Come Together: Exploring how social connection and inclusion will shape the future of public libraries
Register for our next Library Futures Speaker Series event about Social Connection.
Public libraries occupy an increasingly visible role in how individuals and communities learn, interact, connect, and share with one another. This talk will explore the broader knowledge landscape regarding public library practices, spaces and activities that collectively create and reinforce social connections in an increasingly “asocial” society. We will look at innovative work happening in this area, including how older adults connect with their public library and a collaborative social work project at Hamilton Public Library.
When: Wednesday, October 9, 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm EDT. Hosted on Zoom.
Nicole Dalmer, MLIS PhD, is an Assistant Professor with the Department of Health, Aging & Society at McMaster University (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada) and is the Associate Director of the Gilbrea Centre for Studies in Aging.
Dr. Dalmer’s current work examines the impact of social and digital infrastructures on feelings of connectedness in later life while reflecting on questions of social status and social inequality that surround and shape aging and technology debates.
Nicole was awarded the 2022 Canadian Association on Gerontology’s New Investigator Award, McMaster University’s Faculty of Social Science Early Career Researcher Award in 2022, and the 2023 Canadian Association for Information Science Emerging Leader Award.