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Conference Session 101

Diversity in libraries: research reflecting theoretical approaches and practical experimentation

Library Theory and Research

Congress track 2: Policy, strategy and advocacy.

19 August 2013 09:30 - 12:45 | Room: Session Room 324/325

• “This intense desire to know the world”: Cultural competency as a personal and professional disposition in collection development practices
  KASEY L. GARRISON (School of Information Studies, Faculty of Education, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW Australia)
• Information seeking behavior of national minorities’ secondary school students for scientific research purposes
  VIKTORIJA MOSKINA (The National Library of Latvia, Riga, Latvia)
• What we are learning about the diverse backgrounds of academic library users: An overview of research designs and methods in information behavior studies
  KRYSTYNA K. MATUSIAK (Morgridge College of Education, University of Denver, Colorado, USA)
• Developing a model integral impact assessment
  PABLO ANDRADE BLANCO (University of Santiago de Chile, University of Arts and Social Sciences de Chile, Santiago, Chile)
• Ethnic diversity at the University of Toronto Libraries
  JACK HANG-TAT LEONG (Richard Charles Lee Canada-Hong Kong Library, University Libraries Toronto, British Columbia, Canada)
• Identifying and implementing diversity: Collaborative action-based research at Mariestad’s Public Library on LGBTQ issues
  RAGNHILD KAY BRANDSTEDT (Mariestads Public Library, Mariestad, Sweden)
• Introduction and conclusion
  RAPHAËLLE BATS (enssib, Lyon, France) and YASUYO INOUE (Dokkyo University, Sōka, Saitama, Japan)