Social responsibility concept of Information Science

Abstract

Introduction: The social Responsibility provides and encourages greater interactions between organizations and governments with society, as well as institution and markets. The marketing management - in special social marketing - before it was restricted to administration, however,nowadays is being studied by several areas such as information science. 
Objective: To present the conceptualization about Social responsibility of Information Science based on theoretical discussion about Information Science and Social Responsibility. 
Methodology: This study adopted the Content Analysis due to this technical facilitate the quali-quantitative study from establishment of categories. Were named 13 groups based on the analysis of Post Graduate Programme of Information Science of Federal University of Paraiba (PPGCI-UFPB) dissertations. 
Results: The results suggest that Information Scienceas essentially social keeping the concept about Social Responsibility based on contemporary tendencies, this way, assuming management characteristics. The Social Responsibility of information science involves activities such as culture promotion and studies about social function of library that means social responsibility of information science directed to librarianship. It can be justified due to number of dissertations that were presented from 1979 to 1987, since, the programme keeping Public Library Systems as concentration area. 
Conclusions: The social responsibility of Information Science is a reality in the world today, and, in special in Brazil. This is what justified each more and more its insertion on National Encounter of Information Science Research under the direction of National Association for Research and Post-graduate Studies in Information Science.