'Making the Building Blocks Small' - the participative and capital-enhancing development of digital literacies in older adults
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 condu...
Public libraries, participative research and the user-led development of digital literacies
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 co...
Is the public library included? An analysis of local government documentation on the integration of forced migrants in Scotland
Journal Article
Salzano, R., Hall, H., Webster, G., & Brazier, D. (2022)
Is the public library included? An analysis of local government documentation on the integration of forced migrants in Scotland. Information Research, 27, https://doi.org/10.47989/colis2218
Introduction - Library and information science researchers identify public library roles in the integration of forced migrants into local communities. Here an analysis of form...
What are public libraries for? Culture as a determinant of conceptualizations of public library services for forced migrants
Journal Article
Salzano, R., Brazier, D., Hall, H., & Webster, G. (2022)
What are public libraries for? Culture as a determinant of conceptualizations of public library services for forced migrants. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 59(1), 276-286. https://doi.org/10.1002/pra2.752
Public libraries offer important services for newcomer populations, including forced migrants. They help facilitate the integration of forced migrants into the host country, i...
Social Media by Proxy: how older adults work within their ‘social networks’ to engage with social media
Journal Article
Webster, G., & Ryan, F. (in press)
Social Media by Proxy: how older adults work within their ‘social networks’ to engage with social media. Information Research,
Introduction. Social media use is at an all-time high, and the adoption of online tools by older adults is increasing. This paper reports an exploratory qualitative study inve...
Let’s Play the Arcade Machines
Conference Proceeding
Stewart, F., Flint, T., Grandison, T., Webster, G., & Tyrie, C. (2022)
Let’s Play the Arcade Machines. In Proceedings of the 35th British HCI and Doctoral Consortium 2022, UK. https://doi.org/10.14236/ewic/HCI2022.46
“Let’s Play the Arcade Machines” showcases games made by children in schools in the Wester Hailes area of Edinburgh. The project aims to expose the children to a constructioni...
Investigating the ‘why’ rather than the ‘how’: current research priorities on the influence of culture on new-comer populations’ use of public libraries
Journal Article
Salzano, R., Hall, H., & Webster, G. (2020)
Investigating the ‘why’ rather than the ‘how’: current research priorities on the influence of culture on new-comer populations’ use of public libraries. Information Research, 25(4), https://doi.org/10.47989/irisic2032
Introduction - Library researchers are often concerned with the factors that affect individual use of public library resources. To date, culture as a determinant of public lib...
Assisting Information Practice: From Information Intermediary To Social Proxy
Journal Article
Cruickshank, P., Webster, G., & Ryan, F. (2020)
Assisting Information Practice: From Information Intermediary To Social Proxy. Information Research, 25(4 (supplement)), https://doi.org/10.47989/irisic2017
The increasing dependence on social media and other online systems as part of everyday life has grown considerably over the years. At the same time, the complexity and securit...
The relationship between culture and public library use: non-Western students in Scotland
Journal Article
Salzano, R., Hall, H., & Webster, G. (2020)
The relationship between culture and public library use: non-Western students in Scotland. Information Research, 25(4 (supplement)), https://doi.org/10.47989/irisic2035
Introduction - Individuals’ cultural backgrounds influence their use of societal resources, including those offered in public libraries. Well-established in library research a...
Corralling Culture as a Concept in LIS Research
Conference Proceeding
Salzano, R., Hall, H., & Webster, G. (2020)
Corralling Culture as a Concept in LIS Research. In Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology. , (e368). https://doi.org/10.1002/pra2.368
Individuals’ cultural backgrounds influence their use of societal resources, including libraries. A literature search and review was completed on the treatment of culture in l...