Khulud A Sahhari

Information School

PhD researcher

KASahhari1@sheffield.ac.uk
Regent Court (IS)

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Khulud A Sahhari
Information School
Regent Court (IS)
211 Portobello
Sheffield
S1 4DP
Profile

I am a current third-year PhD researcher. I got my bachelor’s degree in library and information science from the College of Art, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University (IAU), Saudi Arabia, in 2013 with a first honorary degree. In 2018, I pursued a master’s degree in library and information sciences at Dominican University, United States of America. I have worked as a teaching assistant and the department deputy at Library and Information Department, IAU, in which I was later promoted as a lecturer.

PhD project

Title: "The role of public libraries in serving the integration and social inclusion needs of multi- ethnic community groups: the Arab community in Sheffield as a case study"

Supervisors

Research interests
  • Social justice
  • Inclusion and integration
  • Public library services
  • Social role of public libraries in a diverse society
  • Information seeking behaviour
  • Socioeconomic barriers to information seeking