2.1 Identifying Community Needs
This chapter provides detailed steps for fully engaging and reaching out to a community to ensure a tribal library’s digital inclusion lab meets its community’s needs. Click to learn more.
By the end of this chapter, a tribal library should be able to describe the process for determining community needs, evaluate different approaches to engage with stakeholders and design an engagement plan that can be deployed within their community (Learn more-linked to chapter)
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2.2 Conducting a Technology Readiness Assessment
Implementing new technologies can be exciting, but oftentimes it is more than a ‘plug-and-play’ situation. Click to learn more.
Considerable preparation is required to implement and then maintain any technology. The first step in that preparation is performing a resource assessment. (Learn more)
2.3 Defining Mission and Goals
Creating a mission statement provide a framework for working through projects and helping to reach access goals and outcomes and it provides accountability to your Tribal community and the greater public. Click to learn more.
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2.4 Determining the Scope of Technology Services
There are a lot of factors that go into maintaining a healthy and accessible technology service program. Click to learn more.
From the physical constraints of the room to staff availability, to cost of the devices, the options are countless. An understanding of what the library has and can work with will narrow some of those opportunities down and make the decision-making process a little easier. (Learn more)
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2.5 Designing the Physical Space
As libraries evolve into dynamic hubs of knowledge and innovation, the design of their physical spaces becomes paramount in fostering creativity, collaboration, and exploration. Click to learn more.
In this chapter, we embark on a journey to explore the intricate process of designing a technology lab within the confines of a library setting. (Learn more)
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2.6 Internet Connectivity Options and Considerations
In today’s digital age, access to the internet is not just a convenience but a necessity, especially within the walls of a library. Click to learn more.
In this chapter, we navigate the intricate landscape of internet connectivity options and considerations tailored specifically to library environments.
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2.7 Hardware selection
In this chapter, we embark on a journey to navigate the intricate process of selecting hardware for a library technology lab—a space where imagination meets innovation. Click to learn more.
From sleek computers to interactive displays, the hardware chosen plays a pivotal role in shaping the user experience and facilitating exploration.
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2.8 Software and Applications
2.9 Budgeting for equipment, software, furnishings, and maintenance
2.10 Funding (State library agencies, IMLS, E-Rate, TechSoup)
2.11 Staffing (lab manager, trainers, support staff)
2.12 Sample Plans, Community Needs Assessment Surveys
