Outputs (3)

Investigating the ‘why’ rather than the ‘how’: current research priorities on the influence of culture on new-comer populations’ use of public libraries (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Salzano, R., Hall, H., & Webster, G. (2020, September). Investigating the ‘why’ rather than the ‘how’: current research priorities on the influence of culture on new-comer populations’ use of public libraries. Presented at ISIC (Information Seeking In Context) 2020, Pretoria, South Africa

Introduction - Library researchers are often concerned with the factors that affect individual use of public library resources. To date, culture as a determinant of public library use has not been fully explored across all public library populations.... Read More about Investigating the ‘why’ rather than the ‘how’: current research priorities on the influence of culture on new-comer populations’ use of public libraries.

The relationship between culture and public library use: non-Western students in Scotland (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Salzano, R., Hall, H., & Webster, G. (2020, September). The relationship between culture and public library use: non-Western students in Scotland. Presented at ISIC (Information Seeking in Context) 2020, Pretoria, South Africa

Introduction - Individuals’ cultural backgrounds influence their use of societal resources, including those offered in public libraries. Well-established in library research are explorations of the benefits of public library use to new-comer communit... Read More about The relationship between culture and public library use: non-Western students in Scotland.

Corralling Culture as a Concept in LIS Research (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Salzano, R., Hall, H., & Webster, G. (2020, October). Corralling Culture as a Concept in LIS Research. Presented at 83rd Annual Meeting of the Association of Information Science and Technology, Virtual

Individuals’ cultural backgrounds influence their use of societal resources, including libraries. A literature search and review was completed on the treatment of culture in library and information science (LIS) in the body of work on information beh... Read More about Corralling Culture as a Concept in LIS Research.