Specializations
- Public Libraries
- Open Data
Research Areas
Biography
Chris is a senior research scientist at the University of Washington’s Information School’s Technology & Social Change Group. Previously, Chris was a Senior Program Officer for the Global Libraries program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Prior roles include grants management at the Texas State Library & Archives Commission and technology management at the Texas Library Association. Chris also served in multiple roles from 1997 – 2006 in the US Library Program at the Gates Foundation. His research interests include how public libraries support cultivating, producing, and sustaining local knowledge; how public libraries participate in and leverage open data ecosystems for the benefit of their communities; and how serendipity happens in the intersections of physical and digital spaces in which public libraries operate. He also still regales his 3 children with dreams of packing up the library gig and taking over the hot corner for the Cincinnati Reds. Chris holds an MLIS from University of Michigan and BA from University of Oklahoma.
Education
- MLIS, University of Michigan, 1995
Memberships
- Public Library Association
Publications and Contributions
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Conference PosterMaking Ends Meet in a Pandemic: African Library Initiatives During COVID-19 (2023)Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 60(1), pp. 895-898
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Journal Article, Academic JournalWhat makes an ideal partner? African libraries and neoliberal discourses in international development (2022)Applied Linguistics
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Conference PaperCreating a Digital Bridge: Lessons and Policy Implications from a Technology Access and Distribution Program for Low-income Job Seekers (2021)TPRC49 (Policy Research Conference on Communications, Information and the Internet)
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Journal Article, Academic JournalData challenges for public libraries: African perspectives and the social context of knowledge. (2021)Volume 37(2), pp. 292-306
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Conference Poster
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Journal Article, Academic JournalPublic Libraries and Development Across Sub-Saharan Africa: Overcoming a Problem of Perception (2021)Libri
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Data visualization tool
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Journal Article, Academic JournalAfrican Libraries in Development: Perceptions and Possibilities (2020)International Information & Library Review
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Journal Article, Academic JournalBenefits of Crowdsourcing for Libraries in the Global South: A Case Study from Africa (2020)The IFLA Journal
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Journal Article, Academic JournalBenefits of Crowdsourcing for Libraries in the Global South: A Case Study from Africa (2020)IFLA Journal
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Journal Article, Academic JournalVolunteer geographic information in the Global South: barriers to local implementation of mapping projects across Africa (2020)GEOJOURNAL, ISBN/ISSN: 0343-2521
Presentations
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Collecting Stories from Underrepresented Communities: How to Co-Create a Community Archive at Your Public Library
(2023)
BiblioCommons - Online
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Collecting Stories from Underrepresented Communities: How to Co-Design a Community Archive at Your Public Library
(2023)
Washington Library Association Annual Conference - Wenatchee, WA, USA
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Collecting Stories from Underrepresented Communities: How to Co-Design a Community Archive at Your Public Library
(2023)
American Library Association - Chicago, Illinois
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Collecting Stories from Underrepresented Communities: How to Co-Design a Community Archive at Your Public Library
(2023)
American Library Association Annual Conference - Wenatchee, WA, USA
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Collecting Stories from Underrepresented Communities: How to Co-Design a Community Archive at Your Public Library
(2023)
BiblioCommons Webinar - Virtual
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Countering Misinformation, Strengthening Democracy
(2023)
NEXT Library Festival - Aarhus, DK
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Making Ends Meet in a Pandemic: African Library Initiatives During COVID-19
(2023)
86th Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science & Technology - London, United Kingdom
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Creating a Digital Bridge: Lessons and Policy Implications from a Technology Access and Distribution Program for Low-income Job Seekers
(2021)
TPRC2021: The Research Conference on Communications, Information, and Internet Policy. - Virtual
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E-rate Funding and Libraries: Preliminary Analysis of Trends Post-Modernization
(2021)
iConference 2021 - Beijing, China
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Advancing Library Visibility in Africa
(2019)
3rd African Library & Information Associations & Institutions (AfLIA) Conference & 5th African Library Summit - Nairobi
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Ensuring the Future of Libraries: Connecting the Academy and the Profession
(2018)
Public Library Association Conference - Philadelphia, PA