Posts tagged with International Students

Reflections by Michigan Library Scholars intern Ayat Tolba on her 2025 project, which explored the experiences of first-generation international students and their engagement with U-M Library spaces, services, and resources.

This summer we joined the Library Environments department for an internship focused on exploring the meaning of library as a place in different countries and cultures, in order to help the U-M Library make its spaces more welcoming and inclusive for our international students. The objective of this project was to learn how scholars in other countries engage with library spaces: the kinds of spaces available, and norms for their use. In this blog post we reflect on our experiences in the internship.