La biblioteca como mediadora entre las comunidades de aprendizaje y la construcción del conocimiento

The objective of this study is to analyze the way in which libraries participate as mediators in the learning communities and the way in which knowledge is constructed. The precedent for this research is a doctoral project where the library is conceived as a learning community within the framework of social relations and the construction of knowledge. The type of study is analytical and descriptive. As a result we have after describing the elements, functions and products libraries an analysis of how information literacy in students develop and how the tacit and explicit knowledge is constructed from the supply of certain services is presented as the user instruction and courses on the management and use of information. From this contribution we propose a Model to conceive the library as a learning community