Since their appearance in the 19th century, modern public libraries have built themselves into openly democratic institutions at the service of all citizens. Their fundamental characteristic has been the free access to information without restrictions of age, belief, ideology, race, amongst others and the provision of services which are predominantly free. Public libraries are the best expression of democratic societies and generate forms of social inclusion and full social insertion. A citizen who possesses information can acquire a critical and creative vision of his environment and a greater possibility of participating in society. In this article we extract from UNESCO manifestos some international instruments in whose principles and go...
This article is a reflection about the public libraries' social function and the reading practices. ...
Review of the roles of libraries in the Information Age, considering the information technologies, t...
Objectiu: les organitzacions internacionals han demanat a les biblioteques que evitin la censura i q...
The connection between public libraries and democracy is analyzed from different points of view. The...
Objectiu: les organitzacions internacionals han demanat a les biblioteques que evitin la censura i q...
Objective. It presents a theoretical discussion of the concept of the library as a democratic instit...
It´s about how public libraries provides free and democratic access to public information. Provide a...
Objective. It presents a theoretical discussion of the concept of the library as a democratic instit...
Nowadays, the crisis has provoked the social exclusion of thousands of people as well as an involuti...
Identified by several authors as an essential institution for the development of a citizen, the Info...
The connection between public libraries and democracy is analyzed from different points of view. The...
A range of governments around the world have established trends oriented towards government actions ...
El artículo trata de la importancia del derecho a la información para la participación democrática, ...
We study the role of libraries in order to improve citizenship. We consider that libraries support p...
The article deals with the importance of the right to information for participation in democracy, a ...
This article is a reflection about the public libraries' social function and the reading practices. ...
Review of the roles of libraries in the Information Age, considering the information technologies, t...
Objectiu: les organitzacions internacionals han demanat a les biblioteques que evitin la censura i q...
The connection between public libraries and democracy is analyzed from different points of view. The...
Objectiu: les organitzacions internacionals han demanat a les biblioteques que evitin la censura i q...
Objective. It presents a theoretical discussion of the concept of the library as a democratic instit...
It´s about how public libraries provides free and democratic access to public information. Provide a...
Objective. It presents a theoretical discussion of the concept of the library as a democratic instit...
Nowadays, the crisis has provoked the social exclusion of thousands of people as well as an involuti...
Identified by several authors as an essential institution for the development of a citizen, the Info...
The connection between public libraries and democracy is analyzed from different points of view. The...
A range of governments around the world have established trends oriented towards government actions ...
El artículo trata de la importancia del derecho a la información para la participación democrática, ...
We study the role of libraries in order to improve citizenship. We consider that libraries support p...
The article deals with the importance of the right to information for participation in democracy, a ...
This article is a reflection about the public libraries' social function and the reading practices. ...
Review of the roles of libraries in the Information Age, considering the information technologies, t...
Objectiu: les organitzacions internacionals han demanat a les biblioteques que evitin la censura i q...