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iConference 2022 doctoral colloquium presentation
- 1. THE EFFECT OF CULTURE ON LIBRARY USE IN NEWCOMER POPULATIONS iConference 2022 Doctoral Colloquium LightningTalk r.salzano@napier.ac.uk Rachel Salzano @librarygryphon
- 2. The Relationship Between Culture and Public Libraries r.salzano@napier.ac.uk Rachel Salzano @librarygryphon This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
- 3. How Far Am I? ■ Data Collection Complete (Mostly) – Gatekeeper interviews – FOI requests – Focus group with forced migrants ■ Data Analysis Underway – FOI analysis complete – Interview analysis underway – Focus group analysis still need data r.salzano@napier.ac.uk Rachel Salzano @librarygryphon
- 4. Still To Do r.salzano@napier.ac.uk Rachel Salzano @librarygryphon ■ Conclude gatekeeper interview data analysis ■ CoLIS 2022 ■ ASIS&T Annual Conference 2022 ■ Conduct focus group with forced migrants ■ Write-up and submit thesis by October 2022
- 5. References: Image Credits: "Animated Picture of Ariel,The Little Mermaid" by UnknownAuthor is licensed under CC BY- NC-ND "Photo of a person Dressed As Ariel,The Little Mermaid, with a fork" by UnknownAuthor is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND r.salzano@napier.ac.uk Rachel Salzano @librarygryphon
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- Ariel, the little mermaid, is a new-comer on land. Because she comes from the ocean, her culture is different than that of human beings on land. She put her trust in information sources like Scuttle the seagull and Sebastian the crab to tell her how to use a fork, a.k.a. a dinglehopper. Now that Ariel is in a new culture, her use of resources such as the fork is different than what the people around her expect and prepare for. They give her the fork expecting it to be used as an eating utensil, but she uses that fork as a hairbrush. Similarly, new-comers from a different culture may use resources from the public library differently. By using qualitative questionnaires and interviews, we can determine why new-comers use resources in specific ways. We can also discover whether the ways they use resources is based on their culture, such as Ariel trusting the information from sea creatures because in her culture they are acceptable information sources. Understanding how culture influences the use of resources in the public library will help library staff better tailor those resources to new-comer populations. Better tailoring of resources means that new-comers will be served more effectively. We can help Ariel find something to brush her hair that works better than a dinglehopper.
- 272 million migrants worldwide Many heading to European, North American, or Australia/New Zealand With global movement increasing and the role public libraries hold in the community, it is important to understand the connection between culture and public library use.