Information skills in the National Reading Plan of Uruguay: Actions for social inclusion

Abstract

It is described strategies that have been implemented to promote the development of information skills in the National Reading Plan of Uruguay that is under the responsability of the Ministry of Education and Culture, as a National Public Policy. They are aimed at vulnerable socio-economic contexts and help to the process of training reading promoters. We analyze and evaluate the experiences done with target populations that do not belong to the formal education area, especially those who are responsible for reading spaces such as public, community and popular libraries, among others. There are considered new forms of reading in a digital environment in the process of acquiring and strengthening of information skills to ensure equity in access and democratization of information and the process of knowledge construction. It is established the essential elements for the development of a model of information literacy to integrate the National Reading Plan that can coordinate with other areas and institutions and it may contribute to the social inclusion of individuals.

Keywords

• Competências em informação
• Inclusão social
• Integração social
• Leitura
• Plan Nacional de Lectura
• Uruguai