On April 30, 2025, the FE Library held the XNUMXst Meeting “Joel Martins Library of FE/Unicamp: Memories of the Library – Recovering History and Recognizing Legacies” to rescue the memory of the library through dialogue between peers who participated in the early days of the Faculty of Education and the Joel Martins Library, in order to reconstruct the library's timeline in the context of the history of FE.
Clockwise: Ana Lúcia (professor and coordinator of the library committee); Ana Villanueva (architect who designed the library project); José Camilo (retired professor and coordinator of the library committee in the 1980s and early 1990s); Arlete (library director from 1972 to 1994); Gildenir (library director from 1995 to 2013); Simone (library coordinator from 2015 to the present); Ana Inês Fini (retired FE professor); and Rosemary (library supervisor). Credits: Guilherme (Coordination of Research and Scientific Dissemination of FE/Unicamp).
Present at this meeting were: Librarian Arlete, retired library director, to receive an award in recognition of her contribution to the implementation, development and management of the library until the early 1990s; Professor Maria Ines Fini, retired from FE, who participated in the creation, as well as in the elaboration of the curriculum and course plans of the Faculty of Education. Professor Maria Inês Fini who presented a report on Joel Martins, whose name was chosen in 1994 to name the Library of the Faculty of Education, in a posthumous tribute.architect Ana Villanueva, which brought a narrative about the conception of the library project, in harmonious contrast with the projection of the central building of the Faculty of Education, from the perspective of technology, art and architectural elements, inspired by Spanish, Roman and Arab constructions, resulting in a differentiated construction in a hexagonal format, considering the acoustics of the building, with the intention of providing the reader with a special place of introspection, where reading, production and construction of knowledge take place surrounded by the nature present in the library's internal garden and the songs of the birds that visit it throughout the day. Librarian Gildenir, director of the library from 1995 to 2013, shared with us his story and his leading role in the FE library, acting as a mediator in the dialogue between professors Ezequiel and José Camilo. Due to the absence of professor Ezequiel, a new dynamic was proposed, with the reading of a document shared by professor Ezequiel, who over the years developed a great partnership with the Library, with its coordination and in the development of projects focused on reading. Professor José Camilo, historicized his participation in the creation and development of the library, especially in the development of periodical collections, inspired by models of libraries at foreign universities, with consideration given to the impacts of digital sources of information on the preservation of printed collections, demonstrating his engagement and concern with issues regarding the future of university libraries and the training of their readers. Directors Oscar and Márcio of SBU (Unicamp Library System) were also present and honored our meeting.
Our expectation is that new meetings will take place, whose programs will always be guided by the Joel Martins Library Commission in dialogues with teachers, staff and researchers from the Faculty of Education, who worked or work in the library and who contributed or contribute to its development, in the direction of the purposes of the FE throughout its history and its projections for the future.
Simone Lucas Goncalves de Oliveira,
Coordinator of the Joel Martins Library, FE/Unicamp
Rosemary Passos
Librarian Supervisor, FE/Unicamp
