Connecting LifeLong Learning BUZZ : Libraries, Flexi Education + OER
As a Lifelong Learner, Librarian + Community Educator... I'm an avid ally of LIBRARIES & EDUCATION - how they can CHANGE LIVES. Equitable access to libraries + education is a fundamental HUMAN RIGHT, right? Dr Matt Finch : Dirty Library Triology | 2012 | Mechanical Dolphin As both Dr Matt Finch , above, + Laurinda Thomas , below (... incidentally one of my NZ social justice crushes alongside Jacinda Arden!) highlight: Libraries are RADICAL institutions within our inequitable, user-pay technological world. Libraries are social, cultural + information hubs for millions of people across the globe. EVERYDAY libraries continue to provide FREE access to information, skills, literacy, wellbeing + cultural resources - creating community spaces for people to LEARN, CONNECT, CREATE + SHARE, especially for vulnerable peoples within our societies. Throughout our recent history of the Digital Age, aka 1970's to NOW... Libraries + Librarians have been INTENTIONAL EARLY ADOPTERS - high