Digitalpasifik is a website that makes Pacific heritage and culture visible and accessible. It shares Pacific collections from galleries, libraries, archives, museums, tertiary institutions, the media, and Pacific communities. These collections can be found on digitalpasifik.org. Library Life talked to DigitalPasfik in 2021 and again this year to see how their project has progressed. Digitalpasifik […]
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In today’s increasingly digital world, digital literacy and computer programming skills have become valuable assets for young people in Aotearoa. Siobhan O’Connor from Code Club NZ writes in this article about how initiatives like Code Club Aotearoa and Recycle a Device (RAD) emerged to address this need, and now come together to make Code Club
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Makerspaces have emerged as dynamic environments within libraries, responding to the opportunities presented by new technologies and serving as vital platforms for fostering digital literacy in our communities. In this article, we explore two makerspaces: Auaha Makerspace at Hamilton Libraries Te Ohomauri o Kirikiriroa and Palmerston North City Libraries Blueprint Makerspace. Makerspaces in libraries
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Libraries across Aotearoa New Zealand play a huge role in supporting people’s digital engagement within the community. Partnering with other organisations such as the Digital Inclusion Alliance Aotearoa (DIAA), public libraries enable people to get online through initiatives such as Skinny Jump. They support the development of digital literacy in communities by making technology available
