This post was written by Martin Wolske, DL4ALL Principal Investigator & Project Manager, for his personal weblog. The post has been republished on this site and includes links to other areas of this website. Literacy is a set of competencies and knowledge within a certain domain. Digital literacy, then, is literacy within the realm of digital information […]
Craft Tech Fair
“We should have a fair,” Miriam said one day. Of course we should! Why didn’t I think of that? Because I have no idea how to run a fair. Duh. But it was a fantastic idea, so I agreed immediately. Over the next few days, we set a tentative date and started writing down ideas […]
Computers 101: Troubles applying for a job
One day while staffing The Urbana Free Library’s computer help desk, Kim assisted a man applying for a job at a fast food restaurant. His case manager specified one particular position, but the library patron was having trouble finding the application online. Google searches kept bringing him to third party job search sites that asked […]
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