Bibliotecas, centros de información y medios de comunicación en la sociedad de la información

Gerardo Asensio Baca; Jorge Cortés Montalvo

doi:10.4185/RLCS-2007-736

Authors

Gerardo Asensio Baca Autonomous University of Chihuahua
Jorge Cortés Montalvo Autonomous University of Chihuahua

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4185/RLCS-2007-736

Keywords:

Public libraries, information, communication, media literacy, digital divide, knowledge inequalities, information society, knowledge management

Abstract

The goal of this proposal is to channel technological convergence and to find imaginative outlets in order to provide access to information and knowledge to the growing sectors of society. The combination of libraries, information centers, and communication media as a dissemination tool could be the key element to reduce digital gaps and knowledge inequalities in countries with less affluent economies. Traditionally, libraries have been a place to serve community as sources of specialized information and they are also an essential element in academic development processes. Libraries serve communities based on the principle of equality; thus, people can have access to them regardless their age, ethnic background, religion, nationality, language, or social condition. Libraries should also offer specific services for those who for some reason can not make use of ordinary services or materials. It is reasonable to consider the role of the media as a guide to develop patterns of behavior and ways to understand social, cultural, economic, and politic reality. Educomunicación (educational program designed to provide knowledge and skills in communication as a broad discipline) can then be of utmost importance to foster both the use of libraries and the development of informative skills.

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Author Biographies

Gerardo Asensio Baca, Autonomous University of Chihuahua

Bachelor of Information Sciences and Master of Librarianship and Information Sciences.

He has a specialty in Academic Library Administration.

He is currently doing the Doctorate "Communication and Culture in the Information Society", from the University of Seville.

As director of the Library of the Tecnológico de Monterrey, of the Regional University of the North and of the National School of Anthropology and History. He currently holds the position of full-time research professor at the Autonomous University of Chihuahua and is commissioned as Secretary of Extension and Diffusion in the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of the same university.

Member of the Association of Information Resources Administrators (ASAR), an organization dedicated to the development of libraries in the region, in addition to participating in different activities of a political nature with a social focus.

Published articles:

Libraries, information centers and media in the information society

Jorge Cortés Montalvo, Autonomous University of Chihuahua

Doctor in Information Sciences from the University of Seville; Graduate in Educational Psychology and Master in Higher Education. Member of the National System of Researchers of Mexico (SNI), level I. His publications include articles in specialized national and international magazines, as well as the books "Global Economy, Politics and Media" (2000) and "Education, communication and political culture: research experiences in the configuration of an academic body" (2004). He is currently a professor in the Information Sciences career, in the Master of Higher Education and in the program of Doctorate in Education and Coordinator of Tutorials and Academic Bodies of the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of the Autonomous University of Chihuahua, Mexico. Published articles: Libraries, information centers and media in the information society

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