Informational competence of the librarian at the distance education course planning

Abstract

Introduction: The Distance Education as a social praxis stimulates reflections on reality and, consequently, when necessary, can generate changes for the benefit of society. However, for the modality to be understood in this way, it is necessary to plan contents aimed at critical reflection, aligning theory and practice. Thus, the presence of the librarian in planning becomes paramount, since he as mediator of information and professional that knows the users, contributes to the students to read the contexts that are presented to them and this happens with the practice of informational competence.
Objective: to demonstrate the importance of the librarian to develop the informational competence for its efficient performance in the planning phase of the contents in Distance Education. Methodology: narrative bibliographic research.
Results: As can be seen in the literature, when planning a course in Distance Education, the planning phase can define the success of the teaching/learning proposal.
Conclusions: The presence of the librarian in the planning stage contributes to the students´ development, both at the intellectual level and in the formation of citizenship.