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Librarian Services and Culture

Librarian Services and Culture. Application of LIS Theories in Assisting the Information Poor. What is Culture?. 1. The quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc.

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Librarian Services and Culture

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  1. Librarian Services and Culture Application of LIS Theories in Assisting the Information Poor.

  2. What is Culture? • 1. The quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc. • 2. That which is excellent in the arts, manners, etc. • 3. a particular form or stage of civilization, as that of a certain nation or period: Greek culture. • 4. development or improvement of the mind by education or training. • 5. the behaviors and beliefs characteristic of a particular social, ethnic, or age group: the youth culture; the drugculture. (Source: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Culture)

  3. Unmet (Information) Needs What does it mean to have an unmet information need? What does Information Poverty Mean? What impact does either have on our Culture?

  4. Information Poverty Unmet Information Need Information Poverty Information Poverty is defined as:“A state thought to exist in a person or among member of a demographic group when they not only devoid of useful information, but tend to lack the necessary skills to inform themselves.” (Case, 2002). • Unmet Information Need is defined as “ A hypothesized state brought about when an individual realized that they are not comfortable with their current state of knowledge.” (Case, 2002)

  5. How many of you remember on of the first “Water Cooler” discussions on the LIS 801 Discussion Board? • Very early on in the semester, a great number of us commented on the homeless patrons that were in the library to have their need for shelter (however temporary) met. Many libraries have a policies against the common behaviors of homeless persons (sleeping, bathing in restrooms and personal hygiene). • How could libraries help with the information needs of the homeless? What were the biggest issues with homeless patrons?

  6. ALA Office for Literacy and Outreach Services • Mission of OLOS: • The Office for Literacy and Outreach Services (OLOS) serves the Association by identifying and promoting library services that support equitable access to the knowledge and information stored in our libraries. OLOS focuses attention on services that are inclusive of traditionally underserved populations, including new and non-readers, people geographically isolated, people with disabilities, rural and urban poor people, and people generally discriminated against based on race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, language and social class. (http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/olos/index.cfm)

  7. Donald Case discusses Dr. Elfreda Chatman’s research of janitors and how information gratification helps us to understand how poor define and deal with the problems in out lived

  8. Dr. Elfreda Chatman

  9. Why are the working poor so passive in seeking information to solve the problems in their lives?

  10. Why aren’t the working-poor more assertive in seeking information to improve their situations? According to Case (via Chatman): First: “Respondents tended to see problems as being resolved by luck rather than their own efforts.” (Case, 2002) Second: “they failed to see external sources of information , including libraries, as relevant to their everyday problems.” (Case, 2002).

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  12. Happy Thanksgiving! See You Next Term

  13. Sources consulted and cited: Case, Donald. (2002). Looking for Information: A Survey of Research and Information Seeking Needs and Behavior. (2nd ed.). Bingley BD16, WA UK: Emerald Group Publishing Lmtd. Chatman, Elfreda. (1986). Diffusion theory: A Review and Test of Conceptual Model in Information Diffusion. Journal of the American Society for Information Science, (Nov. 1986), 377-384.(n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/olos/index.cfm(n.d.). Retrieved from http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Culture Peterson, C. & Seligman, M.E.P. (1984). Causal explanations as a risk factor for depression Theory and evidence. Psychological Review, 91, 347–74Video clip Available from http://vimeo.com/31185680

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