The CUIB had its antecedent on a Research Program, coordinated by the Dirección General de Bibliotecas (DGB) of the UNAM. In that program, they studied particular problems and phenomena observed in librarianship; besides, there was no institution in México dedicated to carry out researches on this discipline. That is why, a group of researchers, under the leadership of PhD. Adolfo Rodríguez Gallardo, created it.
