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Margaret Sullivan Zimmerman; Brianna Rodgers – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2022
Refugees and immigrants have adverse health outcomes after arriving in the United States. These negative outcomes tend to be disproportionate to those of the general population, regardless of the person's health status upon entry to the country. Research has shown that strong health literacy skills can improve health outcomes in this group. This…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Health Materials, Females, Refugees
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Almeida, Nora; Tidal, Junior – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2022
This article describes a wayfinding study conducted in an urban, academic library to better understand the experiences of multilingual student populations. The study, which incorporated traditional user experience methods and video ethnography, exposed communication obstacles and spatial challenges encountered by students of English for speakers…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Information Seeking, Library Skills
Auten, Beth; Glauner, Dana; Lefoe, Grant; Henry, Jo – Community & Junior College Libraries, 2016
This article explains how the South Piedmont Community College librarians educated faculty members about how they guide student use of the library and how it is advantageous for them to require high-quality resources for student papers. As documented by observations at SPCC and in the library literature, students use the tools they know to find…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Faculty, Librarians, Librarian Teacher Cooperation