AI Literacy & the criticality of Public Libraries
Digital Artefact
Feeney, D. (2025)
AI Literacy & the criticality of Public Libraries. [Blog]
Developing critical AI literacy skills is one of the key informatic issues of our contemporary age, yet recent research in this area has shown that such skillsets are holisti...
A practical introduction to digital and information literacy frameworks for apprentices
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Secker, J., & Feeney, D. (2024, June)
A practical introduction to digital and information literacy frameworks for apprentices. Presented at CILIP Information Literacy Group, Online seminar
An introductory session aimed at apprentices working in the UK public library sector. The session presents an outline of digital and information literacy frameworks and of ho...
Developing user-led interventions aimed at improving digital literacies in older adults
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Feeney, A. (2024, April)
Developing user-led interventions aimed at improving digital literacies in older adults. Presented at Scottish Academic Libraries Cooperative Training Group: Student Research Showcase 2024, Online
Our present 'digital-by-default' society structurally supports inequalities in both digital access and skills development, with older adults being disproportionately affected ...
Tracking Information Literacy Undercurrents in Public Libraries
Digital Artefact
Feeney, D. (2024)
Tracking Information Literacy Undercurrents in Public Libraries. [Blog]
Much work within public libraries is required to turn implicit information literacy knowledge into explicit information literacy practice. This blog post discusses this issue...
An information literacy lens on community representation for participatory budgeting in Brazil
Journal Article
Cruickshank, P., & Ryan, B. (2023)
An information literacy lens on community representation for participatory budgeting in Brazil. Journal of Information Literacy, 17(2), 46-68. https://doi.org/10.11645/17.2.5
This paper presents an evaluation of the information literacies used by community representatives when engaging with participatory budgeting in São Paulo City, Brazil. Using q...
From a network model to a model network: strategies for network development to narrow the LIS research-practice gap
Journal Article
Hall, H., Ryan, B., Salzano, R., & Stephen, K. (in press)
From a network model to a model network: strategies for network development to narrow the LIS research-practice gap. Journal of Documentation, https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-04-2022-0088
PURPOSE: The purpose of the empirical study was to examine whether strategies shown to work well in one model of network development for Library and Information Science (LIS) ...
Practices related to diabetes information in a group of Finnish adults living with Type 1 diabetes
Journal Article
Eriksson-Backa, K., Widén, G., & Ryan, B. (2022)
Practices related to diabetes information in a group of Finnish adults living with Type 1 diabetes. Informaatiotutkimus, 41(2-3), 29-33. https://doi.org/10.23978/inf.122558
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...
Seguranca e o Metaverso
Presentation / Conference
Haynes, D. (2022, September)
Seguranca e o Metaverso. Presented at Unesp and UFSC Universities, Sao Paulo State, Brazil [online]
Talk in Portuguese to colleagues at Unesp and UFSC Universities in Sao Paulo state, Brazil. The talk was delivered via an online connection and is available as a recording on ...