Specializations
- Digital Skills
- Future of Libraries
- Problematic Information
Research Areas
Biography
Charles Bugre is a PhD candidate at the University of Washington Information School. His research focuses on digital skills of persons with low-levels of literacy. His research provides crucial insights for comprehensive digital skills strategies across governments, NGOs and international organizations. He collaborates with public librarians to co-design services that are inclusive of under-served populations and empower their communities against problematic information. He also works with librarians to meet their community information needs and prepare for future community needs using the asset-based approach. Before coming to UW iSchool, Charles has worked as an academic librarian for over nine years and as a lecturer in Computer Science for over three years.
Education
- MS, Information Science, University of Washington, 2023
- MSC, Information Technology, Sikkim Manipal University, 2016
- BA, Information Studies & French, University of Ghana, 2010
Memberships
- Association for Information Science and Technology
Publications and Contributions
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ReportDigital Skills Toolkit 2024 (2024)pp. 60, ISBN/ISSN: 978-92-61-39491-2
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Journal Article, Academic JournalCurbing fake news: A qualitative study of the readiness of academic librarians in Ghana (2023)International Information and Library Review, 55(1), pp. 1-14, ISBN/ISSN: 1057-2317
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Journal Article, Academic JournalMaking Ends Meet in a Pandemic: African Library Initiatives During <scp>COVID</scp>‐19 (2023)Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 60(1), pp. 895-898, ISBN/ISSN: 2373-9231
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Conference Short Paper
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Conference PosterHow Do Adult Digital Literacy Curricula Address Problematic Information? (2022)Proceedings of Association for Information Science and Technology, 59(1), pp. 627-629, ISBN/ISSN: 2373-9231
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Journal Article, Academic JournalAn evaluation of the library connectivity project through the lens of the digital inclusion model (2020)Information and Learning Sciences, 121(11/12), pp. 805-827, ISBN/ISSN: 2398-5348
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Journal Article, Academic Journal"Sneak it in”: Information Literacy Instruction Related to MisinformationThe Library Quarterly
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Journal Article, Academic Journal“Think out of the box”: Opportunities from COVID-19 for librariesIFLA Journal
Presentations
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Making Ends Meet in a Pandemic: African Library Initiatives During COVID-19
(2023)
86th Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science & Technology - London, United Kingdom
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How Does Adult Digital Literacy Curricula Address Problematic Information?
(2022)
2022 ASIS&T Annual Meeting - Pittsburgh, PA