Out of Information Poverty: Library Services for Urban Marginalized Immigrants

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This paper provides an analytical overview of the literature on information poverty and the strategies of reducing such poverty for urban marginalized groups from cultural and structural perspectives. Focusing on the urban immigrants in the United States, this paper discusses their informational needs with respect to literacy skills, technology support, cultural awareness, and information resources. In addition, the paper evaluates the library services demonstrated by the selected urban libraries that supply diversified education programs and civic engagement activities in an attempt to establish a more equitable and harmonious community.

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2005The Deepening Divide: Inequality in the Information Society 2006Understanding information inequality: Making sense of the literature of the information and digital divides 2004To Know or not to Know: A Moral Reflection on Information Poverty 2009Cultural Competence: A Conceptual Framework for Library and Information Science Professionals 2011Public libraries: A meeting place for immigrant women?1975The information-poor in America 2010Gracious space: Library programming strategies towards immigrants as tools in the creation of social capital 2007Furthering understanding of information literacy through the social study of information poverty

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