Present and future of the Chilean University Library. Concept and definition

EXPLORATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE PRESENT CONCEPT AND DEFINITION OF THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY AND OF ITS PROJECTION IN THE LIBRARY SYSTEM ASSIGNED TO THE COMISION ASESORA DE BIBLIOTECAS Y DOCUMENTACION (CABID) (ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE ON LIBRARIES AND DOCUMENTATION) OF THE COUNCIL OF CHILEAN UNIVERSITY DEFINITION OF THEMSELVES, AND CABID'S CONCEPT OF STANDARD IS NEAREST TO FORMALITY THAN TO CHILEAN REALITY. THERE IS A DYNAMIC TENSION IN UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES DUE TO THE TWO HUMAN RIGHTS WHICH GIVE FROM TO THE ORGANIZATION AND COMPETE WITHIN: THE RIGHTS TO AN EDUCATION AND TO INFORMATION. CHILEAN UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES ARE DEFINED AS SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS WHICH IN THE MIDDLE TERM SHOULD REALIZE THE FREE EXERCISE TO THE RIGHT OF INFORMATION ALL CHILEAN CITIZENS HAVE. INFORMATIONIS THE ESSENCE OF LIBRARIES, AND EDUCATION AND RESEARCH ARE RELATED TO UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES BUT ARE NOT FUNCTION OF THEM.