Información y crisis

Abstract

Recently, the whole world suffered from the great covid-19 pandemic, which affected the whole life of individuals and communities. In the light of this bleak scenario, we began to worry about the major challenges and problems we faced in finding specific solutions. Specialised research teams initiated a large number of studies on the basis of available information on related topics. This plurality of needs implied great challenges for information professionals, as the disorders arising from the disease made it more complex to search for information, obtain it and deliver it to the user. Between 2019, 2020, and more between 2020 and 2021, the majority of young people and adults were familiar with communication and distance learning, but this situation was not an exhaustive solution, as, unfortunately, it was clear that the crisis resulting from covid-19 confronted us with very sad and harsh realities, both in our country and in many others. In the midst of irregular education systems, we witnessed a panorama of extreme poverty and lack of technology. From this perspective, it was considered important to address and examine a subject that seemed inevitable - crises, wars, pandemics, earthquakes, hurricanes - and to investigate from the perspective of information how we could cooperate to find remedies to catastrophic situations. This book deals with different aspects of this broad subject, taking into account the professional experience of each author from a specific geographical environment, in order to contribute to solving the needs of each social group