Library Locator

Building literacy through the community, for the community, by the community.

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Inspiration

One of our teammates is an English major, so this issue of child literacy is close to her heart.

What it does

Our program can both take a zip code and display libraries around the user, but also can take inputs from the user in order to establish library locations for other people to access.

How we built it

We used html and css to build a website around the Google Maps API for location services.

Challenges we ran into

This was all of our first time doing HackRice, so simply getting used to the new coding environment and the use of new tools was very challenging.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

The Google Maps API was very challenging to use at first and required a lot of tweaking, but we eventually got it mostly integrated into the webpage.

What we learned

With a little work and a lot of effort learning new skills in the coding world is not impossible, even within a short amount of time.

What's next for Library Locator

In the future, we hope to make the interface more user-friendly and accessible, as well as include an accountability system so that libraries need multiple corroborations in order to appear on the map.

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