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Is your library card your civic passport?

November 22, 2015 by curiouscatherine 1 comment 2186 viewson Digital Civic Space, Identity

If libraries are some of the best examples of civic space which we have then is your library card a potential route to democratic participation? I spent last Saturday with the Association of Senior Childrens and Educational librarians at their annual conference. I was speaking about libraries as digital civic spaces and I wanted to …

Spaces of possibility

July 5, 2015 by curiouscatherine 0 comments 3636 viewson Digital Civic Space, Events

A couple of weeks ago I was at the Society of Chief Librarians annual conference and I spoke about digital leadership and the need to create digital civic space. It was an excellent conference with a really interesting group of people and the session has stayed with me so I wanted to reflect on some of …