1. Know and use key concepts related to the field of Information Policy 2. Know principles of Information Policy and how they play an important function in a country or region. 3 Understand and take into consideration the importance of a cultural environment different from ours. 4. Learn how to focus our skills in the professional field of National and International Information Policy, as well as in their political, economical and institutional field. 5. Identify strengths and weaknesses of Information Policy in a particular territorial and organizational context and learn how to evaluate it. 6. Understand and know how to bring into effect legal requirements related to information activities both in a national and international context. 7. Know Digital Device evaluation indicators.

The aim of this course is to make an introduction into de concept of Information Policy, paying special attention to the field of Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centers. We explain who and how these policies are being carried out with the purpose of giving a brief review of the most important Information Policies worldwide, Europeans and Latin-Americans policies, and mainly of Public Sector Information policy in Spain. -Concept and Types of Information Policy - Information Policies Analysis -Information and Digital Device -The re-use and exploitation of Public Sector Information - World Summit on the Information Society -EU, USA and Latin American Information Policies and activities -Spanish Information Policies