Active teaching methodologies learning at the service of information: university libraries as a learning space

as bibliotecas universitárias como espaço de aprendizagem

Abstract

Considering the University Library as a learning space and that the librarian must accompany the teaching and learning processes and their applicability in reference services, that is, in the development of Information Competence as an integral part of the pedagogical environment, this article Its objective is to study the relevance of the University Library in the role of mediator of the teaching-learning process in higher education. It seeks to understand the role of the librarian in the context of the learning process and their pedagogical role in the provision of Informational Competence programs, therefore, it is a bibliographic and descriptive research, with a qualitative approach. From the bibliographic analysis it can be concluded that library professionals need to develop pedagogical skills for the applicability of active teaching and learning methodologies in their informational competence programs in line with the educational proposals offered in the classrooms of HEIs, efficiently . And seeking to improve their profile, always in line with the changes that have been taking place in the educational offer. The article also provides examples of active methodologies, as well as possible means of applicability in the activities offered by BUs, as well as suggestions for publications for further study of each one.