The present work has as its main objective to identify and to analyze the infrastructure's distribution of equipment and services intended for cultural dissemination among the population in Brazilian states, understanding as such the array of public libraries, museums, theaters, cinemas, radio broadcasting networks, Internet suppliers and other services, as gathered in the Pesquisa de Informações Básicas Municipais of 1999, published by the Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística in 2001. This work also presents the distribution of professionals involved in these activities, such as the information and journalism professionals, writers and professors, according to the census data presented in the Censo Demográfico of 2000. In particular, it discusses the indicators of librarianship services' availability and demand in the Brazilian states, as well as the relationship they bear to economic and social indicators.
cultural diffusion; public libraries; information professionals