Abstract
This article introduces the paths and results from a study conducted at Biblioteca Infantojuvenil Maria Mazzetti (BIMM) a Library for children and adolescents, located at Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa [Rui Barbosa’s House Foundation], in Rio de Janeiro. The main objective of the investigation was to help guide the activities conducted at BIMM through the preparation of an education plan, thus providing information for the systematization of the work to be conducted at the library. The investigation built upon the premise that aspects such as school, cultural, and artistic education and the democratization of culture and education are fundamental in a field that today extends beyond school institutions. Generally speaking, the research aimed at: knowing and analyzing the activities of BIMM; increasing knowledge on current and potential users as well as their information needs; identifying the educational and cultural activities that matched the profile of the target public; planning future projects for BIMM. To conduct the investigation, a bibliographic review, a document analysis, interviews, user surveys were used as research instruments. Due to field peculiarities at that time, the research became an action research. The preparation of an education plan allows building the profile of education at the institution, but that will only be reached after the space and the target public are known, a qualified team is trained, and professionals from different areas get involved.
Library for children and adolescents; Education plan; Child; Action research