Gestão de acervo enxuto para bibliotecas escolares

Abstract

This research aimed to propose guidelines for the formation and development of lean collection for school libraries, based on lean philosophy. Three specific objectives were developed: discussing possibilities of aligning lean principles and the five laws of library science; discussing possibilities of applying lean principles in order to improve library management through lean collection; validating five basic guidelines for lean collection creation according managers librarians view from school libraries in Manaus. Method: Aiming to achieve the goals, a methodological research was carried out on school libraries in Manaus. Forty-five managers librarians participated on this survey and the data collection instrument was a Likert Scale questionnaire. The results analysis was done through weighted average and the variables analysis adopted a scale based on the average of the respondents acceptance score. Results: As a conclusion there was is a high level of agreement by the acceptance of the five basic guidelines for lean collection creation for school libraries, under a perception that these guidelines represents a new strategic way to improve library services in terms of creation, organization and development of school collections.