Gestão de bibliotecas universitárias e a responsabilidade social

Abstract

This research deals with the importance of social responsibility and management of university libraries, through the expansion of higher education in Brazil. In this context of globalization, where geographical and spatial boundaries merge, the social responsibility of institutions more than it has ever been discussed, since the social disparity became more evident. However, in recent decades, the university has become a more democratic social system, since there was a greater number of tickets they had the opportunity to mitigate social inequalities through access to knowledge. In this understanding, it is necessary to establish policies for information leading to coherent arguments for acting " politically correct ", respecting values, traditions, ethnicities, etc., Therefore, the study of social responsibility in the context of strategic planning of university libraries makes it possible to inclusion of the term citizenship in the context of higher education. The research analyzes the literature on the importance of social responsibility and strategic planning from the perspective of university libraries in society and their fields, highlighting its commitment to the use of information, through actions that may have effectively knowledge is a challenging topic both for Information Science and Librarianship for this context of social, political and economic changes in society.