Civic Switchboard Guide
  • Introduction
  • About
  • Context and Concepts
    • An incredibly condensed look at the development of open civic data in the United States
    • Ways of thinking about data: Open data, civic data
    • Defining a data intermediary
    • Where do libraries fit in?
    • Selected Resources
  • Engaging Partners
    • Building libraries into civic data partnerships
    • Finding partners in your ecosystem
    • Common barriers to getting started
    • Selected Resources
  • Understanding Your Ecosystem
    • Mapping your Ecosystem
    • Measuring Health and Capacity
    • Understanding Community Data Needs
    • Selected Resources
  • Library Roles
    • Connecting data users
    • Connecting data producers
    • Showing the importance of civic data
    • Developing civic data literacy
    • Advocating for ethical, responsible, and accessible civic data
    • Making civic data more usable
    • Providing expertise on data management
    • Creating civic data
    • Using civic data
    • Publishing civic data
    • Archiving civic data
    • Increasing the library's capacity to do all of the above
    • Selected Resources
  • Maintaining Momentum
    • Finding resources to support civic data work
    • Support networks and communities of practice
    • Institutionalizing
    • Selected Resources
  • Case Studies 2019
    • Alaska State Library, Juneau, AK
    • Charlotte Mecklenburg Public Library, Charlotte, NC
    • Fondren Library, Rice University, Houston, TX
    • Pioneer Library System, Ontario County, NY
    • Providence Public Library, Providence, RI
    • Queens Public Library, Queens, NY
    • Robert L. Bogomolny Library at the University of Baltimore, MD
    • Saint Paul Public Library, St. Paul, MN
    • Western New York Library Resources Council, Western NY
  • Case Studies 2020
    • The School of Library and Information Sciences Library at NCCU, Durham, NC
    • The University of Chicago Library’s Center for Digital Scholarship, Chicago, IL
    • Indianapolis Public Library, Indianapolis, IN
    • Spokane Public Library, Spokane, WA
    • St. Joseph County Public Library, South Bend, IN
  • Additional Resources
    • Civic Switchboard Workshop Materials
    • Open Data
    • Data Literacies
    • Partnerships and Community-Building
    • Library Roles in Civic Data Ecosystems
    • Guidelines for Creating Open Educational Resources
    • Archiving and Preservation of Civic and Government Data
    • Glossary
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  • The School of Library and Information Sciences Library at North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC - Discovering Racial Covenants in Property Deeds
  • The University of Chicago Library’s Center for Digital Scholarship, Chicago, IL - Engaging with Criminal Justice Related Data
  • Indianapolis Public Library, Indianapolis, IN - Reaching a New Audience for Civic Data and Community Research
  • Spokane Public Library, Spokane, WA - Grounding Open Data in a People-Centered Ecosystem
  • St. Joseph County Public Library, South Bend, IN - Building Civic Data Community Partnerships

Case Studies 2020

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Last updated 3 years ago

The following libraries led projects in 2020 with support from the Civic Switchboard Project. Each project worked with one or more local community data partner organizations to increase the library's capacity in their local civic data ecosystem. All projects took place during the early stages of the pandemic and had to adjust accordingly. The resulting case studies, drawn mostly from each project team's own writing, give insight into the variety that can be found across local data ecosystems and provide real-world examples of roles that libraries can play within them.

, Durham, NC - Discovering Racial Covenants in Property Deeds

, Chicago, IL - Engaging with Criminal Justice Related Data

, Indianapolis, IN - Reaching a New Audience for Civic Data and Community Research

, Spokane, WA - Grounding Open Data in a People-Centered Ecosystem

, South Bend, IN - Building Civic Data Community Partnerships

The School of Library and Information Sciences Library at North Carolina Central University
The University of Chicago Library’s Center for Digital Scholarship
Indianapolis Public Library
Spokane Public Library
St. Joseph County Public Library