This is My Town: Developing a Community Profile to Better Understand a Location

This seminar will provide an overview for doing a community profile for a specific area or community.  Library experts from Business, Government information, and the Southwest Collection will illustrate how to best use available resources to develop an in-depth community profile.  This workshop would be useful for classes in business, mass media, nursing, history, etc. or any class that needs to do in-depth research on a community or site.  Resources will include statistical databases, private/local/state/federal/international statistics, etc. Lubbock will be used as an example. 

• Learning Outcomes:

• Students will learn how to effectively develop a community profile.

• Students will understand what resources are available including, but not limited to, government sources, commercial resources, etc.

• Students will understand the role of Personal librarians and Southwest Collection Staff in assisting with research a community profile. 

   

• Dates/Times: Tuesday, February 28, noon-1:30

• Audience: All graduate and undergraduate students primarily in the Social Sciences and Humanities.

Presenters: Freedonia Paschall, Tom Rohrig, Jake Syma