Mobile Libraries & Information Needs in Refugee Camps

Auteurs-es

  • Allison Easton School of Library and Information Studies, University of Alberta https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0856-740X
  • Katherine Wells School of Library and Information Studies, University of Alberta

DOI :

https://doi.org/10.29173/pathfinder16

Mots-clés :

Information behavior, Information needs, Refugee camps, Mobile libraries

Résumé

In this extended abstract, we use a postcolonial lens with a focus on global citizenship to outline some of the information needs experienced by refugees in refugee camps. A postcolonial approach, as it is defined by Vanessa Iwowo, allows us to challenge the ways in which Western ways of knowing advance a Western hegemonic worldview. We note how mobile libraries are used to address information needs, and posit them as a useful tool for future work in this area. We suggest that LIS professionals ought to be actively involved in responding to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by considering and working to improve information access in refugee camps.

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Publié-e

2020-03-27

Comment citer

Easton, A., & Wells, K. (2020). Mobile Libraries & Information Needs in Refugee Camps. Pathfinder: A Canadian Journal for Information Science Students and Early Career Professionals, 1(1), 17–25. https://doi.org/10.29173/pathfinder16