Cultural and reading mediation in the qualification of bibliotherapist librarian

• Main Authors: Hélio Márcio Pajeú, Wérleson Alexandre de Lima Santos
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Instituto de Comunicação e Informação Científica e Tecnológica em Saúde (Icict) da Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz) 2021-08-01
• Series: RECIIS
• Subjects: mediação cultural; mediação de leitura; biblioterapia; saúde mental; formação profissional do bibliotecário.
• Online Access: https://www.reciis.icict.fiocruz.br/index.php/reciis/article/view/2134

This article aims to purpose a reflection over the librarian’s qualification at Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE) as a professional able to exercise cultural and reading mediation, and also bibliotherapy. Based on the theories on cultural mediation by Edmir Perrotti and reading mediation by Michèle Petit, this study leans on the academic curriculum from the Library Science undergraduate course 0406 profile and analyses the program content, the skills teaching, the workload and how the student’s cultural and bibliotherapeutic qualification has been treated regarding their perceptions about the professional sociocultural importance.