The Human Library: Reframing Library Work with International Students

Bordonaro, Karen

doi:10.1080/01930826.2019.1685271

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“…First, general human libraries organize reading events that are open to everyone (Gamtso et al ., 2017; Josh, 2021; Wentz, 2012). Second, specialized human libraries are set up for members of a particular group, such as nurses (Mariano and Harmon, 2019), students (Bordonaro, 2020; Li, 2022) and social workers (Sen et al ., 2016), etc., that serve special purposes or aim at transmitting specialized knowledge (Schijf et al ., 2020).…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Operation, development, opportunities and challenges of a human library in Taiwan

Fung-Mei

Lin

2023

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PurposeHuman libraries are special libraries that give access to real persons known as “human books.” Readers “check out” human books by attending reading sessions organized by the human library. The majority of previous studies focus on reporting the achievement of human libraries, especially on reducing prejudice and promoting social inclusion. There is a dearth of research to investigate how a human library serves and interacts with society. In this regard, this study aims at examining the operation, development, opportunities and challenges of the New Taipei City Human Library (NTCHL), the first and largest human library in Taiwan.Design/methodology/approachThis study adopts a triangulation methodology to collect and analyze a multitude of data. Participatory observation intends to understand the operation of the NTCHL. In-depth interview is conducted to collect the opinions of the staff of the NTCHL to identify the challenges and opportunities of the human library. Content analysis on relevant documents is performed to review the development and performance of the NTCHL.FindingsResults indicate that the NTCHL has successfully developed a good collection of human books. The NTCHL not only provides an alternative channel of learning, but also helps build connections between community members. The number of book loans and readers has substantially increased since NTCHL' inception, indicating an increasing demand for human library services in Taiwan. While the NTCHL strives for providing readers with better and diversified services, the issues of limited involvement and commitment of human books, heavy workload and the difficulty to establish a good collection of human books need to be addressed.Research limitations/implicationsThis study investigates a human library in Taiwan, but human libraries in different places are different in some aspects because those human libraries' social contexts are different. Future studies are recommended to compare the similarities and differences between different human libraries systematically. Furthermore, this study identifies the benefits of the human library but human library's effectiveness is not quantified and evaluated. Future studies may conduct quantitative assessments to fill the research gap.Practical implicationsHuman libraries must strive for providing better and diversified services to readers, but there are implications for workload and administration. The experience of the NTCHL may cast light on the future development of human libraries in Taiwan and other countries around the world.Social implicationsThis study shows that the NTCHL has brought a couple of benefits to the society of Taiwan. First, the NTCHL provides readers with an alternative experience of reading. This is an effective way to transmit informal or tacit knowledge. Second, building connections between community members was another benefit of the NTCHL. As modern people are becoming more accustomed to virtual life on the internet which suppresses interpersonal communication, the NTCHL represents an effective platform for communication and sharing of interpersonal experiences.Originality/valueThe novelty of this study is the use of triangulation methodology to investigate the operation, development, opportunities and challenges of the first and largest human library in Taiwan. The findings of this study may cast light on the future development of human libraries in Taiwan and other countries.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Operation, development, opportunities and challenges of a human library in Taiwan

Fung-Mei

Lin

2023

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“…Kebanyakan dari kata kunci tersebut berhubungan dengan kegiatan riset, publikasi, serta metodologi penelitian. Hal ini dapat diartikan bahwa banyak manuskrip mengungkapkan hasil penelitian bahwa para akademisi (El Mohadab et al, 2020), khususnya mahasiswa, menggunakan repositori perpustakaan untuk kegiatan riset atau perkuliahan mereka yang berhubungan dengan metodologi penelitian (Bordonaro, 2020) Selain itu, studi oleh Decker (2021) menyatakan bahwa peningkatan permintaan untuk layanan pencarian informasi yang bisa digunakan untuk penelitian dikarenakan semakin banyaknya peneliti serta mahasiswa (Harshani et al, 2020). Semakin banyak pertumbuhan penduduk di suatu negara juga mengakibatkan semakin banyak pula akademisi yang ada (Bangert & Gratch, 2019), terutama jumlah mahasiswa yang diterima pada universitas.…”

