Short description:

Libraries and Sanctuary is a practical guide to how libraries and their staff can support ?new arrivals? ? people who have crossed borders to reach a country, ensuring a supportive, inclusive and welcoming library community.  

Long description:

Table of Contents:

Introduction

Definitions
and scope of the book: when we talk about ?refugees and other new arrivals?,
who exactly do we mean?

What
has been the response in the UK?

What
does any of this have to do with libraries?

Libraries?
responses in the UK ? historical background

What
barriers are there to the take-up of library services by new arrivals? And how
can we begin to dismantle these?

How
are libraries responding today? And what more can we do? Some practical ideas ?

And
what can we learn from elsewhere?

Conclusions

Appendix 1: Main countries of origin of
people seeking asylum

Appendix 2: Immigration status

Appendix 3: A note on funding 

Appendix 4: A brief look at the supply of
library materials

Appendix 5: Outline for a course,
?Working with new arrivals?

Appendix 6: Some sources of information
about new arrivals locally and regionally

Appendix 7: Effective communications

Appendix 8: Community cohesion