La perspectiva de las asociaciones de inmigrantes sobre las necesidades de información de sus poblaciones en las bibliotecas públicas de la Comunidad de Madrid
ISSN: 1697-7904, 1575-2437
Année de publication: 2008
Número: 11
Pages: 219-234
Type: Article
D'autres publications dans: Anales de documentación: revista de biblioteconomía y documentación
Résumé
The purpose of this research is detecting the information needs of the main immigrant populations in Madrid�s Community. The public libraries as -informative, socio-educative and cultural- proper agents and places in order to the integration of immigrants form the conceptual framework of our research. A survey design is suited. The information has been sought in the main immigrant associa-tions being the key informants their Presidents. A questionnaire has been elaborated to collect the data and a personal interaction has been used. Some findings obtained are: Immigrants consider necessary that public libraries provided Web sites with thematic information that makes easier their integration. The main thematic contents have been identified. The immigrants have the need of a referential data base about theirs cultures which could be consulted in theirs motherly languages.