Information access through digital reading

Abstract

It proposes a brief discussion regarding information access through digital reading, considering concepts barely explored in Information Science. Relying on concepts such as literary literacy and cyberculture, this research has as main objective: to present digital reading as a mean to access information; And as specific objectives, to discuss issues such as library distribution in Brazil; to put in evidence the attitudes of public and private initiatives to supply the informational demand and to present some foreigners and brazilian digital reading platforms, once that it is clear the deficiency of public libraries brazilian system. Based on this bibliographic and exploratory research, the need to deepen research on this theme within Information Science becomes undeniable, considering the steady growth of cyberspace and the lack of public policies that promote information access not only through digital platforms, but also through improvements in brazilian libraries. At the end of the article, it was possible to verify the actions of the public and private initiative to make digital reading more accessible, inside and outside Brazil.