstract
This article presents data on the impacts and changes caused by the Covid-19 pandemic on librarianship within the context of rural school libraries. We understand the work in libraries as a special activity that is only valued if contextualized. Thus, we question the role of the library and the librarian practices in the current pandemic scenario with the purpose of updating the debate on librarianship in rural schools. To this end, we conducted a bibliographic and exploratory field research mediated by the application of a questionnaire. We conclude by highlighting the precarious situation that prevents actions and activities to encourage reading and the dissemination of pedagogical resources to support school and school-community libraries.
Highlights
Library work is a unique practice whose meaning is only valued when contextualized
This article presents data on the impacts and changes caused by the Covid-19 pandemic on librarianship within the context of rural school libraries
Librarianshipi is characteristic of librarians, it transforms and transgresses into the practices of several other actors, such as teachers, activists, students, reading agents, and other professionals who still believe in the contemporary relevance of the library to a humane education
Summary
Library work is a unique practice whose meaning is only valued when contextualized. it becomes a praxis of political act, recognized through its transformative power and the meaning of these transformations to the specificities of each context. We evoke the memories of the field, our journey, the ones who fight for the school, and the rural SLs and their facilities, some of which were improvised and limited by structural conditions and lack of specialized staff We gradually recognized this scenario due to the efforts of Gehrke (2014), whose four-year work stimulated knowledge, adoption of both modes of organization and use of collections, creative practices, and the transformation of attitudes towards libraries, reading, and writing processes. Three major dimensions of their profile pose a challenge in the training of WSL workers: the professional dimension and their recognition as a working class; the political dimension that outlines their work in this sphere of human development; and the pedagogical dimension, as a shaper of the cultural and school environment These workers go through a formative process in the library's daily practice, in initial and continuing education in public universities, and are appointed by the State as SL workers
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