Las bibliotecas como Instituciones de la memoria frente a un presente inédito

Abstract

_{This article addresses the relationship between memory and libraries, alluding to the concept of memory institutions. To do so, the text presents some definitions of memory, using three authors: Astrid Erll, Paul Connerton and Elizabeth Jelin. It then discusses why libraries are memory institutions and the implications derived from this concept. Finally, the text raises some of the challenges facing these institutions in the face of the pandemic. The research methodology used is qualitative, using the strategy of documentary research and interviews. This work contributes to broaden the conception of libraries as institutions for the transfer and use of information to that of libraries as institutions of memory in a dialogic and communicative sense}