Tinder Foundation

Name change for Tinder Foundation

Tinder Foundation, a charity that supports digitally and socially excluded people to improve their lives through digital, has undergone a name change and is now known as “Good Things Foundation”. The CILIP Information Literacy Group has recently developed fruitful collaborations with Good Things Foundation, including the organisation of two events focused on digital inclusion and developing digital literacies. From October […]

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An opportunity for public libraries to demonstrate their role in digital inclusion

With thanks to Sharon Wagg from the Tinder Foundation for this post. Libraries have a key role to play in digital inclusion, and can help us reach the furthest first. To do so, however, digital inclusion needs to move up agendas, out of dark corners, into the 21st Century, and most importantly – into the

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Response to Ernesto Priego’s blog post “A Library is Not a Library is Not a Library”

Ernesto Priego, @ernestopriego on Twitter, recently blogged (29th March 2016) about the closure of public libraries currently happening in the UK and how he thinks librarians are needed now more than ever before. That blog post has been reposted on this site with permission. The original post can be found at: https://epriego.wordpress.com/2016/03/29/a-library-is-not-a-library-is-not-a-library/ . Jane Secker, chair

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Report on Digital inclusion TeachMeets in London and Leeds

A short report by Jacqueline Geekie, Public Library Representative for the CILIP IL Group committee, on the recent Digital inclusion TeachMeets held in London and Leeds, in partnership with the Tinder Foundation. Representatives of the CILIP Information Literacy Group and the Tinder Foundation met at the CILIP Conference in Liverpool last year and were keen to

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Free event for public librarians on digital inclusion

Public library colleagues are invited to sign up for a free event focused on digital inclusion and developing digital literacies. The event will take place in both London and Leeds, and is a collaboration between the CILIP Information Literacy Group and the Tinder Foundation. Colleagues working in public libraries will be brought together with a range of IL practitioners in Higher Education (HE)

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CILIP IL Group and Tinder Foundation Digital Literacy TeachMeet events

The CILIP Information Literacy Group is joining forces with the Tinder Foundation to host two events focused on digital inclusion and developing digital literacies. The events will bring together public library colleagues with IL practitioners in Higher Education (HE) and Further Education (FE) to share experience and knowledge around teaching digital literacies.  The CILIP IL Group are

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