THE ROLE OF THE LIBRARIAN AS MEDIATOR OF INFORMATION IN THE SEARCH FOR INFORMATION LITERACY

ABSTRACT

This article discusses the role of the librarian as mediator of information in the search for information literacy, focusing on a better service to the needs of the user, taking into account their socio-cultural context against the new informational demands and dynamics. From a systematic review on the subject, the theoretical-analytical dimension of the subject is undertaken, instituting a trajectory on diverse interdisciplinary theories for the understanding of the possible mediations that involve the successive approximations of this object of study. The analysis of the theoretical framework is based on a deductive approach, starting from the description of the particularity of the role of the librarian in the perspective of the information society. From the mediation of information in libraries to the definition of the renewed role of the librarian in face of this social phenomenon of information; he, as mediator of information, confronts several challenges, with emphasis on pedagogical

KEYWORDS:
Information of Mediation; Information Literacy; Librarian; Information user