Civic Switchboard Workshop Materials

With this section of the guide, we share materials created for the Civic Switchboard 2018 and 2024 workshops. All of the material is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution license unless otherwise described (license statements are also included directly on the documents).

• Identifying Ecosystem Players (2018)

  • A series of prompts to consider when identifying the players in your civic data ecosystem

    identifying the players in your civic data ecosystem.

• Exploring Other Ecosystem Maps (2018)

  • A series of prompts (developed for the the Civic Switchboard workshop) to use when looking at an ecosystem map created by someone else

• A Typology of Library Roles in Civic Data Partnerships (2018_

  • A growing list of how libraries can be active participants in their local ecosystems

• Civic Switchboard Activity Canvas (2018)

  • A project planning sheet, inspired by lean canvas, to be used by library workers and data intermediaries together

• Civic Switchboard Institute Facilitator Guide (2024)

  • This guide accompanies materials that the Civic Switchboard Project Team prepared for the Civic Switchboard Institute in 2024. The guide provides instructions and suggestions for reusing the content for professional development.

  • Additionally, a Google Drive folder provides access to adaptable slides and handouts (also linked from the facilitator guide.

Civic Switchboard Institute Adaptable Materials

• Archival Collections as Open Civic Data Workshop Materials (2026)

  • This workshop guide and supporting slides can be used to facilitate a workshop on transforming archival materials and making them available as open civic data. This workshop supports the library role "Creating Civic Data." This workshop can be done with MLIS students or library workers.

  • The workshop guide overviews the learning objectives, time and materials needed, and activities for participants to complete. Click "view raw" to download the file from GitHub.

  • The slides offer an introduction to transforming archival materials to open civic data and overviews the workshop activities. Slide notes are included for facilitators. The slides can be used during the workshop to guide participants. Click "view raw" to download the file from GitHub.