Cidadania e biblioteca: serviço de informação comunitária

Abstract

Community information service started in the 60th with aim of supplying the common citizen with information of public concern. Experience have shown public library with their tradition in collecting, organizing and diffusion data, may be renewed from the moment of the implantation of Community Information Service. "Banco de Informação Pública" (BIP) of the Biblioteca Pública do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, is one of those attempt providing the citizen bases at: Education, Tourism, Health, Citizenship, Public Administration Libraries and Public uses Services.