Building Citizenship. The democratizing role of libraries in Peru

ABSTRACT

Objective:

The objective of this article is to generate an approximation of the ways in which libraries contribute to the construction of citizenship, based on their social functions, for which libraries in Peru are taken as a reference.

Method:

This is a reflection article that takes up a methodology situated in a qualitative hermeneutic paradigm, assuming an exercise of analysis of theoretical and empirical sources that allows exploring the democratizing role of libraries, especially in Peru, in the construction of citizenship.

Results:

they show that the school library must adapt to the educational model of the school that promotes comprehensive training, respect, and multiculturalism, building democracy from the classroom and promoting values, citizenship and school coexistence. For its part, the university library is an agent of transformation and consolidation of the democratic model, strengthening the curriculum of each program and the pillars of the educational model of the university. The public library as a democratizing agent must fulfill the role of citizen education from the public, political and pedagogical aspects through programs and services.

Conclusion,

the articulation of the Ministry of Education and Culture is required and above all the school, university and social citizenship in the libraries.

KEYWORDS:
Citizenship; Democracy; School Library; University Library; Public Library; Political Librarianship