Civic Switchboard Guide
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Introduction
About
Context and Concepts
Engaging Partners
Understanding Your Ecosystem
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
Case Studies 2019
Case Studies 2020
Additional Resources
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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
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