A Biblioteca publica na Bahia: registrando uma história

Abstract

This study records the history of the creation of Public Libraries in each of the 417 municipalities in the state of Bahia. Taking into account the year of creation and the legislation that authorized its operation, the research is carried out by raising data that contribute to identifying the existing public policies in Brazil aimed at the creation of municipal public libraries. A timeline and mapping of the year of creation of each municipal public library created in Bahia was elaborated, in addition to rescuing the legislation that created these libraries. Research on the subject was considered necessary, since public libraries play a fundamental role in the formation of Bahian and Brazilian society and the analyzed data contributed to understanding the historical and political framework of public libraries in the state of Bahia. The methodological procedures adopted for data collection were based on bibliographical and documental research, which took into account the contents published in books and articles from scientific journals, available in digital and printed format, which fundamentally deal with BP. Documents were consulted that reveal information about the date and legislation of the creation of BP in Bahian municipalities, consulting primary and secondary sources. Since the primary sources were examined in person at the Archive of the Pedro Calmon Foundation (FPC), at the Library of the Legislative Assembly of Bahia, at the Geographical and Historical Institute of Bahia and at the Periodicals Sector of the Public Library of Bahia, and remotely in the Archive of the National Library Foundation and in the archive of the Mário de Andrade Library. In-person surveys were conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic, following all WHO-recommended safety protocols. As for secondary sources, the consultation took place through access to information available on the internet, such as the Statistical Yearbooks of Brazil, published by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) and the Public Libraries Guide, published by the National Book Institute ( INL). As a result, we have the history of the creation of public libraries in Bahia with the documents related to their operating permits.