Distance education and university libraries: a necessary interaction

The research deals with the theme Distance Education, Libraries and Information Resources available to students of DL. It makes an approach to distance education, the development of this type of education and its social contribution to reach the most remote places of the country. The institution researched is the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), and is the focus are Libraries of DL, where the institution offers undergraduate distance education and the focus Access to Information Resources for Educador, sociologo, etnologo, poeta, romancista, antropologo, politico users of DL. The purpose of the research and verify that the libraries of the poles serve their students and in providing acess to scientific informations necessary activities of teaching, research and extension. The research is exploratory and qualitative and quantitative approach. The first part of this study is also characterized as action research and its results have been presented to the institution.