The present work makes a register of the extensionist experience in the context of the Faculdade de Biblioteconomia of the Instituto de Ciências Sociais Aplicadas of the Universidade Federal do Pará. This is the project "Building the information literacy through of the strategies of consolidating of the educative use of the Technologies of Information", that among the months of August to December of 2011 concentrated the actions between the people from of the criminal system and relatives attended by the Fábrica Esperança. From the research-action, the subjects in focus were involved in oriented activities to the development of the information literacy in a total hourly load of 160 hours. Among professors, universitarians and technicians, the experience allowed to reflect about the concept of the information literacy, which is basic to think the inclusion and citizenship in the information society.
University extension; Information literacy; Information society
