Elementos que conforman la sociedad de la información

THE CONCEPT OF INFORMATION SOCIETY BEGAN TO BE USED DURING THE 60'S AND HAS BEEN GAINING MORE AND MORE IMPORTANCE IN THE LIBRARY SCIENCE FIELD. THIS PAPER ANALIZES THE RISING OF THE CONCEPT FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF AUTHORS LIKE FRITZ MACHLUP, MARC PORAT, YONEJI MASSUDA AND MANUEL CASTELLS WHO EXAMINE THE INFORMATION SOCIETY FROM THE ECONOMICAL, TECHNOLOGICAL, CULTURAL, OCCUPATIONAL AND GLOBAL POINTS OF VIEW.