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Analisis sitasi publikasi tentang repositori bidang studi perpustakaan pada Web of Science selama pandemi

Wardhana

Ratnasari

2022

Daluang: Journal of Library and Information Science

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Introduction. Library repositories are indispensable for academics during a pandemic. This study aims to analyze citation trends during a pandemic.Methodology. This study uses bibliometric methods to analyze metadata of publications on the Web of Science page. The samples collected were around 481 in the range of 2020-2022. Data were analyzed using Biblioshiny in R Studio.Results and discussion. The results found that the most citation trends were in journals with a medical scope. The journals with the most manuscripts are journals with a library scope. Meanwhile, the keywords with the most citations relate to the research methodology. Meanwhile, the number of citations during the pandemic is actually high, and even in journals with a medical scope, it can reach thousands every year.Conclusion. The citations related to repository publications in libraries are not only focused on journals with a library scope, but also focused on journals with non-libraries.

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“…Representative keywords are human library; human book, library, metadata, and computer aided instruction. Human library sessions were arranged in various settings, such as university library (Bordonaro, 2020;Gillum & Williams, 2022;Li, 2021;, school library (Schijf et al, 2020), and public library (Gamtso et al, 2017). Referring to infrastructures of human library, Dobreski & Kwaśnik (2019) identified standards for the representation of persons.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…This strand of research is more or less represented by the themes of human library development (the green cluster), cultural diversity (the purple cluster), and oral history (the yellow cluster), accounting for the earlier initiatives of human library research (Figures 7 and 8). Within this strand, various authors examined different forms of human library sessions (Bordonaro, 2020;Gamtso et al, 2017;Gillum & Williams, 2022;Li, 2021;Schijf et al, 2020;. Human library assisted in preserving the oral history of indigenous tribes (Yap & Barsaga, 2017;, and traditional and religious knowledge (Brenner, 2010;Shannon & Bossaller;2015).…”

Section: Research Trendsmentioning

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Unveiling knowledge structure and research trends in human libraries: A systematic synthesis of bibliometric, thematic, and content analysis

Fung-Mei¹,

Lin

2022

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Background It has been more than 20 years since the inception of the human library in 2000. Because no scholar so far has ever conducted a comprehensive review of the development of the human library, our knowledge about human library research is limited. Purpose This study applied the methodology of systematic review to the literature on human library to understand the development and knowledge structure of the research field. Scope/Method 46 documents on human library were extracted from Scopus according to PRISMA guidelines. Descriptive statistics were obtained through bibliometric analysis. Thematic analysis identified the research themes. Content analysis examined the knowledge structure of human library research. Findings This study clarified major characteristics of human library research, such as top articles and journals, most productive authors and countries, and citations, etc. The themes of human library development, diversity, and oral history formed a research strand that focused on the development and operation of human library. The themes of prejudice reduction and inclusion formed another research strand that was interested in the interaction between human books and readers. Finally, the study proposed a comprehensive framework integrating the major themes and facets relating to human library research. Originality This study conducted a systematic literature review of human library with state-of-the-art of techniques. To the best of the authors’ limited knowledge, to date, the study is the first attempt to combine bibliometric, thematic, and content analysis to study library development in the field of libraries and information science.

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The Human Library: Reframing Library Work with International Students

Cited by 10 publications

References 15 publications

Operation, development, opportunities and challenges of a human library in Taiwan

Operation, development, opportunities and challenges of a human library in Taiwan

Analisis sitasi publikasi tentang repositori bidang studi perpustakaan pada Web of Science selama pandemi

Unveiling knowledge structure and research trends in human libraries: A systematic synthesis of bibliometric, thematic, and content analysis

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