The physical space of publich school libraries: between the legal and real

Abstract

The present study investigated four municipal public libraries of elementary school, in a city of Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, with the aim of presenting how the physical space of the school libraries are structured, in order to understand the operation and the reality of organization modes and uses of books in this environment. As a methodological proposal was applied a field research, in an exploratory feature, through images registration searching to know the collection, the physical structure, the operation and make a parallel with the school libraries guidelines proposed by official documents approaching school library aspects and its great importance in teaching and learning . The observations indicate that the physical spaces investigated have inadequate structures for the students’ attendance, indicators that show that these areas cannot be classified as school libraries, because they do not comply with the minimum required by official documents.