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“The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be lit.”
- Plutarch
MAKER SPACESLAUREN BRITTON AND KEN ROBERTS
Introduction
Mandate of Libraries/Relevant Trends
Definitions/Possibilities
Is there a right “fit” for your library system?
Common issues and barriers
MAKER SPACES
The Mission of Your Library
HamiltonFreedom to Discover
Chattanooga Public Library. . . .the community’s catalyst for lifelong learning.
The Mandate of Your Library
Do you provide:
the word(s), the facts, the format(s), the tool(s),
or
Do you enable:
discovery and the process of discovery?
The Introduction of Public Access Computers 1. Many models were tried (experimentation Stage).
2. Public enthusiasm but resistance within the profession (Is this really our role?).
3. Codification of common model (blocks of time for individual research).
4. Slow modification of the common model.
There are . . .
Makerspaces
Fab Labs
Hacker Spaces
Discovery Centers
Innovation Hubs
YouMedia Centers
Mix and Match
Copenhagen Public Library
An instrument zone where customers can pick up an instrument and begin to play.\
By toggling a switch, they can play together.
There is no booking.
There are no time limits.
Malmo Public Library (Sweden)
A Discovery Center where customers bring projects to the library, review their project needs with staff and then either learn to use the necessary software or book blocks of time on computers with excellent multi-media capabilities (including scanners) to complete their projects.
The gentleman in the slide wants to do a family history website.
Amsterdam Public Library
Music Editing Room – quality space with high visibility.
It is only empty because the library is not yet open.
Again, the emphasis is on assisting people with their creative projects.
Chicago’s Youmedia Center
Designed using MacArthur Foundation research that identifies ways that young adults like to learn:
Peer Learning/Sharing skills
On-Line activities
Gaming
Exploration/Discovery
Living and Learning with New Media
Edmonton Public Library
A Maker Space with Espresso printing, music editing, green screen, 3D printing, Lego robotics, etc.
2,500 square feet.
Staff who are constantly on-the-move, helping customers to get started with projects.
Active and busy and noisy.
Many Makerspaces are in smaller libraries
Innisfil Public Library (located an hour north of Toronto with a population of about 35,000) has a Makerspace and, building on its connection to creativity, has an Artist—in-Residence program.
Innisfil recently had a Tinker-In-Residence.
Those that participate in the creation of their culture and engage with our democracy
Those that consume culture and have little voice in our democracy
Is there an emerging new Divide?
http://makeitatyourlibrary.orghttp://www.instructables.comhttp://makezine.comhttp://tinkerlab.comhttp://www.exploratorium.eduhttp://www.modernparentsmessykids.com
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