Digital Information Literacy as a neccesary complaint of the scientific societies

Abstract

It was carried out a research about the level of preparation of the presidents of scientific societies in Villa Clara health sciences, considered them as potential leaders who guide the community members toward a better teaching, research and welfare performance. There were used quantitative and qualitative methods and it was investigated the opinion of the people involved in this process (directors, members and the own presidents). Beginning with the identification of the main difficulties found in their preparation, it was elaborated a strategy directed to the improvement in the use of the scientific information and TICs, as real multipliers of the information literacy in their scenes. This strategy was structured with actions that facilitate the preparation of the presidents of the scientific communities in this field.