The Human Library: Reframing Library Work with International Students

摘要

This article describes a Human Library project that led to reframing academic library work with international students. Rather than offering supports to overcome barriers or solve problems, the Human Library project emphasized shared knowledge building. Instead of seeing library work with international students through a deficit framework that emphasizes negative perspectives such as perceived gaps in linguistic or academic knowledge, this project offered an asset framework that highlighted the positive benefits that international students bring to libraries. This reframing identified emerging themes of inclusion, diversity, interculturalism, multiculturalism, and internationalization at home.