Digital Navigators at the Library

To register for this webinar please follow this link: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/6017260187077/WN_5VpH1C9cSEOowl4zBqqd1w. Sessions are free and available only to members of the Michigan library community. Registrants will receive instructions and a link to attend the session directly from PCI after they register.

Digital Navigator programs can help expand libraries' capacity to help your patrons access and use technology. Now is an especially opportune time to start or refresh a Digital Navigator program at your library.

Increased interest in this model from potential community partners, paired with limited-time funding opportunities, can help libraries establish a sustainable service.

In this webinar, you will learn:

• The basics of the Digital Navigator model - what it is, how it works, and how it has evolved.
• How libraries and their partners are using Digital Navigators to support patrons' technology access and literacy.
• How the federal Digital Equity Act unlocks funding and support that may impact Digital Navigator opportunities.

Instructor: Audrey founded Co/Lab Capacity LLC because she believes that the most meaningful futures emerge from community collaboration. Audrey helps libraries authentically engage and center their communities through a variety of services, including strategic planning, leadership and Board development, team building, training, and executive coaching. Her consulting is informed by more than a decade of practical experience in public libraries and a doctorate in Organizational Change and Leadership.

Her dissertation research focused on increasing organizational capacity for equity, diversity, and inclusion through community-led programming. She also offer subject matter expertise in design thinking, digital equity, and economic development. Learn more at https://www.colabcapacity.com.

PCI Webinars are recorded and available to members of the Michigan library community in the Library of Michigan's Niche Staff Skills Academy about a week after they air. New webinars will be in the New category for several weeks. You do not need to register for a webinar in order to view it later in the Staff Skills Academy.

This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and the Library of Michigan.