The Role of Public Libraries in Enabling Open Government: Definitions, Concepts, and Issues
Workshop Overview on the Role of Public Libraries in Enabling Open Government
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Transcript of 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
• CTG’s twitter @CTG_UAlbany
• IMLS’ twitter @US_IMLS
• Hashtags: #libraries #opengov
• Please share other suggestions
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
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
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