Showing the importance of civic data

What's the need?

• Many people aren't aware of what civic data is, how it can be used, and how it is relevant to them.

Why the library?

• The library supports broad and diverse audiences, many of whom may not be included in conventional discussions around data.

• Libraries are physical spaces for sharing activities, projects, and stories from the broader community

What you can do:

• Promote, through storytelling and case studies, projects that use civic data

• Host data art installations, speaker series, data book clubs

Inspiration:

• Pittsburgh, PA: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Civic Data Zine Camp

• St. Paul, MN: Data Party

• Ottawa, ON: Open Data Ottawa Book Club

• Charlotte, SC: Charlotte Mecklenburg Public Library Book Club

Resources you can use:

• Tess Wilson, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh: Civic Data Field Guide flyer from Civic Data Zine Camp

• St. Paul Public Library, Open Data Guide