(2016). Making, makers, and makerspaces: A discourse analysis of professional journal articles and blog posts about makerspaces in public libraries. The Library Quarterly, 86, 313-329.Willett, R. (in press). Making, makers, and makerspaces: a discourse analysis of profession...
NY, with their design of the “public library of the future.” I had the opportunity to watch how delighted they were as their model took physical form on our MakerBot 3-D printer, a tangible example of knowledge creation now possible in libraries thanks to Maker spaces. ...
Filed Under: UncategorizedTagged With:(FPO),Maker Space,Makerspaces,Public Libraries,technology SLJ Reviews the littleBits STEAM Student Set ByThe Digital ShiftonMay 3, 2016 Want to see your students get excited about science, technology, and art? Tell them you have the design to build a throwi...
Survey results of professionals working in Makerspaces or Learning Labs in libraries in the United States are presented. Findings relate to (1) the participants' job responsibilities and competencies necessary to work in a Makerspace or Learning Lab; (2) their perceptions of the value of their ...
The DeLaMare Library at the University of Nevada, Reno, was one of the first academic libraries in the United States to implement makerspace – a library where novel services such as 3D printing and scanning became routine. Equipped with non-traditional library technology ranging from laser cutter...
It was exciting to see libraries step up to the plate earlier this year by shifting services in innovative and responsive ways to meet their communities’ needs. Take this story of South Huntington Public Library, which did what might have seemed unimaginable in 2019. As the entire nation...
— New Sarepta Library (@NSPublicLibrary) January 16, 2016 The New Sarepta Library in Alberta, Canada posted this video on twitter saying: Our new EggBot is up and running! Come check it out! We’re super happy to see libraries including our tools in their makerspaces.This...
They are located primarily in schools, libraries,museums and other public spaces. The book lays out a future where in the next decade fabrication stores will be located in most communities. Think FedEx Office/Kinko's, but for making physical goods. Twenty years or so into the future the...
a Maker space that resulted from the library’s commitment to community engagement and innovation. During this time, the library’s staff have been honored to speak about the Fab Lab and to explain not only its success but also the variety of challenges and assumptions that...
Ethnographic inquiry of makerspaces—from libraries to community hackerspaces—has afforded rich insights of the importance of studying the cultural contexts that shape membership and participation in makerspaces (e.g., Toombs et al. 2014; Whyte 2017). For example, Barton et al. (2017) ethnograp...