The Center on Contemporary Art (CoCA) Seattle Archives Wiki Project, upon culmination, will be a go-to page for those who are interested in learning more about CoCA. It will also give the Center a new way to reconnect with past artists and presenters, curators, and audiences, both general and within the arts community, “to tell the whole CoCA story”. Although the CoCA gallery is several contemporary art museums/galleries, this project will still be a great way to allow Seattle residents, visitors, and those who are located elsewhere to get a glimpse of another aspect of the history and spirit of the Seattle contemporary art scene.

Webrecorder is a free, open-access web archiving software that excels at capturing dynamic, born-digital content. Its technology is powerful, but its user base is largely unknown to its creators at the NYC digital arts non-profit Rhizome. For my project, I collected data through a structured survey and a structured email interview as well as semi-structured, in-depth interviews with select volunteers. I coded these data to prepare them for qualitative analysis, which I will do after graduation. From this analysis, I will create a roadmap of recommendations for the Webrecorder team and points to touch on when writing their user documentation.

The California Ballet Company Library has been in progress for many years. Donations of books and magazines have been collected since the 1950’s. The quantity and diversity of the materials amassed demanded organization. A collection development policy, as well as a best practices cataloging document were definitely needed. Consultation with the stakeholders from CBC and research into the professional literature was undertaken. A mission statement, a vision statement, as well as guidelines on how to build the library, in order to meet that vision, were crafted and incorporated. These documents will shape the library and ensure its longevity and usefulness.

It’s no secret that environmental conditions are changing rapidly and it’s more important than ever to predict the accompanying consequences. Collecting environmental data is not only expensive, but dangerous. We created an algorithm that allows environmental professionals to fill in missing data and explore interactions between correlated variables. This permits scientists to gain an understanding of our dynamic ocean and help us prepare for and mitigate any potential environmental harm. Be sure of your data with DataShore!

Fondren Library has a collection of music recitals from the Shepherd School of Music that span from 1973 to the present. The early recordings are in reel-to-reel and cassette tape formats, which puts them at risk for degrading and also makes it difficult for patrons to access them. Fondren Library is digitizing the at-risk recordings and making them available through the IR to preserve them and increase access. As my part, I created a sample set of local name authority records for the performers on the recitals and then created a set of procedures based on my findings.

Roughly 50% of all produce in the United States is thrown away—some 60 million tons annually. Because this wastage is detrimental both to the environment and the economy, we created a way for people to manage their food better by building a mobile application that helps people waste less food. FoodSavr tracks the food in your kitchen, and suggests new recipes that encourage you to be more adventurous with your culinary experiences. It prioritizes food that is near expiration so you can create a tasty meal with it and avoid throwing it away.

Arriving at the University of Washington can be an overwhelming experience for most first year and transfer students. The amount of information about resources available is simultaneously overwhelming and difficult to navigate. This website collects many of the available free resources at the University of Washington Libraries, Seattle Public Library, and King County Library to allow students to easily find all of the incredible products and services their libraries provide. Making these resources more visible and user friendly to first year and transfer students enables them to excel in life, specifically as students, and more generally as human beings.

This project was an attempt to develop a thesaurus of terms to describe the mechanics of various game-based media. This process primarily consisted of seeking feedback from various stakeholder groups on what kind of language they used to describe these media mechanics, and what developments they felt would be most useful. Ultimately, stakeholder needs could not be accommodated in a single document, necessitating the construction and testing of multiple taxonomy structures.

Librarians surveyed in multiple districts in the Greater Seattle Area use a myriad of standards, lessons, and resources to ensure student readiness. Alignment, resource organization, and lesson sharing is important for equity across districts and ideally across the nation. Benchmark standards for library and information skills help ensure students’ lifelong success. We have created a tool within the LMS, Schoology, called Grounded In Standards Based Teaching. GIST houses an alignment guide of ISTE, AASL, and CCSS and grade band lessons. This tool addresses inequity in library programs while fostering cross-curricular collaboration across the state, focusing on Seattle Public Schools.

In 2015, over 112 million medical records were breached worth 12 million total cost from data breaches. Today, healthcare organizations understand the benefits of investing in cloud security but with constant change in security landscape, fear of data breach and loss of control over their data, they are concerned about adopting to cloud. To help these concerned organizations navigating safely in cloud, I have made an attempt to present to them a comprehensive list of security considerations to be taken into account for navigating safely in cloud. This would better enable them to focus on healthcare operations. Through this project, I have conducted an initial literature review on the topic and then interviewed security professionals and analyzed the overall risk benefit of using cloud in healthcare industry. My analysis covers the elements of patient data security, cloud vendor selection, industry standard security controls along with final results on key ways to assess security implications of cloud in healthcare.