Information Literacy and the Foreign Student: Helping Limited-English Users in the American Library
Type of Presentation
Individual paper/presentation (20 minute presentation)
Target Audience
Higher Education
Location
Room 111
Abstract
See presentation description.
Presentation Description
Persons with limited-English proficiency (LEP) often have problems in accessing, evaluating and using the abundant information needed for classroom and research located in American libraries. Beyond the language barriers, LEP and ESL people often face special interactive challenges that preclde their incorporating libraries in their use of information. American educators and librarians need to know multilingual and cross-lingual limitations as well as how to provide access to such robust information tools. The presenter will address library and database structures that hinder non-English and multilingual success in information literacy while discussing specific behaviors and strategies that can help American college and public librarians and educators reach out to their LEP and ESL clientele.
Keywords
Information literacy, Limited-English proficiency, Multilingualism, Library instruction
Publication Type and Release Option
Presentation (Open Access)
Recommended Citation
Valentine, Patrick M., "Information Literacy and the Foreign Student: Helping Limited-English Users in the American Library" (2008). Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy. 48.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gaintlit/2008/2008/48
Information Literacy and the Foreign Student: Helping Limited-English Users in the American Library
Room 111
See presentation description.
