Análise qualitativa de conteúdo do guia de gestão da coleção para bibliotecas públicas

The objective of this work is to verify if the Guide to Collection Management for Public Libraries, developed by the Rede Nacional de Bibliotecas Públicas (RNBP), in Portugal, has the elements that should constitute a collection management / development policy. With the literature review, sought to define and differentiate collection development and management policies and present the elements that can integrate a policy. For a qualitative analysis of the content was used as theoretical model the content of policy defined by the IFLA. In the results it was found that most of the elements used as parameters were not found in the document, however, the guide contains contents not provided for in the model used as the basis. It is concluded that inaccuracy of the selected theoretical model had an effect on the results achieved and that the guide can be used as an instrument for forming collections, as well as guidelines for the development of a collection development / management policy.