1. Tinder Foundation
Libraries Digital Inclusion
Action Research Project
By Sharon Wagg
Research Coordinator
Tinder Foundation
Sharon@tinderfoundation.org

2. Background
● Libraries Digital Inclusion Action Research Project - Oct 2015 -Mar 2016
● 16 Public Library Research Partners awarded funding
● To find new and innovative ways to engage more excluded groups,
particularly the unemployed, unpaid carers, people on low incomes,
housebound, people with disabilities, and the homeless

3. What we have done so far
● Library Briefing Day
● Launch of Library Handbook, Digital Libraries Hub
● Completion of baseline interviews & webinars on planned approach to
Digital Inclusion pilots
● Interim findings report

4. Early Findings
● a wealth of innovation and creativity around digital inclusion in libraries
● partnership and collaborative working
● project impact
● challenges and successes

5. Next Steps
● Second webinar
● Progression interviews
● Interviews with learners
● Final report
● Closing event

6. Summing Up
What place does digital inclusion have in digital literacy?
UNESCO’s Alexandria proclamation on Information Literacy and Lifelong
Learning of 2005 states that:
“Information Literacy lies at the core of lifelong learning. It empowers people in
all walks of life to seek, evaluate, use and create information effectively to
achieve their personal, social, occupational and educational goals. It is a basic
human right in a digital world and promotes social inclusion of all nations.”