The new generation of users is often typified as ‘digital natives’, and seen as being characterized by a technology-driven lifestyle with an emphasis on the use of technology. This has been seen to affect the behavior and needs of users. In particular, there has been a strong emphasis on the effect of the new generation’s demands for electronic access on the collection development practices of ...

Teachers and administrators in schools with large, working-class Latino populations often complain of parents’ indifference or lack of involvement in children’s schooling because of their low visibility at school events and relatively little face-to-face communication with teachers and school administration. In a series of semi-structured interviews with Latino immigrant parents, this study fin...

Dental healthcare is provided to Alaska Natives and all other Native Americans by the United States government as part of its unique legal and political relationship with the tribes. Although Alaska Natives do have some degree of access to dentists, they suffer from the worst dental health of any group in the United States. This crisis exists because of geographic, cultural, and economic constr...