Concept Zines — June 2026

A five-part concept-zine series on the library's data work — dbt, chimpy-reader, and the data lake tier by tier. Each one a printable fold-up zine. Scan, fold, dub & pass it on.

#1 · dbt, explained

dbt, explained with our OverDrive checkouts — the transformation layer, in plain language.

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#2 · CHIMPY-READER: This Is Ours

Curated reading lists, matched to the catalog and served from a node of our own.

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#3 · Bronze · Silver · Gold

The medallion architecture, explained — how raw data is refined into ready-to-use marts.

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#4 · Where It's Headed

The lake roadmap — what's shipped, what's in flight, and the horizon worth aiming at.

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#5 · What's In the Lake

The lake's schemas, tier by tier — with the complete live schema (every view, every column) on the back.

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