This research area focuses on the intersections between studies of information needs of immigrant communities in the Global North, globalization, and diaspora.  The role of new media technologies in these intersections is also a major aspect of this research area.

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Sample Publications:

Srinivasan, R. and Pyati, A.K.  (2007). “Diasporic Information Environments: Re-Framing Immigrant-Focused Information Research,”Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 58(12): 1734 – 1744.

Pyati, A.K., “Information needs and behaviors of diasporic populations,”Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences: Taylor & Francis. (in press)

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