Tag: librarians
Digital inclusion and digital literacy
In February 2016, the Tinder Foundation and CILIP’s Information Literacy Group organised two TeachMeet events to explore, with professionals from the public, academic and further education library sectors, how digital literacy contributes to address the challenge of digital inclusion. The report from the two meetings, which attracted around 40 participants each in London and Leeds, […]
An influx of new library users?
Universal Credit, benefits claimants and the pressure on library services By Stéphane Goldstein What might be the impact of reforms to the welfare benefits system on usage of public libraries? This is an emerging question in the UK, in the light of the Government’s introduction of Universal Credit (UC) – a system designed to simplify […]