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Zhang, Li – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2008
This study examines academic and research librarian positions that require foreign language skills. Technical and public services are most likely to require language knowledge, while administrator and system librarian positions are the least likely. Overall, the requirements show a continued rise until the mid-1980s and a declining trend after…
Descriptors: Second Languages, Academic Libraries, Language Skills, Library Services
Dame, Melvina Azar – 1994
This paper provides ideas implemented by one school librarian to improve and encourage the use of the school library by Limited-English-Proficiency (LEP) and English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) students at the school. First, a description is given of how the librarian fostered a positive and welcoming environment for introducing the students to the…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Advance Organizers, Cooperation, Cultural Awareness