Super-Diversity and Foreign-Born Students in Academic Libraries: A Survey Study

Autor/in	Albarillo, Frans
Titel	Super-Diversity and Foreign-Born Students in Academic Libraries: A Survey Study
Quelle	In: portal: Libraries and the Academy, 18 (2018) 1, S.59-91 (33 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1531-2542
Schlagwörter	Academic Libraries; Minority Group Students; Immigrants; Statistical Analysis; Study Habits; Self Concept; College Students; Standards; Guidelines; Student Surveys; Student Attitudes; Student Diversity; Cultural Awareness; Leadership; Second Languages; Ethnicity; Users (Information); New York (New York) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? College; Colleges; University; Universities; Libary; Libraries; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Universität; Bibliothek; Hochschulbibliothek; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Statistische Analyse; Study behavior; Study behaviour; Studienverhalten; Selbstkonzept; Collegestudent; Standard; Richtlinien; Schülerbefragung; Schülerverhalten; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Führung; Führungsposition; Second language; Zweitsprache; Ethnizität; Benutzerprofil; Nutzer
Abstract	This paper reports the results of a survey study of foreign-born students' use of academic and public libraries. The researcher administered the survey at a public liberal arts college in the fall of 2014. The analysis shows that foreign-born students use both public and academic libraries with great frequency for academic tasks. Variables such as being a first-generation foreign-born student and being a foreign-born student of color also have a statistically significant effect on how these students use academic libraries as a social and study space. The author uses a theory from migration studies called "super-diversity" to discuss how multiple identities and categories of belonging are important variables when it comes to public services. A super-diversity approach involves a shift away from studying only one variable (such as ethnicity, language use, gender, or the like) and looks instead at the effects of multiple variables on an issue, in this case library use. In addition to incorporating super-diversity as part of the data analysis, the author also discusses how the Association of College and Research Libraries Diversity Standards provide guidelines for improving services to foreign-born students based on the insights from the survey and statistical analysis. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01