iSchool Capstone

Fostering Digital Inclusion in King County with Adult Digital Literacy Workshops for Latinas

Project tags:

information literacy

Project poster

Digital technologies can be powerful tools to empower marginalized communities. While libraries and community organizations provide free public access to these technologies, new users must learn to implement these tools in ways that are relevant to their lives. In order to engage with Latina women and their families around technology use, a group of University of Washington students partnered with Casa Latina, an education and worker’s center for immigrant Latino laborers, and library staff from King County Library System and Seattle Public Library. For the project, funded in part by the City of Seattle Technology Match Fund, I created a series of Spanish-language adult digital literacy workshops based on the expressed needs and interests of women at Casa Latina. I am facilitating these weekly workshops at Casa Latina and branch libraries over a six-month period.

Project participants:

Sarah White

MLIS