LIBRARIES AND SOCIETY: REFLECTIONS FROM A SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE

Authors

  • Felipe Meneses Tello National Autonomous University of Mexico

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.rib.8588

Keywords:

Libraries , Society , Social library science , Civilized culture , Socialrelationships

Abstract

This study consists of a sociological approach to the theoretical connection between libraries and society. Its objective is to try to determine new lines of study and analysis within the framework of social library science. In this way, this study provides an overview that can open up a current debate on some of the fundamental concepts surrounding the development of libraries in a social context. Our sociological reflections are as follows: (1) The connection between libraries and society, (2) Society without libraries compared to societies with libraries, (3) Libraries as organic social brains of civilized culture, and (4) Libraries as a reflection of social relations based on class.

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Author Biography

Felipe Meneses Tello, National Autonomous University of Mexico

Subject Professor of the College of Library Science, Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, National Autonomous University of Mexico -UNAM-. Coordinator of the Library of the Institute of Mathematics. National Autonomous University of Mexico -UNAM-

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Published

2011-04-12

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Meneses Tello, F. (2011). LIBRARIES AND SOCIETY: REFLECTIONS FROM A SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE. Revista Interamericana De Bibliotecología, 28(2). https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.rib.8588

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