Syrian new Scots' information literacy way-finding practices: phase 1 research findings.

Martzoukou, Konstantina; Burnett, Simon

Abstract

The research in Phase 1 was conducted via interviews with two Scottish Refugee Council Coordinators and two focus groups with Syrian new Scots (with nine women and nine men). Syrian participants were also involved in a drawing exercise that helped to map visually their information worlds. The main information needs expressed by participants revolved around the learning of the English language, travelling freely and gaining confidence to navigate around the city/town and reuniting with family members. There was a series of interesting findings related to the Syrian families' use of technology and a few new ideas around information provision.

Citation

MARTZOUKOU, K. and BURNETT, S. 2017. Syrian new Scots' information literacy way-finding practices: phase 1 research findings. Presented at the 2017 Librarians' information literacy annual conference (LILAC 2017), 10-12 April 2017, Swansea, UK [online]. Available from: https://www.slideshare.net/infolit_group/new-syrian-scots-information-literacy-wayfinding-practices-phase-1-research-findings-martzoukou

• Presentation Conference Type: Lecture
• Conference Name: 2017 Librarians' information literacy annual conference (LILAC 2017)
• Conference Location: Swansea, UK
• Start Date: Apr 10, 2017
• End Date: Apr 12, 2017
• Deposit Date: Aug 17, 2018
• Publicly Available Date: Aug 17, 2018
• Keywords: Focus groups; Syrian new Scots; Refugee; Information literacy; Resettlement; Integration
• Public URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10059/3076
• Publisher URL: https://www.slideshare.net/infolit_group/new-syrian-scots-information-literacy-wayfinding-practices-phase-1-research-findings-martzoukou