SPLAT - Special Projects Library Action Team

After more than 2 years of testing and reiterating, we're thrilled to share SPLAT's Things From Future Libraries toolkit with the world! Just in time for World Futures Day on March 1st. Click the link to see how you can run this 2-hour participatory design event at your library!

New “Things From Future Libraries” toolkit from SPLAT! Have you ever visited a library to use their Talkbox and Shello Machine? How about borrowing a pair of Dorothy Detector shoes to test your soil? Don’t worry if you answered “No.” to both of those questions! These are items and services imagined and prototyped during a Things From Futures Libra...

We had a grand time learning together at LibLearnX over the weekend! Subscribe to the Curiosity Report to dive into our learnings in upcoming issues. Subscribing is also the best way to know when our NEW Things From Future Libraries toolkit goes live in February! https://libraries.idaho.gov/publications/splat-curiosity-report/

Congrats to SPLAT member Eric Hovey and his colleagues at the Victory Branch Library! 🥳

Congratulations to our Victory Branch Library for receiving the Hometown Hero award from Modern Woodmen of America, an award that honors those who make an impact in their hometown. Victory Branch was selected by local community members and the organization for their impeccable service and dedication to the their community. Thank you for all you do!

We had a great time learning about Peeka VR during our 2-day meeting! Can't wait to see how libraries in Idaho bring this reading experience to their communities.

we had a blast working with the technology specialists at the idaho commission for libraries!