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ABSTRACT Digital literacy is an increasing area of focus for communities, due to its potential positive impact toward social and economic development goals. Given the unique information needs and potentially burdensome financial, human and infrastructure requirements, the implementation of such initiatives often involves a variety of community stakeholders. However, such collaborations are often fraught with difficulty and seldom result in long-term sustainability or success. This poster presents a mixed- methods research design exploring the implementation of digital literacy initiatives within a specific community context. The main conceptual foundations will be highlighted, including the use of a leadership framework to evaluate the presence or absence of essential social roles within the group. It will be argued that a leadership framework contributes important understanding to the organization and organizing processes present in multi-stakeholder community collaborations. Furthermore, research designs which expand focus beyond single individuals, single entities or formal partnerships are needed to support positive engagement with technology within communities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]