Did I Just Say That? That's Not What I meant!

Adam, Sheryl and Crooks, Sylvia (2006) Did I Just Say That? That's Not What I meant!. Delivered at British Columbia Library Association Conference 2006 : Sharing a Vision : The Power of Collaboration, Burnaby, British Columbia (Canada). Presentation.

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Abstract

This presentation illustrates the ways that culture drives librarians and library users to act in particular and often different ways; about library etiquette and expectations
in other cultures and countries; language issues and difficulties when library staff and users come from different linguistic and cultural backgrounds.

Keywords:	Communication, culture, cultural differences, cross-cultural, ESL
Subjects:	A. Theoretical and general aspects of libraries and information. > AZ. None of these, but in this section.
ID Code:	6380
Deposited By:	Canadian Staff, E-LIS
Deposited On:	18 April 2007
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