La biblioteca: Entre lo local y lo global en la sociedad líquida

Abstract

The paper treats about a subject rarely discussed, possibly because of its controversial nature. The process of globalization is recognized in this paper and serves as a frame of reference, which leads to the emergence of the opposite concept, that of the local values of a community. These two opposing currents, that of the globalization and that of the preservation of the local values, are part of the life of a community, and each tends to prevail over the other. In this paper it is shown how it is possible to derive benefits from the globalization without losing one’s identity nor one’s idiosyncracy. In all these situations the library has an important role to play by participating as a mediator between the two expressions of modern life in the liquid society.