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Edward Iglesias
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The document discusses the concept of a makerspace and proposes establishing one at the Central Connecticut State University Library. A makerspace is a community space where people can gather to work on projects using tools and expertise. The library sees a makerspace as aligning with its strategic direction of facilitating knowledge creation and inspiring learning by providing a space for students and faculty to create and collaborate on projects.

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Towards a Makerspace Presented by Edward Iglesias Systems Librarian Central Connecticut State University
What is it? • “Makerspaces organize tools, materials and expertise to help a community of people work on projects” – What Makes a Maker Space Panel Discussion on Make: Live Stage at World Maker Faire 2012 • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFIyQ9SBeWU
What is it? Continued
Libraries are Aware • LITA Forum 2013 Call for Proposals • Possible ideas for topics might include: • Maker spaces/Maker Movement – Creation of New Library Spaces – Data Curation – Discovery – User Experience – Web Services – Coding – Digital Libraries – Institutional Repositories » http://www.ala.org/lita/conferences/forum/2013
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'Makerspace' event helps kick off U.S. Department of Education bus tour across America The MENTOR Makerspace program has a goal of introducing low-cost makerspaces into 1,000 high schools over the next three years. It will provide information and training for teachers along with software design tools and hardware for use in a school environment. The first round of 10 pilot schools are located in Northern California.
In other words
Why? “From collections to connections”– David Lankes
“It from Bit” • “Otherwise put, every it – every particle, every field of force, even the spacetime continuum itself – derives its function, its meaning, its very existence entirely – even if in some contexts indirectly – from the apparatus-elicited answers to yes-or-no questions, binary choices, bits. • It from bit symbolizes the idea that every item of the physical world has at bottom – at a very deep bottom, in most instances – an immaterial source and explanation; that which we call reality arises in the last analysis from the posing of yes-no questions and the registering of equipment-evoked responses; in short, that all things physical are information-theoretic in origin and this is a participatory universe.”---John Archibald Wheeler
Space for Creation, Not Just Consumption Maker spaces promote learning through play; have the potential to demystify science, math, technology, and engineering; and encourage women and under-represented minorities to seek careers in those fields. – http://www.thedigitalshift.com/2012/10/public-services/the- makings-of-maker-spaces-part-1-space-for-creation-not-just- consumption/
A Maker Space and CCSU Library’s Strategic Direction A new 21st century mission: “The Elihu Burritt Library … satisfies the 21st century learning and research needs of its community of learners by facilitating knowledge creation, inspiring intellectual curiosity and lifelong learning.”
So You Wanna Build a Makerspace?
What Fayetteville has
De La Mare(University of Nevada, Reno) • 2 3D printers, a 3D scanner • 2 button makers, • about a dozen arduino kits, soldering kits, • AR Drones • We've converted a lot of the space that once held books to make room for collaborative space and entire walls painted in whiteboard paint. • We've held a lockpicking workshop in partnership with Reno's local • makerspace, Bridgewire: http://www.renobridgewire.org/, here in the library where over 80 people attended. We worked with them to offer a student membership as well.
Things to Keep in Mind • Do your users want it? • Where will you put it? • Noise? • Power?
Planning is Important
What are your strengths
Kindle Pi
Whatever you’re good at.
Espresso Book Machine?
Natural Allies • Robotics • Engineering • Biology All can use a 3D printer • Chemistry • Art
You Need a 3D Printer
The Past (2011) • Watch this video • http://youtu.be/HCXlJ36x-q0
The Present • Archive of Makerspaces: A New Wave of Library Services http://alatechsource.org/blog/2012/10/archive-of- makerspaces-a-new-wave-of-library-services-westport- ct-public-library.html
The Future? • Prepare for ubiquity. As omnipresent as printers. • Focus on design. • If you don’t provide this service, others will.
Staples to Offer In-Store 3D Printing • Soon, Staples customers will be able to peruse office supplies while waiting for their 3D project to be printed. • The big-box store announced this week that its Printing Systems Division will work with Mcor Technologies Ltd. to launch a new 3D printing service, dubbed "Staples Easy 3D." • The program, however, will initially only have limited availability in the Netherlands and Belgium – http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2412697,00.asp
They aren’t kidding around • Watch this video • http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=play er_embedded&v=bnn-ACoMw4w
3D Printed items from Makerbot
Thingiverse
Resources • Online resource for librarian makers – http://www.makerlibrarian.com/ • The magazine you need to read – http://makezine.com/ • My links to various sites – https://pinboard.in/u:edwardiglesias/t:makerspac e/ – Very cool flickr stream from UNR – http://www.flickr.com/photos/dstl_unr
