LACONI Technology Section Presents: Create a Digitally Inclusive Library with Digital Navigators

About the Program

Libraries are long standing anchor institutions for digital equity. The pandemic highlighted the need for these essential services, and libraries have been quick to respond. This program will cover an introduction to digital inclusion and the Digital Navigator Toolkit created by the National Digital Inclusion Alliance and the Salt Lake City Public Library.

About Our Presenter

Shauna Edson is the Technology and Digital Equity manager at The Salt Lake City Public Library. She leads the Library’s digital inclusion initiative and works with library staff and community partners to create long-term digital inclusion programming in the communities the Library’s eight locations serve. Shauna served as the project director for the City Library, National Digital Inclusion Alliance, and Urban Libraries Council Digital Navigator Pilot Project from December 2020-July 2021.