Censura na biblioteca

Abstract

The librarian Ana Lúcia Albano (SIBI-UFBA) interviewed Prof. Ana Virgínia Pinheiro (UNIRIO) who, when speaking on the subject, showed definitions of censorship and the expression censor a book. The teacher cited and exemplified forms of censorship that occurred in rare books (printed between the 15th and 19th centuries), such as: erasures, cut or torn book pages, covering illustrations with ink, replaced excerpts (chapters), replacement of the notebook of a book for blank pages, omission of text, displacement of works to make them inaccessible, among others. In order to preserve works, librarians had to accept or carry out types of censorship so that they were not completely destroyed. The representative bodies were presented as formal tools in the fight against acts involving the subject in question. The interviewee highlighted the importance of dealing with this issue with librarians so that they understand and become aware of their action against censorship, for this, it is necessary: ​​research, training, knowing how to discern the appropriate book for each type of reader, exercising the social function of the librarian and others.