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Specializations

  • Digital Skills
  • Future of Libraries
  • Problematic Information

Research Areas

Biography

Charles Bugre is a PhD candidate at the University of Washington Information School. His research focuses on digital skills of persons with low-levels of literacy. His research provides crucial insights for comprehensive digital skills strategies across governments, NGOs and international organizations. He collaborates with public librarians to co-design services that are inclusive of under-served populations and empower their communities against problematic information. He also works with librarians to meet their community information needs and prepare for future community needs using the asset-based approach. Before coming to UW iSchool, Charles has worked as an academic librarian for over nine years and as a lecturer in Computer Science for over three years.

Education

  • MS, Information Science, University of Washington, 2023
  • MSC, Information Technology, Sikkim Manipal University, 2016
  • BA, Information Studies & French, University of Ghana, 2010

Memberships

  • Association for Information Science and Technology

Publications and Contributions

  • Report
    (2024)
    pp. 60, ISBN/ISSN: 978-92-61-39491-2 Authors: Christopher Coward, Charles Bugre
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    (2023)
    International Information and Library Review, 55(1), pp. 1-14, ISBN/ISSN: 1057-2317 Authors: Daniel Azerikatoa Ayoung, Frederic Naazi-Ale Baada, Charles Bugre
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    (2023)
    Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 60(1), pp. 895-898, ISBN/ISSN: 2373-9231 Authors: Charles Bugre, Chris Jowaisas, Jason Young
  • Conference Short Paper
    (2023)
    iConference 2023 Authors: Stacey Wedlake, Charles Bugre
  • Conference Poster
    (2022)
    Proceedings of Association for Information Science and Technology, 59(1), pp. 627-629, ISBN/ISSN: 2373-9231 Authors: Charles Bugre, Stacey Wedlake
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    (2020)
    Information and Learning Sciences, 121(11/12), pp. 805-827, ISBN/ISSN: 2398-5348 Authors: Daniel Azerikatoa Ayoung, Charles Bugre, Frederic Naazi-Ale Baada
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    "Sneak it in”: Information Literacy Instruction Related to Misinformation
    The Library Quarterly Authors: Charles Bugre, Stacey Wedlake, Ahmer Arif, Shaun Glaze, Jason Young
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    “Think out of the box”: Opportunities from COVID-19 for libraries
    IFLA Journal Authors: Charles Bugre, Renee Lynch, Chris Jowaisas, Jason Young

Presentations

  • Making Ends Meet in a Pandemic: African Library Initiatives During COVID-19 (2023)
    86th Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science & Technology - London, United Kingdom
  • How Does Adult Digital Literacy Curricula Address Problematic Information? (2022)
    2022 ASIS&T Annual Meeting - Pittsburgh, PA