Managing multilinguality: Israel's retraining course for new immigrant librarians

Lazinger, Susan S.; Peritz, Bluma C.

doi:10.3233/efi-1993-11302

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“…In addition to this as Fisher (2004) and her colleagues have also noted, there are the small number of papers written from a professional library and information science perspective that are primarily descriptive and focus upon library challenges and responses to the immigrant situation (e.g. Berger, 1999; Lazinger and Peritz, 1993; Su and Conaway, 1995, to mention a few). As has been noted earlier, these studies pertain to the immigrant situation in the US A and may not be completely applicable to the immigrant situation in Canada.…”

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The information needs and information seeking behaviour of immigrant southern Sudanese youth in the city of London, Ontario: an exploratory study

Silvio

2006

Library Review

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PurposeTo investigate the information needs and information seeking behaviour of immigrant southern Sudanese Youth in the city of London, Ontario, in Canada.Design/methodology/approachUsing focus group supported with semi‐structured interviews, personal observation and examination of relevant records, data were collected from 24 youths in the different communities within the city of London. A simple percentage was used to analyze the data. The study examined information needs, sources and information seeking behaviour as well as problems encountered by the youth in a bid to obtain information.FindingsThat the information needs of immigrant southern Sudanese youths in the city of London, Ontario are mainly academic in nature. Their chief sources of information included colleagues, friends, neighbors and relatives – respondents tend to seek information that is easily accessible, preferably from interpersonal sources, unless there is a particular reason for avoiding interpersonal sources. Although most of the respondents knew what information is and its importance, results also showed that lack of awareness about where to obtain information on education and apprenticeship training is the most common problem of the southern Sudanese youths. Ways to facilitate information seeking and use are indicated.Research limitations/implicationsLimitations are: the use of participants selected through purposive sampling (convenience samples cannot be representative of the population as a whole); by using individual interviews as well as focus groups the size of the sample was restricted.Practical implicationsGiven that this research indicates that the means and sources of information seeking found in the southern Sudanese youth in the city of London are no longer adequate, practical suggestions that would facilitate information seeking and use among immigrant southern Sudanese youth in the city of London are given.Originality/valueThis pilot study on the information needs and information seeking behaviour of immigrant southern Sudanese youths in general is the first of its kind ‐ no research has preceded it. Moreover, there seems to be no interest on the part of information professionals to undertake empirical research concerning the information needs and information seeking behaviour of immigrants in Canada, although in the United States of America there is an ongoing research interest.

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The information needs and information seeking behaviour of immigrant southern Sudanese youth in the city of London, Ontario: an exploratory study

Silvio

2006

Library Review

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“…As described by Lazinger and Peritz (1993), this program starts from the premise that if Russian-educated librarians are to serve Israeli library patrons adequately, they must not only know about computer technologies and processes, but must also be well versed about cultural matters. The program thus consists of 600 hours of study, which includes 40-hour courses in Modern Hebrew Literature, Modern Jewish History, Jewish Bibliography, and a 100-hour course in Hebrew.…”

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The Challenge of Building Multilingual Collections in Canadian Public Libraries

Dilevko

Dali²

2002

Library Resources &Amp; Technical Services

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Information grounds and the use of need‐based services by immigrants in Queens, New York: A context‐based, outcome evaluation approach

Fisher

Durrance

Hinton

2004

J. Am. Soc. Inf. Sci.

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We elaborate on Pettigrew's (1998, 1999) theory of information grounds while using an outcome evaluation approach enriched by its focus on context to explore the use of need-based services by immigrants in New York City. Immigrants have substantial information and practical needs for help with adjusting to life in a new country. Because of differences in language, culture, and other factors such as access, new immigrants are a difficult population to study. As a result, little research has examined their predilections from an information behavior perspective. We report findings from a qualitative study of how literacy and coping skills programs are used by and benefit the immigrant customers of the Queens Borough Public Library (QBPL). From our interviews and observation of 45 program users, staff, and other stakeholders, we derived a grand context (in Pettigrew's terms) woven from three subcontexts: the immigrants of Queens, New York; the QBPL, its service model, and activities for immigrants; and professional contributions of QBPL staff. Our findings are discussed along two dimensions: (a) building blocks toward information literacy, and (b) personal gains achieved by immigrants for themselves and their families. We conclude that successful introduction to the QBPL-as per its mission, programming, and staff-can lead immigrants to a synergistic information ground that can help in meeting broad psychological, social, and practical needs.

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Managing multilinguality: Israel's retraining course for new immigrant librarians

Cited by 3 publications

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The information needs and information seeking behaviour of immigrant southern Sudanese youth in the city of London, Ontario: an exploratory study

The information needs and information seeking behaviour of immigrant southern Sudanese youth in the city of London, Ontario: an exploratory study

The Challenge of Building Multilingual Collections in Canadian Public Libraries

Information grounds and the use of need‐based services by immigrants in Queens, New York: A context‐based, outcome evaluation approach

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