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LG -07 -14 -0067 City of Santa Ana LG- Statement of Need IMLS Completed Review Report This proposal focuses on the increasing diversity in four communities and how to connect with those immigrant communities using the library as an anchor. By engaging with the teenagers in immigrant communities to research and record migration stories, Memories of Migration will preserve these important histories and make them available to the larger community. More importantly, the project aims to make immigrants feel more connected to their local community, train them in STEM fields, increase digital literacy, and have libraries serve as community anchors. LG- Impact This project stands to have a significant impact within the four communities taking part-Santa Ana, CA; Queens, NY; West Hartford, CT; and New Mexico. It also is designed to be scalable for other communities that may want to adopt it or parts of it. Its focus on collaboration seems designed to support other communities that might want to implement Memories of Migration. It is less clear that the project can be broadly adapted for other subjects. The applicants may want to consider which parts of this project could be used for a focus besides immigrant communities and their migration histories. It seems that many of the pieces of this project could be used for community engagement based around different topics such as urban development or architectural history. LG- Project Design This is an ambitious project that has many moving parts. I have some concerns about the ability to successfully manage and coordinate a project of this size spread across the county in four different communities. The project management will have to be carefully attended to in order to make sure that the goals are being successfully met and the budget allocations are in line with this proposal. Clearly time and attention went into this very detailed proposal; that same time and attention will be necessary throughout the project to keep its many parts on track. LG- Project Resources: Personnel, Time, Budget The work of the project seems reasonably spread across the four participating communities, and the main people have allotted what seems to be a significant amount of time to handle the work items. The work also seems to be spread across many people, not the responsibility of just a few. Much of the budget is covered through cost share. The participating organizations will need to be mindful that the cost share funds are being appropriately allocated and match with the work being done. Both the amount of money allocated and the number of people involved will need careful oversight. LG- Communications Plan The project has a multi- tiered communications strategy that should help it reach a large audience. It seems ideally suited to take advantage of social media for its communication because it would help target the teenage population they are working with. Tools such as Twitter and Facebook that teenagers are comfortable with would allow them to spread the word about the project and share tips and suggestions. I would suggest that the applicants consider a hashtag that could be used by teenagers in the four communities to communicate with each other about their work and progress. LG-Susta inability I have some concerns about how the individual libraries are going to maintain the digital portion of this project. The proposal notes that the Internet Archive will handle the long -term digital preservation of the material. However, the project will only be hosted on Historypin for a year beyond the grant timeframe; it is unclear what will happen after that time. It is also unclear how new technologies and formats will be integrated into the project over time or how the content might be migrated to different technologies when necessary. The applicants need to give more thought to the maintenance and upkeep of the websites over the long term so the websites do not become abandone�ftu years '• ; + ® °s ••••;: INSTITUTE of tt� 1Y useuma.libriaiy SERVICES e s LG -07 -14 -0067 City of Santa Ana LG- Statement of Need IMLS Completed Review Report This proposal focuses on the increasing diversity in four communities and how to connect with those immigrant communities using the library as an anchor. By engaging with the teenagers in immigrant communities to research and record migration stories, Memories of Migration will preserve these important histories and make them available to the larger community. More importantly, the project aims to make immigrants feel more connected to their local community, train them in STEM fields, increase digital literacy, and have libraries serve as community anchors. LG- Impact This project stands to have a significant impact within the four communities taking part-Santa Ana, CA; Queens, NY; West Hartford, CT; and New Mexico. It also is designed to be scalable for other communities that may want to adopt it or parts of it. Its focus on collaboration seems designed to support other communities that might want to implement Memories of Migration. It is less clear that the project can be broadly adapted for other subjects. The applicants may want to consider which parts of this project could be used for a focus besides immigrant communities and their migration histories. It seems that many of the pieces of this project could be used for community engagement based around different topics such as urban development or architectural history. LG- Project Design This is an ambitious project that has many moving parts. I have some concerns about the ability to successfully manage and coordinate a project of this size spread across the county in four different communities. The project management will have to be carefully attended to in order to make sure that the goals are being successfully met and the budget allocations are in line with this proposal. Clearly time and attention went into this very detailed proposal; that same time and attention will be necessary throughout the project to keep its many parts on track. LG- Project Resources: Personnel, Time, Budget The work of the project seems reasonably spread across the four participating communities, and the main people have allotted what seems to be a significant amount of time to handle the work items. The work also seems to be spread across many people, not the responsibility of just a few. Much of the budget is covered through cost share. The participating organizations will need to be mindful that the cost share funds are being appropriately allocated and match with the work being done. Both the amount of money allocated and the number of people involved will need careful oversight. LG- Communications Plan The project has a multi- tiered communications strategy that should help it reach a large audience. It seems ideally suited to take advantage of social media for its communication because it would help target the teenage population they are working with. Tools such as Twitter and Facebook that teenagers are comfortable with would allow them to spread the word about the project and share tips and suggestions. I would suggest that the applicants consider a hashtag that could be used by teenagers in the four communities to communicate with each other about their work and progress. LG-Susta inability I have some concerns about how the individual libraries are going to maintain the digital portion of this project. The proposal notes that the Internet Archive will handle the long -term digital preservation of the material. However, the project will only be hosted on Historypin for a year beyond the grant timeframe; it is unclear what will happen after that time. It is also unclear how new technologies and formats will be integrated into the project over time or how the content might be migrated to different technologies when necessary. The applicants need to give more thought to the maintenance and upkeep of the websites over the long term so the websites do not become abandone�ftu years