Increasing the library's capacity to do all of the above
What's the need?
- To be sustainable, many of the roles in this section require ongoing commitments of people, resources, and expertise.
Why the library?
- Libraries are relatively stable organizations and are used to long-term planning and infrastructural thinking.
What you can do:
- Make the case about the importance of this work to your library's leadership and funders
- Determine what a baseline of civic data awareness might look like for you and your library colleagues; then work on developing it through whatever means works best in your library (trainings, discussion groups, projects with community partners)
- Modify existing staff positions to include responsibilities around civic data; support people in these roles with training and meaningful project work
- Create and hire new positions with responsibilities around civic data
- Cross pollinate civic data conferences
Inspiration:
- Pittsburgh, PA: Lyons, Kim. “3 Women You Should Know in Pittsburgh Civic Tech.” Technical.ly, May 9, 2018.
Resources you can use:
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