Which car model is the safest while facing a car collision? The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has a popular car safety rating system based on crash tests in controlled environments, but how about a safety rating based on real world accident data? Provided with extensive vehicle collision records across the US, by VinAudit, we built a regression model to evaluate the vehicle safety for each vehicle make/model/year, and created a web application that allows people to look up and browse safety scores. We provide a brand new perspective for consumers who care car safety.

While curating a library exhibit for Special Collections, I noticed the challenge of locating historical resources on the impact women had in the Pacific Northwest outdoors, in one accessible place. I bounced between local, state-wide, and national resources, adding much time to my research process. As a solution, I created and published a LibGuide for Special Collections, highlighting their resources on local women in the outdoors. They now have a public LibGuide showing primary & secondary sources with tips on researching historical women. This guide is a reminder to consider local women in research, contributing to outdoor preservation and advocacy.

Wrangling the Seattle Times Journalist Files is a project organizing and cataloging the journalist files that were acquired from the Seattle Times by the University of Washington Libraries about 9 years ago. These files contain numerous documents that the journalists collected while researching and writing pieces for the paper. The task of the project was to create a set of guidelines for cataloging these resources so that student workers at the library can continue the work of organizing these documents. A LibGuide was also created for these documents to make them more accessible to the users of the library.

Following the Japanese attack on Unalaska in 1942, government officials forced Unangan civilians to evacuate their villages in the Aleutian and Pribilof Islands and transported them to inadequate living quarters in locations across Southeast Alaska. They lived in these camps for two to three years without adequate food, shelter, or medical care. Relatively few resources exist concerning these tragic events. This subject bibliography includes citations to primary and secondary resources on the topic. It was created to support future research and aid the Juneau-Douglas City Museum in curating an exhibit to be on display in the summer of 2020.

Manufacturers are often overlooked in the development of new technologies. They rely on pen and paper to track data. Since factory operators are often working with their hands, it becomes invasive and time-consuming to write what work order they’re working on, when, where, and for how long. That’s why we’re bringing IoT to the factory floor, making technology work for them. Our project uses a two-pronged approach, with both a voice-based OS and mobile user interface to track data: to get the information they need, when they need it.

Food waste has always been a big issue and we all had the experience of cleaning expired food out of the fridge. And since U.S. labeling regulations don’t mandate an expiration date on most cosmetics, it is really tricky to determine its lifespan. The same wasting issue also goes to medications that are not common to go expired without being noticed. Zero was developed to help the user track and manage perishable products such as food, cosmetics, and medication. Our app would potentially assist users to reduce waste and save each user $120 per year from food and commodity waste.

This project aims to create a connection between Ballard High School’s library and existing sex education curriculum through creative, student-led engagement. After consulting students and staff, information about body image emerged as a need. We developed a list for new acquisitions centered on sex education, created a book display including passive programming, and planned three in-person zine workshops. Due to the COVID-19 closures, we adapted the workshops to occur online synchronously and asynchronously. This project creates space for students to creatively express themselves while utilizing the library as a space to have hard conversations about body image.

#MyLibraryStory is a social media advocacy campaign that aims to promote user stories about library services and impact. The project arose from the observation that much of the social media conversation about libraries was centered on librarians, and it is an attempt to expand the sphere of that conversation to include non-librarian voices. The primary contribution of #MyLibraryStory is a series of 5 video interviews showcasing different user stories about how libraries have impacted the subjects’ lives. These videos were released throughout the month of May and shared to Twitter and Instagram.

The Miller Horticultural Library houses approximately 500 maps and plans associated with Pacific Northwest gardens. However, for 2/3 of the collection, there was no inventory or means of locating items. To address this, we inventoried the map collection, recording the items’ descriptions, creation information, and locations. We aligned this spreadsheet with the schema for the Library’s archive management system so it could be imported. This will allow the map collection to be searched by element, and for librarians to locate items and generate finding aids. We also created a collection development plan to guide future management of the collection.

This project seeks to create a resource for librarians new to selecting in comparative religion and/or religious studies that provides information to empower selectors to collect confidently from day one. It takes the form of a book with chapters on the field and its subdisciplines; avenues to keep abreast of conversations in the field; collection development; collection assessment; and comparative collection development policies. The first three chapters are submitted in completion of the capstone requirement, while the second two represent next steps before submission for publication.