The WashU Libraries Summer Diversity Internship for High School Students is a new internship program and is also an integral part of the Library’s commitment to inclusion, diversity, equity, and access (IDEA). This is a 2-week in-person paid internship for students who have completed their junior year of high school and the College Prep Program.
Revisit and reconstruct the history of Asian Americans in Saint Louis utilizing an intuitive digital humanities tool, ArcGIS StoryMap. The story map, called Asia in Saint Louis, comprises images, interactive maps, narratives, and interview videos, and is conceptualized and structured around the four themes/sections: Historical traces, early Chinese Americans, early Japanese Americans, and Asian American civil rights. The story map will use primary sources from four local historical societies and archives: Washington University Libraries Special Collections, Missouri Historical Society, State Historical Society of Missouri-Saint Louis, and National Archives in Kansas City.
The St. Louis Regional Library Network (SLRLN) is a regional organization consisting of 66 libraries in Missouri and Illinois who share resources and training opportunities. Details
Special Collections partnered with the St. Louis LGBT History Project to support the preservation of LGBT artifacts and offer educational programming, with a focus on highlighting the pivotal role WUSTL faculty, alumni, and students have played in LGBT life since the 1800s.We have collaborated with St. Louis LGBT History Project on the Mapping LGBTQ St. Louis Project
St. Louis GIS Users Group (SLUG) is a group of GIS professionals across all disciplines in the St. Louis area that meets quarterly to discuss applications of spatial technology and solutions. Data Servuces staff attend these meetings and other related events to interact with GIS counterparts and receive training. This organization also serves as a link between Data Services staff and organizations from which University users frequently request spatial data.
The Newman Exploration Travel Fund (NEXT) aims to support students, faculty, and staff on the Danforth, North, and West Campuses who wish to explore this vast universe.
The Missouri Geographic Systems Advisory Council (MGISAC) is a statewide committee formed under Missouri’s Chief Information Officer with the goal of fostering cooperation between state agencies in the field of geospatial technologies. The group holds monthly meetings and occasional conferences and trainings with the purpose of setting standards for the production and use of spatial data in the state as well as advising on the direction of the Missouri Spatial Data Information Service (MSDIS). MSDIS is an important spatial data resource for a large number of University students and researchers.
Starting in 2017 and continuing each fall, KIPP St. Louis has requested the production of a series of static maps showing the locations of their school buildings and the home addresses of the students who attend each school. KIPP staff send an anonymized list of addresses and the school associated with the students at each address. The student and school addresses are geocoded to create spatial points for display on a map. Each school has its own map and an overall map with all schools and student locations is generated as well, resulting in a set of seven or eight maps. Maps are provided to the KIPP St. Louis staff in different formats and sizes, suitable for a variety of uses. As with any map that displays individual addresses, the KIPP staff are advised to use the maps for internal purposes only and not to display publicly.
The Humanities, Arts, Science and Technology Alliance and Collaboratory (HASTAC) Scholars fellowship program is an innovative student-driven community of graduate and undergraduate students. Scholars come from dozens of disciplines and have been sponsored by over 200 colleges and universities—ranging from small liberal arts colleges to large Research 1 institutions. WashU will select two graduate scholars to complete a two-year appointment. Each Scholar will receive a stipend and sponsorship in the 2024 summer Humanities Digital Workshop and sponsorship for the 2025 HASTAC conference.
The Expanding Diversity in Academic Librarianship internship programs are an integral part of the Libraries’ commitment to inclusion, diversity, equity, and access (IDEA) and contribute to a national effort to increase the number of diverse students who obtain Masters’ degrees in library and information studies. The programs will introduce students of color to libraries and library services, which are fundamental to college academic success, and encourage the students to consider academic librarianship as a career.