Little, S. orcid.org/0000-0002-9902-0217 (2025) “There’s a sense of pride”: the multilingual children's library as perezhivanie. Public Library Quarterly. ISSN 0161-6846
Abstract
Many libraries serve multilingual communities, however, research around multilingual libraries remains sparse. This study provides a theorized understanding of how a multilingual library is experienced by stakeholders, drawing on interviews and focus groups, event evaluations, and field observations. Findings highlight how multilingual communities value the metaphorical space, via the physical space allocated to stock and events, with borrowing influenced by complex rationales. The study troubles traditional notions of success within the field of library science, necessitating a reconceptualization of stock, borrowing and events in a multilingual library, aligning with notions of belonging and ownership that the multilingual library represents.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2025 The Authors. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | Multilingual; library; children; perezhivanie; success factors; community |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > School of Education |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number ARTS AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCIL UNSPECIFIED |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 15 Jan 2025 15:16 |
Last Modified: | 15 Jan 2025 15:16 |
Status: | Published online |
Publisher: | Taylor and Francis Group |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/01616846.2024.2447977 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:221310 |
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