Author: Bridget Gavlin

First year SILS student with a background in theatrical costume design. Interested in data management, research, and programming for cultural institutions.

The Press Play Project: An Investigation with ESPN into What Makes Users Click

In this extracurricular project with ESPN and the NYC Media Lab, a team of PrattSI student researchers created prototypes aimed at improving the mobile experience for watching videos on ESPN.com. The end result? Getting sports fans to “press play.”

How Libraries Lobby: Investigating Lobbying Practices in the Public Library

Recent scholarly work has advocated for the library to become a center for civic engagement, but has focused on providing unbiased information to the public rather than advocating for specific political viewpoints. This project argues that libraries must instead shift towards grassroots lobbying in order to effectively combat threatening legislation.