The Work of CIRCL

 

CIRCL is currently being developed and advanced through working groups. Working groups (and all of CIRCL) are managed in Slack. For access to the Slack workspace contact rdlankes@utexas.edu:

Partnerships and Governance

Grant Writing

Environmental Scan

State Libraries and AI Technologies 

CIRCL is a network of organizations working together to increase the capacity and impact of rural libraries. The following is a list of projects where CIRCL partners are working together. These are not CIRCL projects or projects funded by CIRCL, but projects funded by individual partners that ultimately support the goal of increasing capacity and impact of rural libraries. 

Texas State Library and Archives Commission with The University of Texas at Austin

  1. Develop and deliver training for TSLAC staff about developing outcome measurement strategies
  2. Explore the value of certification to rural and small library staff

 

Work Group Updates

AI Literacy and Public Sector AI are a Match (Libraries in Response)

"Ever more systems of artificial intelligence – with apparent inescapability – are being established in ever more parts of our lives, cultures, and societies. CPDP2024 puts accelerating complexity of AI at the centre stage, with the underlying question: Is AI...