This report describes the Phase I activities and outcomes of The Community Archives Center for Tacoma, which is a two-year IMLS National Leadership Project (LG-250126-OLS-21) being carried out by the Tacoma Public Library (TPL) with support from the University of Washington (UW). The overall purpose…
What are the social, cultural, and economic implications of increased connectivity for Arctic communities and peoples?
The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated transformations that we were expecting to happen in decades. The so-called “new normal” gave way to a covidianity characterized by structural instability affecting daily life, the fragility of economic systems and political cycles, speeding up technical shifts,…
As part of the “Leveraging Open Data for Community Benefit” project, an exploration of open data was undertaken to identify and examine open data sets that could be used in helping public library staff learn about their communities and assist them in planning programs and services.
We developed…
Itza Carbajal, TASCHA’s first PhD Fellow awarded in 2020-2021, conducted a series of research related activities under the guidance of Jason Young and Marika Cifor. Itza explored various areas of TASCHA’s work including Civic Engagement, Data for Good, and Digital Literacy to design a …
The project team will collect a combination of quantitative and qualitative data to assess the performance of the Digital Navigator Program.
Five leading information schools have come together as a planning committee to plan a series of conversations, culminating in a summit in 2022. The committee meets regularly to discuss topics, participants, and formats aimed at producing insightful and productive engagements across faculty, …
The aim of this project is to begin and then extend engagement among iSchools with LIS programs to develop an agenda for the future of research and education, in partnership with the many other fields critical to solving the information problems of our era.
The project, Leveraging Use of Open Data by Public Library Staff for Community Benefit (IMLS LG-246255-OLS-20), explored questions regarding the challenges and potential benefits of the use of open data by public library staff. For the first phase of the project, 19 public library staff, plus 6 representatives…
Public librarians are eager to learn more about their communities and to provide services or programming that address current community needs. Open data has the potential to answer many of the questions librarians are asking, but after conducting interviews and workshops with public librarians and…