Information Needs and Barriers of Southeast Asian Refugee Undergraduates

to Dr. Clara M. Chu, professor and chair, Department of Library Information Studies, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and Ashanti White, graduate student, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

About

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Through survey and focus groups, the project seeks to discover the information needs and access barriers of Burmese, Cambodian, Laotian and Vietnamese undergraduate students.

Resulting publications & presentations:

  • Chu, Clara M.; Middlebrooks, Trae; Miles-Edmonson, Leatha; White, Ashanti; and Vang, Touger. “Community-Engaged Research: Experiences and Best Practices from the Information Needs and Barriers of Southeast Asian Refugee Undergraduates Project,” 2012 Joint Conference of Librarians of Color (JCLC), Theme: Gathering at the Waters: Celebrating Stories, Embracing Communities, 19th-23rd September 2012; Kansas City, MO.
  • Chu, Clara M., Middlebrooks, Trae, Miles-Edmonson, Leatha, White, Ashanti, and Vang, Touger. “A Community Approach to Studying the Information Needs and Barriers of Southeast Asian Refugee Undergraduates,” Charting Courses: Diversity ResearchSession, ÂÜÀòÍøÊÓƵ Conference, 22nd-25thJune 2012.

Awards Won

Title Year
Diversity Research Grant

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The ÂÜÀòÍøÊÓƵOffice for Diversity, Literacy, and Outreach Services sponsors this grant program which began in 2002 to address critical gaps in the knowledge of equity, diversity, and inclusion issues within library and information science.

 2011 - Winner(s)