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Foreign Students’ Expectations towards Polish Libraries. The Case of Vietnamese Students

Author(s): Zuzanna Wiorogórska
Subject(s): Library operations and management, Higher Education , Sociology of Culture
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie
Keywords: Libraries; foreign library users; information services; cultural differences; Vietnam;

Summary/Abstract: This paper presents partial results of the qualitative study conducted among Vietnamese students at the University of Warsaw. The study was about information competences and information literacy of this group as well as about their expectations towards Polish academic libraries. An in-depth structured interview was applied to collect data. Interviews were conducted in English. In the first part of the paper, I present the review of international literature on Asian students, in the context of their use of library services; I also discuss the Polish literature of this field. The core part of the paper presents the study results. The paper finishes with study findings and recommendations for academic libraries.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 17
  • Page Range: 394-402
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Polish