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Megan Lotts, Art Librarian , Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
On the Road Playing with LEGO, and Learning about the Library: The Rutgers Art Library LEGO playing Station, Part two.
BIO
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RESEARCH INTERESTS
@MCLotts
LEGO IS EVERYWHERE
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Photo credit Megan Lotts
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LEGO IN HIGHER EDUCATION
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LEGO IN ACADEMIC LIBRARIES
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HOW IT ALL BEGAN
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LEGO: RUTGERS UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES
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POP-UP MAKERSPACES
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• Low cost.• Easy to put up, take
down, & store.• Foster creativity &
critical thinking skills.
• Create spontaneous community.
• Encourage cross-disciplinary collaboration.
#LEGOMAKE TOUR
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METHODS-LIBRARIES & PARTICIPANTS• Ball State• College of Willian & Mary• Eastern Illinois University• Illinois State University• Indiana State University• Indiana University• Miami University• Northern Illinois University• North Carolina State University• Ohio State• Penn State• Purdue• Southern Illinois University-Carbondale• University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill• University of North Carolina- Greensboro• University of North Carolina- Wilmington• University of Illinois- Springfield• University of Maryland• Virginia Commonwealth University
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METHODS-WORKSHOP
METHODS-WORKSHOP TWEETS
RESULTS & DISCUSSION (DATA COLLECTION)
RESULTS & DISCUSSION (SURVEY)
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RESULTS & DISCUSSION (SURVEY)
OBSERVATIONS
WHY DOES ANY OF THIS MATTER?
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FINAL THOUGHTS
QUESTIONS
Megan Lotts, MFA, M.L.I.S Art Librarian Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey (848)932-7189 [email protected]: @MCLottslink to work in RUcore http://soar.libraries.rutgers.edu/bib/Megan_Lotts/Art Library facebook page at: www.facebook.com/rutgersartlibrary
Twitter: @MCLotts
Lotts, Megan. “On the Road, Playing with LEGO, and Learning about the Library: The Rutgers Art Library Lego Playing Station, Part Two." Journal of Library Administration, Vol. 56, Iss.5 (Summer 2016).
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MY LEGO RESEARCHBook Chapters¢ Lotts, Megan, “Legos in the Library,” chapter 11 in The Maker Librarian’s Sourcebook, ed.
Elyssa Valenti (Chicago: American Libraries Association, 2017).
Peer-review articles¢ Lotts, Megan. “On the Road, Playing with LEGO, and Learning about the Library: The
Rutgers Art Library Lego Playing Station, Part Two." Journal of Library Administration, Vol. 56, Iss.5 (Summer 2016).
¢ Lotts, Megan. "Playing with LEGO, Learning about the Library and 'Making’ Campus Connections: The Rutgers Art Library Lego Playing Station, Part One." Journal of Library Administration, Vol. 56, Iss.4 (May 2016): 359-380.
¢ Lotts, Megan. “Lego® Play: Implementing a Culture of Creativity & Making in the Academic Library.” ACRL Conference Proceedings. (March 2015): 409-418.
Editor-review articles¢ Lotts, Megan. “Floating Castles, Legos, Candy, and Play: Counterplay 2016.” Library Hi
Tech News 33, no. 5 (June 2016).¢ Lotts, Megan. “Landscape Architecture students play with Legos to learn about the
library.” Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture AASL Column. (May 12, 2016). ¢ Lotts, Megan. "Implementing a culture of creativity: pop up making spaces and
participating events in academic libraries." College & Research Libraries News 76, no. 2(February 2015): 72-75.