SPLAT - Special Projects Library Action Team

02/21/2025

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!

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...

01/29/2025

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/

09/24/2024

SPLAT Reunion at ILA!

Are you a former SPLAT member? Are you a current SPLAT member? Maybe you’re curious about what you might get out of joining SPLAT? Well, do I have an opportunity for you!

What: SPLAT Reunion at ILA’s Bingo Night. If you have a SPLAT shirt, wear it! If not, dig out your favorite library related shirt instead. Bingo cards are $5 each. You do not have to be registered for the ILA Conference to attend this event.
Where: Shrine Social Club, 1118 W Idaho St, Boise
When: Friday, October 11th, 6:30-8:30pm

PS If you know someone who used to be on SPLAT, please forward this invite to them!

01/16/2024

We're accepting applications for new members!

Idaho libraries are the nexus of global information, innovative services and community, enabling us to sustain our history, empower our present, and create our future.Do you enjoy reading the Curiosity Report? Do you see change as an opportunity to learn and grow? Are

04/26/2023

VERY excited to share the result of what our group has been up to for the last couple of years, the Futures Thinking Toolkit for libraries!

How often do you say the word “future” while at work? Why don’t we talk about the future more? Futures thinking is a system to think about the future by imagining different possibilities for what it could be like and moving toward your preferred future. Why is this important? Because by consid...

04/17/2023

01/24/2023

SPLAT wants YOU to apply to be a new member!

Do you enjoy reading the Curiosity Report? Do you see change as an opportunity to learn and grow? Do you find yourself going with the flow when things don't go as planned? Great, you should apply to be one of two (2) new SPLAT members!What is SPLAT?The

10/31/2022

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!

08/19/2022

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!

06/17/2022

The newest issue of the Curiosity Report is all about gatherings and bannings. Enjoy! https://tinyletter.com/SPLAT-Idaho/letters/splat-curiosity-report-volume-12-issue-1