This capstone project wanted to determine characteristics of materials shared internationally by libraries’ interlibrary loan (ILL) departments, seeking to determine drivers behind such resource sharing and whether any interesting or useful patterns in the practice could be identified. By interviewing institutions who participate in international ILL, we found that the experience, and number of resources shared by the participants varied greatly and were the result of differing circumstances. It was determined that participants faced similar challenges the world over, but that the responsibility ILL teams feel to their users to provide the best access to resources is universal.

Team TechTribe identified a prevalent challenge among the blind and low vision community; navigating cluttered websites. Thus, we’ve developed a transformative solution using GenAI. Our browser extension: ClearView Assist enhances web accessibility by decluttering interfaces. By leveraging voice commands, users can articulate their browsing objectives, prompting ClearView Assist to dynamically filter out irrelevant page elements while highlighting content crucial to the user's input. This significantly reduces the time and effort required by screen readers to locate specific details and exemplifies a proactive approach to inclusive design, promoting digital equity and empowering individuals with diverse visual needs with efficient web navigation.

ConnectOne is an application that helps first-generation iSchool students overcome their lack of information by giving them all they need to know about their school environment. ConnectOne grants students access to necessary school information and upcoming events as well as providing them a place to organize their hectic college schedules. Our project yielded significant results, with students reporting that ConnectOne not only increases their confidence but also their academic success. By bridging the gap between information and accessibility, ConnectOne makes sure that first-generation students feel supported throughout their educational paths starting from day one.

In today's digital age, the internet and social media have transformed into essential tools for skincare beginners. Yet, alongside this accessibility, the prevalence of misinformation within the skincare industry has surged. Dewy tackles this challenge by offering immediate access to personalized skincare insights. Leveraging computer vision technology, our website swiftly analyzes images or skin segments and provides tailored recommendations for addressing specific skin concerns. Our results not only identify potential skin concerns but also offer an ingredient-focused approach, empowering users with knowledge to make informed decisions about skincare purchases.

Stroke can have severe impacts on individuals, including paralysis and speech impairments. To address this, many patients meet with various therapists and complete assigned exercises to improve their mobility and cognitive abilities. However, this is found to be inefficient and unmotivating for stroke patients. To address this, we’ve created inStroketor, a stroke rehabilitation website that provides an individualized and clear rehabilitation progress plan, the ability to walk through rehabilitation exercises step-by-step, and resources to connect with other stroke patients local to you. Through effortless progress monitoring, inStroketor empowers patients and improves their recovery journey in a fun, adoptable manner!

Cybersecurity is a field that has seen an incredible amount of growth in the last decade. PenSec is an educational platform for students and small businesses looking to expand their knowledge within cybersecurity, more specifically within penetration testing. While most people are aware of the implications a weak cybersecurity infrastructure can have, they are unaware of where to begin. Through PenSec, we aim to allow people to gain an insight into penetration testing and provide them with resources to further their interest in cybersecurity.

Data.wa.gov is a digital catalog of open data and consists of a collection of data sets and visualizations uploaded by independent authors. These assets have nearly 1,200 tags applied to them as user input is uncontrolled, leading to numerous duplicates and variants that have reduced the effectiveness of the tags as a whole. We created a tag protocol that consists of defined rules and edge cases along with a dashboard and future recommendations. This solution provides structure to their tag list, and increases data quality, searchability of assets, and sustainability, by reducing tag maintenance and preserving tag effectiveness.

ChatDWG provides a unique opportunity for learners to engage with the cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) technology of ChatGPT. Through an educational game and collection of resources, learners can explore the capabilities and limitations of this technology in order to gain a deeper appreciation for its ability to shape the future of communication. This web app is consequently a powerful tool for anyone seeking to integrate AI technology into their lives alongside the challenges and opportunities of the 21st century.

Low-income populations often have limited access to COVID-19 testing opportunities. This inspired Virufy, a non-profit organization, to develop a mobile-based solution that utilizes an artificial intelligence (AI) model to rapidly diagnose COVID-19 through a cough recording. To properly train this model, Virufy needs a large database of annotated cough recordings; however, the current method of annotating data is outdated and disorganized. To streamline their annotating process, we developed a web-based audio-annotating tool that heavily utilizes the open-source library Label Studio, which will enable the crowdsourcing of audio annotations on the cough samples and support Virufy in improving their AI model.