In this paper we present two recent information literacy and access initiatives in Uruguay

What is it about?

To provide historical context we present a brief history of the creation of a public library, the national library and the public school during the period of independence wars in 19th-century Uruguay, and the legacy of educational reforms that followed, which are at the core of the cultural identity of Uruguay.

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Why is it important?

The paper aims at a critical understanding of the digital divide by showing what remains hidden behind theoretical ambitions, dogmatisms, economic interests, and political projects. Information ethics is at the heart of phenomenology of information.