METRO and the advisory council assessed the pool of reverse pitches and suggested the following Areas of Inquiry to help fellows frame their proposals in a way that could solve cross-organizational challenges. Applicants were also welcome to submit proposals that fell outside these areas.
Linked Open Data/Crowdsourcing to Expose Institutional and Community Archives
Explore strategies and tools to enhance discovery of various collections through linked open data and crowdsourcing. Surface and expose underrepresented communities and collections by facilitating community-based selection and description. Examine the ways in which we can best serve underrepresented, under-exposed communities by empowering them to frame their own historical records, to tell their own stories, and to participate in the process of naming.
PITCHES:
Increase discoverability through crowdsourcing and linked open data
Consuming Linked Open Data (LOD)
Developing Linked Data/Linked Open Data Strategies for Community-Based Archives
Connecting Community-Based Collections to the DPLA
Safe and Affordable Archives for Activist Media
Harmonizing Oral History Programs in NYC’s Public Library Systems
Bringing the Web into the Archive: A Social Media and Institutional Website Preservation Inquiry
Open Referral Social Services Directory
Inclusivity and Diversity in the Profession and Beyond
Examine solutions for systemic change in the profession–how we hire, work, collect, and connect. Develop initiatives and identify practical solutions to ensure effective representation and inclusion of diverse individuals and communities.
PITCHES:
Overcoming Barriers to Representative Libraries
Building a More Inclusive Profession
Developing Linked Data/Linked Open Data Strategies for Community-Based Archives
Connecting Community-Based Collections to the DPLA
Developing and Implementing Meaningful Outcomes Measurements
Targeting services through demographic research
Creating access through print collections: the role of books and print literacy today
Transforming Workflows, Procedures, and Organizational Culture
Consider ways of embedding new workflows and work practices into existing duties of staff. Evaluate resources, develop training materials, and create realistic solutions that will enable libraries, archives, and museums to effectively address the needs of collections, staff, and users in the 21st century.
PITCHES:
Making born digital records management easy
Practical Email Archiving for Cultural Institutions
Safe and Affordable Archives for Activist Media
Mass digitization best practices and workflows
How to Overcome the Strategy Gap?
Holistic tools for use and usage data
Minimal Computing in Libraries
Assistance with Implementing IIIF (International Image Interoperability Framework)
ArchivesSpace Collections Assessment Plug-in
Develop an API for Past Perfect Museum Software
Help the NYU Health Sciences Library leverage our data
Developing Altmetrics Standards
Customer Communication Re-assessment
AudioVisual Preservation Curriculum Development
Community Lab
Identify tools and necessary resources, build curricula, deliver programming, and design space requirements for a centralized hands-on learning and teaching laboratory.
PITCHES:
If You Build It, They Will Come…
21st Century Challenges for Teaching and Learning in Libraries
Hidden Gems – Let’s discover together the amazing ways we share
Technology-related Searchable Digital Repository (Catalog)