Condições de conforto ambiental para usuários: estudo de caso realizado na Biblioteca Central Zila Mamede/UFRN

Abstract

Considers that the physical facilities of a library should provide people a comfortable environment for the development of their activities, as well as offering favourable conditions for the preservation of the acquis. Objective to analyze the conditions of thermal comfort, acústico and Central Library lumínico Zila Maclean (BCZM) of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN). Covers the characteristics, the importance, users, information workers of University Library. Reports that the environmental ergonomics search propose a pleasant environment to users, harmonically organized and well-planned, looking for the interaction of human beings (users) with the systems (libraries). Features environmental restrictions: thermal, acoustic and lumínico. Analyzes the data collected in the questionnaire conducted with users and the empirical study with measurements of conditions surveyed reveal that there is comfort lumínico and there is thermal comfort or acoustic comfort. Thus, concludes that there is no environmental comfort in BCZM, with some caveats. It’s concludes by suggesting improvements to the environmental comfort on Central Library Zila Maclean and considering the importance of the librarian in the context of the research in question