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Public Libraries in Norway Help Non-Western Immigrant Women to Integrate into Society

机译：挪威的公共图书馆帮助非西方移民妇女融入社会

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Objectives – To discover the ways in which the public library was used by immigrant women, with a particular focus on the library as a meeting place. Design – Semi-structured qualitative interviews conducted in the participants’ native languages. Setting – Public libraries in Norway. Participants lived in one of two cities both with a population of approximately 40,000 and a somewhat lower number of immigrants than the national average. Subjects – Nine non-western women who had immigrated to Norway between 8 months and 17 years prior to the study. Three women were from Iran, Kurdistan and Afghanistan respectively. All identified themselves as public library users. Methods – Participants were interviewed in their native languages and the qualitative results were analyzed in accordance with the theoretical framework set out by the authors. The main areas of focus were the role of the library in the generation of social capital, and the library as a high intensive versus low intensive meeting place. Main Results – Participants used public libraries in various ways. In the initial stages of life in a new country they were used to observe and learn about the majority culture and language. They were also used as a safe place to openly grieve and provide comfort among close friends without fear of being seen by other fellow countrymen. Over time, participants came to use the library space in more traditional ways such as for information, social, and professional needs. The study also revealed that using public libraries built trust in the institution of libraries and librarians as employees. Conclusions – The public library plays a key role in the generation of social capital, both in terms of integrating into the majority culture through observation and spontaneous interactions (bridging social capital) and connecting with others from participants’ home cultures (bonding social capital) for example through the provision of social space and other links to home such as native language materials. The public library was used initially by participants as a high intensive meeting place, for meeting with friends and consoling one another. In time, however, the public library became a medium- to low-intensive meeting place, with participants engaging in library programmes or in spontaneous interactions with other library customers. Moreover, the study refutes the Swedish Library Association’s conclusion that library is used more often by immigrants that have lived in the country for long periods of time.
机译：目标–探索移民妇女使用公共图书馆的方式，特别关注图书馆作为聚会场所。设计–使用参与者的母语进行的半结构化定性访谈。地点-挪威的公共图书馆。参加者居住在两个城市中的一个城市中，这两个城市的人口均约为40,000，移民人数比全国平均水平低。受试者–在研究之前的8个月至17岁之间移民到挪威的9名非西方女性。三名妇女分别来自伊朗，库尔德斯坦和阿富汗。所有人都将自己标识为公共图书馆用户。方法–以参与者的母语对他们进行采访，并根据作者提出的理论框架对定性结果进行分析。重点关注的领域是图书馆在产生社会资本中的作用，以及图书馆作为高强度会议场所还是低强度会议场所。主要结果–参与者以各种方式使用了公共图书馆。在一个新国家的生活的最初阶段，他们被用来观察和学习多数文化和语言。他们还被用作在不知不觉中被其他同胞看到的情况下，公开悲伤和在亲密朋友中提供安慰的安全场所。随着时间的流逝，参与者开始以更传统的方式使用图书馆空间，例如用于信息，社会和专业需求。该研究还表明，使用公共图书馆建立了对图书馆和图书馆员机构雇员的信任。结论–公共图书馆在社会资本的产生中起着关键作用，既可以通过观察和自发的互动融入主流文化（桥接社会资本），也可以与参与者的家庭文化中的其他人联系起来（结合社会资本），以达到社会资本的目的。例如，通过提供社交空间和其他与家庭的联系（例如母语材料）。参与者最初将公共图书馆用作高密度的聚会场所，以与朋友聚会并互相安慰。但是，随着时间的流逝，公共图书馆变成了中低密度的聚会场所，参与者参与了图书馆计划或与其他图书馆客户的自发互动。此外，这项研究还驳斥了瑞典图书馆协会的结论，即长期居住在该国的移民经常使用图书馆。

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