An essay bringing to light several of the histories involving various Library Systems’ and Information Technologies’ specific sites. Through stories and questions, I demonstrate an approach to the epistemologies and ontologies I would like to encourage in Information Sciences. While detailing some recent developments in cataloging systems, this essay approaches philosophical questions regarding colonization and environmentalism. My intention is to present possibilities for further opening discussions.

The information problem for our capstone project focused on the creative work of Otherworld Media, a nonprofit educational group focused on encouraging reading and creativity in elementary aged children. Judith Walcutt, the creative director of the nonprofit, had created a radio play with the intent of touring and visiting public libraries to show children the wonder of reading and books. However, she needed resources that libraries could use to promote and use this radio play. We created an age-appropriate methodology using common core standards, and then created an annotated list of resources based on the content of the radio play.

Even though outcome based models of evaluating library services have become increasingly popular within scholarly conversation, public libraries often struggle to fully integrate such models within their organizations. Many public libraries collect outcome data, but end up wasting the time and resources they invested by not using the results. This project examines practices advocated by the scholarly community and their practical application through a survey of 39 public libraries. The resulting recommendations attempt to reconcile the theoretical with the practical and provide the Jefferson County Library with a framework for sharing program results and success stories with their stakeholders.

Picking who’s going to win the game has never been easier. Use Parlay to see the full season lineups for your favorite in-season leagues (i.e. NFL, NBA, NCAA, NHL, MLB), odds for every game, challenge your friends, and track your progress.

PATHS is an Android application that explores and tackles misconceptions and common stereotypes about homelessness in Seattle. This project builds empathy with the homeless community using visual, interactive stories based on real events and issues that have been anonymized. By offering different perspectives in the lives and struggles of a homeless individual or someone who works closely with the homeless, PATHS guides users into other people’s shoes. With empathy, users will be better equipped to advocate, donate and engage with this systematic issue.

One in five adults in the United States (46.6 million) experience mental illness in a given year, but 60% of them never receive the treatment they need due to challenges related to access, insurance, and patient-provider compatibility. PearCare is a two-sided web application that makes it easy to find a suitable provider by simplifying the process of matching those looking for treatment with those who provide it. By pairing patients to providers who fit their needs and are actively searching for new clients, our patients find the support they need and our providers gain engaged prospective clients.

Students in all walks of life want to ensure they get the most out of studying. Often, the availability of study materials is limited by the time investment required of instructional designers and the students themselves. Perceptia is an automated tool that uses content analysis, NLP and knowledge graphs to create study materials based on user-provided texts, multimedia content, links to websites or a search phrase. Students can complete generated assessments to identify topics they need to spend more time studying and track progress towards mastery of topics.

Fluke Global Materials Team developed an Azure data warehouse for improved data analysis, retention, addressing the lack of standardization between sites and data collection. The factories produce printed one-off reports and use handwritten forms to record data which are discarded at the end of the month. Our project is to create dashboards to ensure employees have access to the right information. Users can interact with visualizations, dig deeper into data using Data Analysis Expressions (DAX) and make informed business decisions from the insights.

Thousands of Seattle residents live with at least one chronic medical condition. We’ve developed an online application to help users learn more about managing their chronic condition. Currently, the Aging and Disability Services Office provides users with a static page to help them manage their condition. With our application, users complete a quick survey regarding their condition, and our application provides users lifestyle information on what they are doing well or need to improve regarding their condition. Users can print a history of their responses to take to a doctor for more informed care to increase their Quality of Life.

Network traffic classification has grown tremendously in the past few decades primarily due to affordable data storage and explosively growing computing prowess bringing machine learning to the forefront in handling optimization and capacity control. In this project, we aim to classify network traffic into different categories of mobile apps to analyze customer usage and optimize network traffic. Through iterative cycles of development, we have generated network traffic, analyzed, engineered and modeled it to obtain a final product that our client can scale and implement on real-world traffic.