Civic Hacknight #176 with Carmen Ho & Jorge Rivera: TO Library's Bridge Toolkit

This presentation focuses on the library in the digital age, the types of technology services offered at the Toronto Public Library and the Bridge Toolkit project. Bridge is an effort to measure the impact of technology services offered at libraries across Ontario.

https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/bridgetoolkit/

Come help us chip away at civic problems by combining technology with the power of our community. We've got everything you need for a perfect Tuesday night: a presentation to learn from, some projects to work on, and pizza (or other food) to snack on!

• Presenter:

Carmen Ho & Jorge Rivera, Toronto Public Library

• Social Media Cheat Codes:

@hocarm @torontolibrary

• Biographies:

Carmen is part of the Policy, Planning and Performance Management team at Toronto Public Library. In her role as a Planning Specialist, she engages in long and short-term planning for the organization and develops standards, performance measures and evaluates methodologies and outputs on library projects and services.

Jorge is the Project Lead for the Bridge Toolkit rollout province-wide. His role is to ensure library administrators know how to use Bridge effectively in order to communicate value and identify areas where more support is needed.

Both presenters have experience in leading the Librarians Without Borders project in Guatemala.

• Venue Sponsor:

Our January hacknights are being sponsored by the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy!

• Check-in details:

There's no sign-in required. Enter from the East entrance to the Gallery and turn left!

If you run into any issues, then please send a message to our "doorbell" at 780-652-2649 (780-6LAB-6IX), and the organizers will get a notification.

• Accessibility:

The building is accessible via an outdoor ramp, and an accessible washroom is available.
Project breakout time will be hosted in the presentation room, as well as the room where the pizza is served. Both spaces are accessible.

• About Us:

Our weekly civic tech hacknights bring together designers, coders, urban planners, government staff, mappers, policy-makers, students, communications strategists, and all other Torontonians who share an interest in making Toronto more responsive, prosperous, sustainable and equitable, through design, tech, and data. (Coders are welcome, but you don’t have to be a coder to contribute!) Come and be part of it!

• Agenda:

6:30-7: Welcome and intros
7-7:30: Presentation and Q&A/discussion
7:30-9: Breakout groups (make something!)

For more info, visit http://civictech.ca
Here's our Code of Conduct: http://civictech.ca/about-us

Hope to see you Tuesday!

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