Desarrollo social : investigación bibliotecológica, información y bibliotecas

Abstract

Social development is a multidimensional phenomenon, denoting a process that allows for the promotion of people´s well-being. Its ideals include achieving inclusive and egalitarian societies; it requires social relations in which there is a constant balance between all groups, sectors and instances that make up society; it is directly linked to the context and the situation of human groups either within their family, community or social nuclei; it implies the convergence of various actors and agents among which researchers and professionals in librarianship and information studies must be included. A constant reference in all programs and legislative documents that touch on the subject is information, from its generation to access. As scholars of library and information studies, we can have a timely impact on the goals of promoting social inclusion and ensuring equal opportunities. As builders of knowledge, it is our duty to support social development through the generation of ideas and projects for the benefit of all communities that inhabit a country, a region or the whole world. To contribute to this principle, this book examines and presents the research that has been carried out on the subject, and the proposals of information professionals to reduce or alleviate inequality, discrimination and inequity in the life opportunities of women and men, as well as to improve their access to information