Bases teóricas de gestão da informação: das origens aos desafios na sociedade contemporânea

It presents a scenario of information management, with reflections about its theoreticalbases, origins and the main challenges that this area must face in the contemporarysociety, whose characteristics bring with it demands and information needs that requirenew conducts of management and protagonism of the organizations, with a specialemphasis on libraries and the professionals that work in it, in relation to the theme thatguides communities towards the feasibility of sustainability. Considerations are offered onthe importance of information management as a preponderant factor to help the process ofdissemination of information, as a strategy to raise awareness of the communitiesinvolved, considering that those who have access to properly managed informationconsidered relevant, at the right time and intelligently utilized, can be labeled asinformation literate and able to eradicate poverty and inequality, improve agriculture,provide quality education and promote health, culture, research and innovation –Important themes for this area of management in the world contemporary