Have you ever wondered whether your own experiences playing a game were mirrored by others? I have. Many months later and hours of research & cursing...here we are. This project explores the relationship between Tabletop Roleplaying Games (TRPG's) and Social Dynamics. This was done by conducting interviews and an online survey discussing gamer demographics, gameplay, and social dynamics. Analysis of this self-reported data will help to bridge the current information gap regarding the social dynamics of TRPG's. It will also be the first step in discussing the benefits of playing TRPG's on social behavior skill development.

The goal of this project was the creation of a beverage and flavor taxonomy and ontology to allow the Starbucks Business Intelligence Team to successfully complete analytics and pick up trends. Terms, definitions, and structures were developed through a combination of current-state domain research, stakeholder interviews, and use case scenarios. Our ontology will enable Starbucks to better understand the relationships between their products and the metadata around them. The taxonomy and controlled vocabulary we have established will aid the analytics team by demonstrating hierarchies and relationships so that their is data more organized so it can be effectively used.

To demonstrate what the Biola University library can offer to strengthen faculty research in STEM, this project performed an evaluation of the Biology collection examining age, usage, faculty opinion, and a peer collection comparison. The library has a current but very under used collection that is on-par with peers, but faculty want journals, not books. I recommend finishing the STEM analysis to see if trends hold across all the sciences. If that's the case, the library may have to think beyond journals and books. This project creates a research template to use for future evaluations.

The online video archive at Slavic Christian Center church is neither easily browsable nor searchable. By utilizing Google Sheets and a freemium AwesomeTable tool, it is possible to transform the look and feel of the digital archive into a beautiful and easy to navigate table. This cost efficient and low maintenance method is expected to greatly increase the number of video views and user satisfaction. Anyone who visits the church’s archive will be able to easily sort and filter the content by desired categories. It solves the problem of organization of content and searching (filtering) – crucial to large collections.

Gay City's LGBT Library provides LGBT materials to Seattle's queer communities. However, with an outdated database and no Reader's Advisory in place, volunteers often had a difficult time finding what patrons needed. Liz and Rachel helped update the browsing process by transferring Gay City to a new database, taking inventory of the entire library, and creating Reader's Advisory lists on a variety of topics based on patron feedback. Available both online and in print, the lists include Gay Fiction, Lesbian Fiction, Transgender & Genderqueer Fiction, Transgender & Genderqueer Nonfiction, Young Adult Fiction, and Science Fiction.

Since 1988, DigiPen Institute of Technology has relied heavily on paper-based student records with minimal disposition and digitization taking place. The institution has a solitary filing room shared by numerous administrative departments, which has reached maximum capacity. To address this issue, I compiled 1) a detailed file retention audit based on current practices, legal requirements, and industry best-practices and 2) a proposal, including quotes from off-site storage, mobile high-density shelving, and document digitization vendors. It is my hope this information will lead to more efficient use of space and eventually improve employee workflows by making files more accessible.

With this project, I have conducted a literature review of academic library outreach and how it needs to adapt to entice Millennials and the popularity of nonacademic outreach. I also looked at how libraries have readily adopted tabletop game nights and use this to actively engage with their community of users. Overall, tabletop game night nights in academic libraries is an interdisciplinary topic that draws on scholarship from a variety of fields. I brought these threads together to make the case that academic libraries should consider tabletop game nights as a positive and successful outreach opportunity.

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S.T.E.M.) programming is becoming increasingly popular in public libraries. However, facilitating these programs can be expensive and smaller libraries, including Gretna Public Library's teen department, often struggle to fund them. By interviewing other teen librarians in similar situations and researching community resources, I was able to create a S.T.E.M. focused programming guide for the Gretna Public Library teen department. This guide specifies the budget, materials, time, and space needed for each program, as well as other resources they can share with their teens.

The University of Washington Libraries Special Collections Department is marking the 100th anniversary of the 1918 Influenza Epidemic with a new online exhibit. This retrospective will highlight the effects of the epidemic on the city of Seattle and its residents. We have created an online resource in order to fill a vital gap in our understanding of this historical event. We used a number of digital and physical resources to gather genealogical and historical information about the influenza epidemic, focusing on Seattle and highlighting a small number of local victims and institutions.

The Costume Shop at Millikin University holds thousands of costuming items. Unfortunately, there is no inventory, no organizational system, nor a database of the items in the collection. This is a major problem for everyone in the shop, which includes students, staff, and any guest designers they may have for a show. I built a database for them in FileMaker Pro, which could be used by both experienced designers and less experienced student workers. Over the next two years, they will continue to add items to the database to make the transition to their new building a smooth one.