The object of investigation was a set of more than four thousand photographs of the Public Library of the State of Santa Catarina (BPSC), produced by the institution or partner institutions such as the University of the State of Santa Catarina. It was intended to seize the representations tainted over time about the library through photography. This is a descriptive quantitative and qualitative, which adopted principles of cultural studies and procedures from the field of Antropolgia the fotoetnografia. This visual material also spoke with the data analyzed in administrative reports included in the period 1980 to 2011 the library. The study reveals intense cultural action; reveals an institution concerned with continuing education, or its employees or stakeholders of the local community; stamp a building knowledge among the financial institutions and the commercial capital of Santa Catarina; shows a representation of the doings of the library (library practices that give the daily progress of the library), reveals ways of cleaning and maintenance actions that building, furniture and equipment for the printed photograph shows the different stages of technological library. The images adorn the notion of representation as an institution pubic reading that moves in favor of the child audience, a place of leisure and training for adults, a space always available waiting for their consultants, readers or users and represents a memory for (RE) KNOW the Public Library of Santa Catarina.
Public Library of Santa Catarina (BPSC) - Images (1980-2011); Public Library of Santa Catarina (BPSC) - Memories; Cultural representations; Cultural action; Continuing education
