University of Washington (University of Washington, The Information School)

The University of Washington’s Information School will investigate the roles immigrant minority youths perform as technical intermediaries between their families and resources found in their local libraries. It will also explore the value of providing targeted information literacy and digital literacy training for these youths. Most public libraries across the U.S. now are serving growing communities of non-English speaking legal immigrants. Knowledge gained from this study will help better inform the design and provision of public library services to immigrant populations and will help libraries better understand the ways youths serve as key links between immigrant groups and their new home communities.