Workshop Overview on the Role of Public Libraries in Enabling Open Government

The Role of Public Libraries in Enabling

Open Government

A Stakeholder Workshop

Welcome and Overview

Courtyard Alexandria Old

Town/Southwest

Alexandria, VA

May 7-8, 2014

Outline• Twitter

• Introductions – CTG team

• Project Purpose

• Introduction – Robert Horton, IMLS

• Project Activities

• Workshop Overview

– Agenda

– Workshop packet

– Review travel reimbursement packets and procedures

– Permission to Record Discussions

• Introductions – Workshop Participants

Twitter

• CTG’s twitter @CTG_UAlbany

• IMLS’ twitter @US_IMLS

• Hashtags: #libraries #opengov

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The CTG Team

• Theresa Pardo, Center Director, Associate

Research Professor, Public Administration and

Policy, Associate Research Professor,

Informatics

• Megan Sutherland, Project Manager

• Alan Kowlowitz, Government Fellow

• Brian Burke, Managing Director

“UAlbany Center for Technology in

Government Receives Federal Grant to

Explore the Role of Public Libraries in

Open Government”

August 28, 2013 Press Release

Project Overview

• Project supported the Institute of Museum and Library

Services (IMLS) through a 2013 Laura Bush 21st Century

Librarian Program (LB21) grant.

• CTG will bring together thought leaders from public library,

academia, government, open government, and other

organizations to explore the ways public libraries can enable

open government within their communities.

• Outcomes include actionable models to guide public libraries

and local governments as they work together to support and

enhance open government and transparency initiatives.

• Project runs through September 2014.

Robert HortonAssociate Deputy Director for Library Services

Institute of Museum and Library Services

Preliminary Concept PaperResearch and Advisory Committee

Advisory Committee

• John Carlo Bertot, Professor and Co-director, the

Information Policy & Access Center (iPAC) in the University

of Maryland College Park iSchool

• Philip Eppard, Chair of the Information Studies Department,

College of Computing and Information, University at Albany

• Chrystie Hill, Community Relations Director, OCLC

• Jamie LaRue, CEO of LaRue and Associates Consulting

• Christopher (Cal) Lee, Associate Professor, School of

Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina

at Chapel Hill

Advisory Committee (continued)

• Tom Lee, Director of Sunlight Labs, Sunlight Foundation

• Barbara Macikas, Executive Director, Public Library

Association

• Homa Naficy, Chief Adult Learning Officer, Hartford Public

Library

• Vailey Oehlke, Director of Libraries, Multnomah County

Library

Project Website

Online Forum

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Face-to-Face Forum

Final Concept Paper and Report

Agenda – Day 1

• 9:00 Welcome and Introductions

• 9:25 Presentation and Discussion: Framing the Issues

• 9:50 Presentation: Impact of e-Government on Public

Libraries

• 10:20 Presentation and Discussion: Introducing the Enabling

Open Government for All Framework

• 10:50 Break

• 11:00 Plenary Panel and Discussion: Value of Open

Government for Public Libraries

• 12:00 Lunch – Here in Washington Room

Agenda – Day 1

• 12:45 Presentation: Community Engagement and Opening

Government in Hartford

• 1:30 Small Group Exercise: Feedback on the Framework:

Civic Engagement

• 2:15 Small Groups Report Out

• 2:45 Break

• 3:00 Small Group Exercise: Feedback on the Framework:

Literacy and Access

• 3:45 Small Groups Report Out and Plenary Discussion

• 4:45 Wrap Up and Next Steps for Day Two

• 6:30 Reception – Washington Room

Agenda – Day 2

• 8:30 Continental Breakfast – Washington Room

• 9:00 Review of Day One

• 9:30 Plenary Discussion: Applying the Framework

• 10:15 Small Group Exercise: Moving Beyond the Framework

• 10:50 Small Groups Report Out

• 11:20 Plenary Discussion: Ideal Characteristics of a Public

Library and Open Gov’t Project

• 12:00 Next Steps and Closing Remarks

• 12:30 Lunch and Adjourn

Workshop Packet

• Agenda

• Participant List

• Small Group Assignments

• CTG and Advisory Committee Bios

• Concept Paper

• Presentation Slides

• IMLS Project Press Release

• CTG 20th Anniversary Report

Reimbursement Packets and Process

Permission to Record Large

Group Discussions

Participant Introductions:

Tell us who you are and where

you’re from!

Questions?