Better Together: Responsive Community Programming at the U-M Library

Broek, Jamie Lausch Vander; Rodgers, Emily Puckett

doi:10.1080/01930826.2014.995558

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“…Consider the patron impact of a librarian gaining expertise in services to the homeless, developing a Spanish language collection, or becoming knowledgeable about national and local mental health resources. For instance, at the University of Michigan library, staff strengths are used to increase responsiveness to community interests in creating programming (Vander Broek & Rodgers, 2015). Similarly, in this study librarians explained their passion for and commitment to serving the D/HoH community.…”

Section: Utilizing Staff Passionsmentioning

confidence: 91%

Serving Underserved Populations: Implications from a Model of Successful Services for Deaf Children in Public Libraries

Bushman

2018

IJIDI

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There is a current movement in public libraries towards increasingly inclusive programming. This research presents the findings from a study of library programs for deaf and hard of hearing (D/HoH) children. Using the grounded theory approach, it highlights the successful practices of U.S. public libraries working with D/HoH children. Nearly five hundred mediumand large-sized libraries were contacted; fifteen librarians volunteered to be interviewed and eleven were ultimately interviewed. Interviews were analyzed using open and axial coding. Based on the empirical data, the Model of Successful Library Services for D/HoH Children was developed. The model explains the services, early literacy instruction, and programs offered by public librarians to D/HoH children and identifies four stages of service delivery which highlight: (1) staff attitudes; (2) impetus for providing services for D/HoH patrons; (3) accommodations through inclusive programming, American Sign Language (ASL) programming, or visual phonics; and (4) outcomes of this work in terms of educating both hearing and D/HoH individuals and of building a sense of community. This paper focuses on the Model of Successful Library Services for D/HoH Children to determine whether its four stages of service may also be applied to other marginalized populations in order to facilitate successful library programming.

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Section: Utilizing Staff Passionsmentioning

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Serving Underserved Populations: Implications from a Model of Successful Services for Deaf Children in Public Libraries

Bushman

2018

IJIDI

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“…Hackathons have been around for decades and were used frequently by software companies in the early 2000s. They gained popularity in libraries (Nandi and Mandernach, 2016;Longmeier, 2021), on campuses to supplement other in-class learning (Horton et al, 2018), and for communities who were interested in promoting literacy (Vander Broek and Rodgers, 2015), project-based learning (La Place et al, 2017), and building awareness of community resources such as data (Carruthers, 2014). At times, conferences on a specific topic draw experts in the field together and planners may append a hackathon to the conference, taking advantage of the opportunity to creatively brainstorm and iterate on topics of interest (Feder, 2021).…”

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Consider “HACKS” when designing hackathon challenges: Hook, action, collaborative knowledge sharing

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Longmeier²,

Hayde³

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Front. Educ.

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Our world’s complex challenges increase the need for those entering STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) disciplines to be able to creatively approach and collaboratively address wicked problems – complex problems with no “right” answer that span disciplines. Hackathons are environments that leverage problem-based learning practices so student teams can solve problems creatively and collaboratively by developing a solution to given challenges using engineering and computer science knowledge, skills, and abilities. The purpose of this paper is to offer a framework for interdisciplinary hackathon challenge development, as well as provide resources to aid interdisciplinary teams in better understanding the context and needs of a hackathon to evaluate and refine hackathon challenges. Three cohorts of interdisciplinary STEAM researchers were observed and interviewed as they collaboratively created a hackathon challenge incorporating all cohort-member disciplines for an online high school hackathon. The observation data and interview transcripts were analyzed using thematic analysis to distill the processes cohorts underwent and resources that were necessary for successfully creating a hackathon challenge. Through this research we found that the cohorts worked through four sequential stages as they collaborated to create a hackathon challenge. We detail the stages and offer them as a framework for future teams who seek to develop an interdisciplinary hackathon challenge. Additionally, we found that all cohorts lacked the knowledge and experience with hackathons to make fully informed decisions related to the challenge’s topic, scope, outcomes, etc. In response, this manuscript offers five hackathon quality considerations and three guiding principles for challenge developers to best meet the needs and goals of hackathon sponsors and participants.

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“…The Summer Game began as an expanded version of the library's summer reading program. While still encouraging children to read books over the summer, since the fourth year of its tenure the game offers points and badges for visiting parks and organisations beyond the library system (Vander Broek & Rodgers, 2015).…”

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Play where you are

Williams

2022

The Journal of Play in Adulthood

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This article argues for the position that libraries should develop, host, and encourage the community-creation of location-based games. While Pokémon Go has demonstrated that there is a sizable population ready to go outside to play, it also has left the impression that outdoor games require expensive mobile app-development. But very simple location-specific games can be designed by libraries that can help their community directly experience local sources of underappreciated spaces of natural beauty, help them discover overlooked historical places and their stories, and encourage them to stumble upon local art embedded in the landscape. Rather than only provide online escape rooms for those who may already feel confined by pandemic-related public health restrictions, libraries can create positive mental-health interventions that can also create the potential for a deeper connection between its readers and with where they live through site-specific games. This paper will provide examples of web-based and analog location-based games including a prototype developed by the author.

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Better Together: Responsive Community Programming at the U-M Library

Cited by 11 publications

References 1 publication

Serving Underserved Populations: Implications from a Model of Successful Services for Deaf Children in Public Libraries

Serving Underserved Populations: Implications from a Model of Successful Services for Deaf Children in Public Libraries

Consider “HACKS” when designing hackathon challenges: Hook, action, collaborative knowledge sharing

Play where you are

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