Jared Dunn Field Report
Guide for Community Engagement Field Work Data Collection (LIS 418, Spring 2011)
This is a research guide for the collection of data while doing your community engagement internship. This is an example of the ever present need to combine practical activity with research and data collection. This is the life blood of community technologists and branch librarians. This form is to identify the minimum data required to have a plan for how to practice community engagement.
Researcher name and contact information:
Jared Dunn
jddunn@gmail.com
217.294.1102
1. The spatial community:
a. a map of relevant physical locations
Close Up
b. census data (neighborhood and city wide on constituency and issue specific data)
For the Census data, I focused in on the poverty and housing issues, as those are most directly relevant to Metanoia Centers’ work. All values are from the 2000 Census data.
| Census Product |
Census Tract 7 |
Champaign County |
| Population |
2,586 |
145,926 |
| % Caucasian |
43.1 |
78.8 |
| % African-American |
39.2 |
10.1 |
| % Hispanic |
5.9 |
2.2 |
| Median Household Income |
$28,468 |
$37.780 |
| % Unemployed |
7.0 |
3.7 |
| % Residents with High School Diploma or Higher |
70.4 |
91.0 |
| % Residents with Bachelor’s Degree or Higher |
7.5 |
38.0 |
| % Families below poverty level |
16.9 |
6.9 |
| % Individuals below poverty level |
19.3 |
16.1 |
| % in Management, professional, and related occupations |
17.4 |
42.2 |
| % Housing Rental |
43.2 |
44.3 |
| % Housing Owner-Occupied |
56.8 |
55.7 |
| % Total Housing Vacancy |
12.6 |
7.8 |
| Median Housing Value |
$49,200 |
$94,700 |
| Median Gross Rent |
$474 |
$540 |
| % Householders in same residence from 1995-2000 |
42.7 |
42.5 |
| % Householders in same county from 1995-2000 |
76.7 |
66.5 |
| % of Homes with No Telephone Service |
8.4 |
2.2 |
c. UC2B target area map
Wide Area
Close Up 
|