The Family Place program of the Pikes Peak Library District is a district-wide initiative aimed at fostering early literacy from birth to age five. One of the goals is to enhance the play area of Penrose Library. A 5-year plan is now implemented to continually review and improve the space and purchase new toys and furniture that entertain families and support early childhood development. The purpose is to create unique experiences for children and families. As a result, the library has become a popular destination for patrons who enjoy returning.

The New Mexico State Library provides free cataloging resources for librarians, however, its collection was in need of detailed guidelines on the RDA (Resource Description & Access) descriptive cataloging standard. The Cataloging Instruction Guide aimed to address this through the curation and compilation of instructions from freely-available digital resources. The new guide on the State Library’s website defines and describes frequently-used RDA elements and explains how to formulate bibliographic data in accordance with RDA. It also provides access to valuable reference links for librarians at public, small and rural libraries looking to further explore specific cataloging scenarios.

Following the 25th anniversary of its founding, the leadership at the Celtic Arts Foundation wanted to preserve the experiences of its founding. A pilot program lead by volunteers and an iSchool student was then launched to perform Oral History interviews and establish a procedure for future capture. A Policies and Procedures document was produced outlining the project for replication and many ideas for subsequent iterations were developed. The creation of Oral Histories at CAF will record Scottish culture in America for scholarly study as well as preserve institutional memory.

The Ledding Library has provided children's theme kits to patrons for the last 20+ years. Consistently popular, these theme kits now show the normal wear of age. They also no longer fit library space or goals. This proposal contains ten updated kits, including book lists, manipulatives, activities, storage, and a publicity plan. These kits will give parents and caregivers easy options to create fun learning environments. The updated title selections reflect the rich array of books published within the last ~10 years and focus on fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion at the library. This project will serve library funding discussions.

Lakeside Middle School has a bustling library. The space accomplishes a lot, but it could accommodate the students better. The shelves are not easy for students to browse, and loud and quiet activities happen simultaneously in the relatively small space. Working closely with the students, I and the librarians at Lakeside redesigned the library space to accommodate these multiple uses and to allow for the organization of the books by genre. We expect to see an increase in circulation and have students happier with the space they helped design.

The Ricci Institute houses a collection of books and artifacts from China and East Asia between the 16th century to the 19th century. As a research institution, their primary focus is for scholars interested in this time period. Through this project, we realized that their presence online is only minimal at best. Teatime Treasures is a way for us to not only spread the word about this collection, but to also give the Ricci Institute an example of how they could potentially increase their digital presence, as well as showcasing their collection to a much wider and more diverse audience.

The information problem I addressed with my project was that POCLD did not have any centralized policies or guidelines for promotion of library events or social media presence. To combat this, I created social media guidelines, a brand book with logo and formatting information, and a PR Pack for quick reference on type of marketing for programs. This project will allow for each individual library in the district to take ownership of their own social media and program marketing. It will also provide consistency among POCLD's branding and communications allowing them to present a united identity to their community.

Community Engagement Inside Library Walls centers Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in community engagement in the town of Monrovia, California. This project entails a display of material within the library’s collection that covers the ethnic heritage of select demographics important to the town’s history. The collection adds more material for children, teens, and adults in e-book and e-audiobook formats in several languages as well as in bilingual formats. This is meant to create space in the library for the people of the community and to educate those wishing to learn about some of the individual cultures, languages, and communities.

“Compose A New Canon” is a report analyzing the repertoire performed by the Reno Philharmonic from 2009 to 2024, looking specifically at the representation of composers who fall outside of the traditional classical canon. This analysis includes a comparison of the Reno Phil’s programming practices with national trends identified in the Institute for Composer Diversity’s 2022 Orchestra Repertoire Report. The written report resulting from this project will be distributed to the Reno Philharmonic’s Board, staff, and musicians in the hopes of promoting discussions of diversity, equity, and inclusion in orchestral programming.

For this project, we developed a unique classification scheme inspired by queer and Indigenous knowledge organization for the Pan Eros Foundation’s human sexuality library collection. This process involved researching alternative classification systems, familiarizing ourselves with the materials in the collection, and identifying the values and needs of the local sex positive community. The project will continue with volunteer training on cataloging using the classification scheme and moving towards making the library collection available to the public again after years of being in storage.