La universidad, las nuevas formas del conocimiento y la formación de los profesionales de la información en el marco del siglo XXI

Abstract

Higher education in the 21st century is in a process of change in which diverse ideological currents play a role, each with its own concept of University. The neoliberal positions have become evident specially in Europe, and their influence has given rise to a market oriented image of the University focused on production. In parallel, in the intellectual field new forms of creation and access to knowledge emerge, related to the existence of complex societies and complex thinking, and therefore to trans-disciplinary. As a consequence of the former, the education of information professionals is affected by the new requirements, and this, naturally has a bearing on the curricula of Library Science and Informational Studies.