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'Making the Building Blocks Small' - the participative and capital-enhancing development of digital literacies in older adults (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Feeney, D., Ryan, F. V., Brazier, D., & Webster, G. (2025, June). 'Making the Building Blocks Small' - the participative and capital-enhancing development of digital literacies in older adults. Presented at CoLIS 2025: 12th Annual International Conference on Conceptions of Library and Information Science, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow

Older adults are disproportionately affected by deficits in digital literacy development and by present learning environments which are either difficult to access or not conducive to their specific needs. Participatory research frameworks offer compe... Read More about 'Making the Building Blocks Small' - the participative and capital-enhancing development of digital literacies in older adults.

Public libraries, participative research and the user-led development of digital literacies (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Feeney, D., Ryan, F. V., Brazier, D., & Webster, G. (2025, April). Public libraries, participative research and the user-led development of digital literacies. Poster presented at LILAC: The Information Literacy Conference, Cardiff University, Wales

A digital-first world requires digital skillsets adequate to participate in it, meaning that those without such skills risk being left behind in an age of almost-compulsory computing. Deficits in digital literacy competencies thus have detrimental re... Read More about Public libraries, participative research and the user-led development of digital literacies.