Contribuições dos bibliotecários de uma instituição de educação profissional, científica e tecnológica para a promoção do desenvolvimento sustentável.

Abstract

The present professional master's research aims to analyze the contributions of librarians from the Federal Institute of Pernambuco to achieve the sustainability principles proposed in Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4 - Quality Education of the 2030 Agenda. The specific objectives are: to identify librarians' knowledge about the role of libraries in achieving sustainability; to describe the actions developed in IFPE libraries aiming to promote sustainable development; to develop, as an educational product, a self-instructional mini-course that addresses sustainability concepts, the 2030 Agenda, and proposes actions to be carried out in IFPE libraries, aiming to contribute to the promotion of Sustainable Development Goal 4 - Quality Education of the 2030 Agenda. This is a descriptive, exploratory research with a qualitative approach. The first stage involved conducting a bibliographic research in databases to survey the state of the art of studies on sustainability in libraries. It was found a shortage of studies on the subject focused on libraries of the Federal Network of Professional, Scientific and Technological Education. In the second stage of the research, data collection with IFPE librarians was carried out through the application of questionnaires and semi-structured interviews. Professionals with a degree in librarianship who work as Documentalist Librarians or Library Assistants, assigned to libraries whose Campus offers integrated high school education or is in the implementation phase, as well as those working in the specialized library of the master's degree course in Environmental Management, Campus Recife, were included as participants in the research. The semi-structured questionnaire was answered by 24 participants. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and revealed a deficit of knowledge about the 2030 Agenda and its SDGs. However, even if unplanned, librarians contribute to the development of actions for the promotion of sustainable development. Interviews were conducted with 3 librarians who, when answering the questionnaire, reported knowing the 2030 Agenda with its SDGs and who develop actions in the library where they work that promote sustainable development. The textual corpus of the interviews was analyzed using Thematic Categorical Content Analysis based on Bardin (2016), identifying some motivations and barriers to the realization of these actions. The research results supported the development of the Educational Product (PE) entitled "2030 Agenda and the Promotion of Sustainability in Libraries: An Introduction to Sustainable Development Goal 4 - Quality Education." It is a self-instructional mini-course that aims to inform and train librarians, as well as to suggest actions that can be developed in libraries based on sustainability principles. The PE was evaluated by 18 IFPE librarians and revised according to their suggestions. It presents great potential for contributing to the expansion of sustainability actions in IFPE libraries.