Gender and Mediation

the women of the Abdias Nascimento Community Library

Abstract

Gender and mediation studies are among the growing analyzes in Information Science. Consider and that libraries are spaces that promote the mediation of Information, especially information that allow the various women to promote the struggle for rights and face the various women of violence, a looked at the scenario of community libraries community forms, coo Nascimento belonging to Vila Flapt Cultural, located in the northern region of the city of Londrina, in Paraná. In this sense, it aimed to investigate the interaction of women residing in Londrina or who know a tab with the northern library of the city of information as an objective and possibilities of mediation and culture in this context, having as a question the context relations between genders and information. . For that, a descriptive level research was carried out, with a qualitative approach and a case study as a design. Data collection was carried out through online data analysis through content analysis, especially in the categorical analysis technique. As a result, the main characteristics of the population regarding the socioeconomic, cultural and information profile, direct or indirect contact with gender violence and the sample's relationship with libraries in general and with the Nascimentodias Community Library were highlighted. We are young women, students, perceived for the most part, just a library of women who may have strange students, contact with sexual violence and have no contact with women by disconnected students, 73% Birth and use very little as libraries as a source of information regarding women's rights. It was concluded that the researched community needs mediation practices of information and culture directed towards gender issues, especially on violence against women. An institute for the potential of turning this library into a space for sociability among women and for sharing essential information for the fight against violence. In this context, the importance of Librarianship to get closer to social struggles was highlighted.