Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- About the author
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Definitions and Scope of the Book: When We Talk About ‘Refugees and Other New Arrivals’, Who Exactly Do We Mean?
- 2 What Has Been the Response in the UK?
- 3 What Does Any of This Have to Do with Libraries?
- 4 Libraries’ Responses in the UK – Historical Background
- 5 What Barriers are There to the Take-Up of Library Services by New Arrivals? And How Can We Begin to Dismantle These?
- 6 How Are Libraries Responding Today? And What More Can We Do? Some Practical Ideas …
- 7 And What Can We Learn From Elsewhere?
- 8 Conclusions
- Appendices
- Endnotes
- References
- Index
Appendix 5 - Outline for a course, ‘Working with New Arrivals’
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 January 2023
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- About the author
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Definitions and Scope of the Book: When We Talk About ‘Refugees and Other New Arrivals’, Who Exactly Do We Mean?
- 2 What Has Been the Response in the UK?
- 3 What Does Any of This Have to Do with Libraries?
- 4 Libraries’ Responses in the UK – Historical Background
- 5 What Barriers are There to the Take-Up of Library Services by New Arrivals? And How Can We Begin to Dismantle These?
- 6 How Are Libraries Responding Today? And What More Can We Do? Some Practical Ideas …
- 7 And What Can We Learn From Elsewhere?
- 8 Conclusions
- Appendices
- Endnotes
- References
- Index
Summary
Half-day course, approx. 3 hours
Course aims
• to provide a greater understanding of new arrivals and their needs
• to share good practice
• to examine what services we need to develop
• to consider how we might all be involved in providing library and information services for new arrivals.
Course outline
Welcome & Introductions
Introduction to key themes/aims of the day
Overview – who are new arrivals to the UK?
What do we know about newly arrived communities in this area? And the wider region?
What has been the response of libraries (and the cultural sector) in the past? And
what is the current response – UK-wide? What's the response locally?
What are the barriers to the take-up of library services by new arrivals?
How can we improve our library provision? What could we do immediately?
Longer term?
Plenary session/Evaluation
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Libraries and SanctuarySupporting Refugees and New Arrivals, pp. 162Publisher: FacetPrint publication year: 2022