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Climate Change’s Effect on Tree Communities

Project Background The rate at which Earth is warming means dire consequences for ecosystems and forced plant migration for species that manage to survive. This project explores datasets…

Endless Possibili-Teas

An interactive infographic to help choose which tea to consume. It serves as a guide to the wide variety of tea selections available and offers details on the…

Processing the Samuel Kahn MD Papers at the Oskar Diethelm Library

The Oskar Diethelm Library is a special collection of journals, monographs, and archival materials focused on the history of psychiatry. The library is located at Weill Cornell Medical College’s…

Transportation Alternatives

Transportation Alternatives is an NYC-based non-profit promoting sustainable, environmentally friendly, quiet, city-friendly transportation. Our task for INFO-682 with Professor Hasan Hachem was to redesign their website. After presenting…

Cooking as Conversation: Embracing Embodied Knowledge and Oral History in Culinary Information Systems

Using my experience cooking my grandfather’s pierogi recipe, this presentation examines how culinary information is disseminated through written and oral communication. It analyzes the structure of instructional food…

The Never Ending Catalog of Obsolete Media

By Aisha Khan and Sam Irwin “Obsolete media” is a term with loose definition.  How do we determine when media has become obsolete? Has it lost its purpose…

Now Your’e Collecting My Language: Collection Development in Brooklyn Public Library’s Youth Wing

This project was the final product of my practicum at Brooklyn Public Library’s Central Branch Youth Wing. The project incorporated BrooklynStat in conjunction with a personal collection analysis…

Responsible Food Consumption and Food Waste Reduction

This app motivates users to take easy action in reducing food waste at home, encouraging responsible food consumption. By tracking and minimizing waste, users can save money while…

Black Built Environment: an ALA-funded LibGuide project

Black Built Environment: race and architecture in America is a new ALA grant-funded research guide that supports a re-imagination of the architectural canon and more equitable practices across…

Pushing Past the Envelope: Visualizing the Mail-Art Network

Participatory, democratic, and unique,  Mail Art is exchanged via the postal service, and facilitates creative connections among artists across the world. This art form arose as a way…

Establishing Formal Processes for Handling Harmful or Explicit Material in Digital Collections: A Focus on Protecting Donor Privacy.

The project aims to establish formal processes for handling harmful or explicit material in digital collections, with a focus on protecting donor privacy. The project involves working on…

Archiving the Ephemeral

This poster was created for INFO 653 Knowledge Organization. It provides an overview of what ephemera is, why it is important to collect and organize it, as well…

Preserving Born Digital Artwork Made in Procreate

Procreate is a popular drawing app among artists, and uses a native file format which includes unique metadata, such as a time-lapse recording, that documents the artistic process….

A Year at the Franklin Furnace Archive

I will be talking about my experience working as Franklin Furnace’s Archive Fellow. I would like to talk about working in a small arts archive, cataloging vertical file…

Gamification in Human-Computer Interaction

In this paper, I delve into the world of gamification within the realm of human-computer interaction, with a particular emphasis on user experience. I am excited to share…

Parsnip – The operating system for the home kitchen

Parsnip is a cooking learning app that uses a tech tree of cooking skills to give beginners a place to start, the Duolingo style of learning cooking gamified…

Hinge Connect

Hinge Connect is the ultimate solution for those seeking meaningful in-person dating experiences. By promoting public spaces and emphasizing the importance of face-to-face interaction, we’re improving the existing…

My fellowship at Pratt Center for Community Engagement

This poster records the different challenges that I faced during my fellowship with Pratt Center and how I resolve them with my own knowledge of the subject, what…

What is Mine is Yours, but is It Ours?

When does a prop become an artifact, when does an artifact become a prop? When is it okay for a person to take an historic object and use…

Seamless Music Discovery on Wearables

Have you ever heard a very catchy song playing at the cafe or at the mall? Have you found it difficult trying to get Shazam working on Snapchat…