by Lo Smith | Sep 10, 2024 | Digital Inclusion News
Seven years ago, NDIA released the Community Digital Inclusion Program Start-Up Manual (The Start-Up Manual). Written by NDIA founders Angela Siefer and Bill Callahan, this manual was a blueprint and a call to action. In 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic caused...
by Lo Smith | Jul 24, 2023 | Digital Inclusion News, Digital Navigator
This month, we mark three years since NDIA first introduced the “digital navigator” model. The first NDIA Digital Navigator Working Group met in April 2020 and worked quickly, with the pandemic and lockdown fueling the urgency to solve digital inequities. By July...
by Lo Smith | May 25, 2023 | Digital Navigator
NDIA had the privilege of training and supporting a total of 105 participants with the Digital Navigators of the Hudson Valley over the past year. This regional model combined the efforts of neighboring library networks Ramapo Catskill Library Council and Mid-Hudson...
by Lo Smith | Dec 9, 2022 | Digital Inclusion News, Webinar
Check Out the New York State Library Digital Inclusion Toolkit In partnership with the New York State Library, NDIA is thrilled to share the 2022 Digital Inclusion Toolkit, developed to help guide libraries supporting digital inclusion in their communities....
by Lo Smith | Aug 31, 2022 | Digital Inclusion News
Supporting digital skills building is a complicated aspect of digital inclusion work. Each community and each individual requires a different level of support, with different needs and desires when it comes to digital skills building. Luckily, there is no need to...