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

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Main Author: Albarillo, Frans
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Published: 2018
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contents Super-Diversity and Foreign-Born Students in Academic Libraries: A Survey Study Albarillo, Frans 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) 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.
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spellingShingle Super-Diversity and Foreign-Born Students in Academic Libraries: A Survey Study
Albarillo, Frans
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)
Super-Diversity and Foreign-Born Students in Academic Libraries: A Survey Study Albarillo, Frans 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) 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.
title Super-Diversity and Foreign-Born Students in Academic Libraries: A Survey Study
topic 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)
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1165780