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The Interconnectedness of All Things: Automatic Discovery for Digital Archives

Digital archivists often have to contend with the difficulties of processing messy collections. They may have to deal with thousands of files on different media, which may cost…

Preservation of Cultural Sites and Artifacts During Wartimes

This article and presentation are an overview of some of the foreign policies implemented regarding cultural heritage protection during wartimes. With specific focus on the Gulf Wars in…

Recreating Edgemere Farm’s magic in the digital landscape : Website Redesign for a non-profit community farm

Edgemere Farm, situated in Rockaway, NY, is a volunteer-run, zero-profit urban farm committed to offering produce, open space, and education to the historically low-income community. Our project involved…

InfoShow23 Awards

We are pleased to announce the winners of the InfoShow23 Awards: Best Group Project First Place ($1,000 divided evenly) Manhattan Helicopter map (S1R606c)Ziqi Wang and Jiacheng Chen Second Place…

InfoShow23 Program

Infoshow23 is the annual showcase and celebration of Pratt School of Information student work, and is part of Pratt Shows. InfoShow is taking place on Thursday, May 11th…

An Argument for Graphic Novel Collections in Libraries

Comics are books and deserve an equal place on our shelves and in our digital resources. Come view my presentation and find out why both public and academic…

Women & Revolution: Unveiling the Struggles of Women’s Rights to Life and Freedom in Iran

This infographic poster was created for my Information & Human Rights course (INFO-619). It calls attention to the modern history of women’s rights movement in Iran, highlighting the…

New York City Green Spaces

Marc Molta The New York City Green Spaces web map connects people to publicly accessible green spaces in New York City. Community Gardens, selected Parks Properties, and Block-level…

Spiritual Technology

This project is a visual exploration of graphic design and commercial artwork depicting technology embedded with spiritual, esoteric and transcendental themes, mainly from American and Japanese publications. Advertisements researched…

Data-Driven Personas

Abstract This project runs a demographic analysis from the survey results on revitalization preferences at A Philip Randolph Square to see if and what patterns emerge in the…

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…