"But Where Are You Really From?": Multiracial Students, Sense of Belonging, and Academic Libraries
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| author | María Evelia Emerson |
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| contents | "But Where Are You Really From?": Multiracial Students, Sense of Belonging, and Academic Libraries María Evelia Emerson Undergraduate Students Academic Libraries Multiracial Persons Student Attitudes Users (Information) Library Role Universities Student Experience Group Membership Interpersonal Relationship Racial Attitudes Racial Relations Power Structure Disadvantaged Barriers Self Concept Racial Identification Racism Academic libraries need to have a stronger understanding of how to best support multiracial college students. The purpose of this study was to learn if multiracial students viewed their academic library as a place that increased their sense of belonging. Through interviews and a focus group with multiracial undergraduate students at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), the author learned that the interviewed students viewed the library in a positive manner but did not feel like it increased their sense of belonging on campus. Suggestions on how to increase their sense of belonging from students are included in the discussion. |
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| spellingShingle | "But Where Are You Really From?": Multiracial Students, Sense of Belonging, and Academic Libraries María Evelia Emerson Undergraduate Students Academic Libraries Multiracial Persons Student Attitudes Users (Information) Library Role Universities Student Experience Group Membership Interpersonal Relationship Racial Attitudes Racial Relations Power Structure Disadvantaged Barriers Self Concept Racial Identification Racism "But Where Are You Really From?": Multiracial Students, Sense of Belonging, and Academic Libraries María Evelia Emerson Undergraduate Students Academic Libraries Multiracial Persons Student Attitudes Users (Information) Library Role Universities Student Experience Group Membership Interpersonal Relationship Racial Attitudes Racial Relations Power Structure Disadvantaged Barriers Self Concept Racial Identification Racism Academic libraries need to have a stronger understanding of how to best support multiracial college students. The purpose of this study was to learn if multiracial students viewed their academic library as a place that increased their sense of belonging. Through interviews and a focus group with multiracial undergraduate students at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), the author learned that the interviewed students viewed the library in a positive manner but did not feel like it increased their sense of belonging on campus. Suggestions on how to increase their sense of belonging from students are included in the discussion. |
| title | "But Where Are You Really From?": Multiracial Students, Sense of Belonging, and Academic Libraries |
| topic | Undergraduate Students Academic Libraries Multiracial Persons Student Attitudes Users (Information) Library Role Universities Student Experience Group Membership Interpersonal Relationship Racial Attitudes Racial Relations Power Structure Disadvantaged Barriers Self Concept Racial Identification Racism |
| url | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1439854 |