Suggested readings
Roadmap • Ask you users • Have a Fair • Contact other stakeholders • Do it
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  • 1. Towards a Makerspace Presented by Edward Iglesias Systems Librarian Central Connecticut State University
  • 2. What is it? • “Makerspaces organize tools, materials and expertise to help a community of people work on projects” – What Makes a Maker Space Panel Discussion on Make: Live Stage at World Maker Faire 2012 • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFIyQ9SBeWU
  • 3. What is it? Continued
  • 4. Libraries are Aware • LITA Forum 2013 Call for Proposals • Possible ideas for topics might include: • Maker spaces/Maker Movement – Creation of New Library Spaces – Data Curation – Discovery – User Experience – Web Services – Coding – Digital Libraries – Institutional Repositories » http://www.ala.org/lita/conferences/forum/2013
  • 6. 'Makerspace' event helps kick off U.S. Department of Education bus tour across America The MENTOR Makerspace program has a goal of introducing low-cost makerspaces into 1,000 high schools over the next three years. It will provide information and training for teachers along with software design tools and hardware for use in a school environment. The first round of 10 pilot schools are located in Northern California.
  • 8. Why? “From collections to connections”– David Lankes
  • 9. “It from Bit” • “Otherwise put, every it – every particle, every field of force, even the spacetime continuum itself – derives its function, its meaning, its very existence entirely – even if in some contexts indirectly – from the apparatus-elicited answers to yes-or-no questions, binary choices, bits. • It from bit symbolizes the idea that every item of the physical world has at bottom – at a very deep bottom, in most instances – an immaterial source and explanation; that which we call reality arises in the last analysis from the posing of yes-no questions and the registering of equipment-evoked responses; in short, that all things physical are information-theoretic in origin and this is a participatory universe.”---John Archibald Wheeler
  • 10. Space for Creation, Not Just Consumption Maker spaces promote learning through play; have the potential to demystify science, math, technology, and engineering; and encourage women and under-represented minorities to seek careers in those fields. – http://www.thedigitalshift.com/2012/10/public-services/the- makings-of-maker-spaces-part-1-space-for-creation-not-just- consumption/
  • 11. A Maker Space and CCSU Library’s Strategic Direction A new 21st century mission: “The Elihu Burritt Library … satisfies the 21st century learning and research needs of its community of learners by facilitating knowledge creation, inspiring intellectual curiosity and lifelong learning.”
  • 12. So You Wanna Build a Makerspace?
  • 14. De La Mare(University of Nevada, Reno) • 2 3D printers, a 3D scanner • 2 button makers, • about a dozen arduino kits, soldering kits, • AR Drones • We've converted a lot of the space that once held books to make room for collaborative space and entire walls painted in whiteboard paint. • We've held a lockpicking workshop in partnership with Reno's local • makerspace, Bridgewire: http://www.renobridgewire.org/, here in the library where over 80 people attended. We worked with them to offer a student membership as well.
  • 15. Things to Keep in Mind • Do your users want it? • Where will you put it? • Noise? • Power?
  • 17. What are your strengths
  • 21. Natural Allies • Robotics • Engineering • Biology All can use a 3D printer • Chemistry • Art
  • 22. You Need a 3D Printer
  • 23. The Past (2011) • Watch this video • http://youtu.be/HCXlJ36x-q0
  • 24. The Present • Archive of Makerspaces: A New Wave of Library Services http://alatechsource.org/blog/2012/10/archive-of- makerspaces-a-new-wave-of-library-services-westport- ct-public-library.html
  • 25. The Future? • Prepare for ubiquity. As omnipresent as printers. • Focus on design. • If you don’t provide this service, others will.
  • 26. Staples to Offer In-Store 3D Printing • Soon, Staples customers will be able to peruse office supplies while waiting for their 3D project to be printed. • The big-box store announced this week that its Printing Systems Division will work with Mcor Technologies Ltd. to launch a new 3D printing service, dubbed "Staples Easy 3D." • The program, however, will initially only have limited availability in the Netherlands and Belgium – http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2412697,00.asp
  • 27. They aren’t kidding around • Watch this video • http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=play er_embedded&v=bnn-ACoMw4w
  • 28. 3D Printed items from Makerbot
  • 30. Resources • Online resource for librarian makers – http://www.makerlibrarian.com/ • The magazine you need to read – http://makezine.com/ • My links to various sites – https://pinboard.in/u:edwardiglesias/t:makerspac e/ – Very cool flickr stream from UNR – http://www.flickr.com/photos/dstl_unr
  • 32. Roadmap • Ask you users • Have a Fair • Contact other stakeholders • Do it

Editor's Notes

  1. ----- Meeting Notes (12/6/12 10:18) -----Westport
  2. https://www.edsurge.com/n/makerspace-event-helps-kick-off-u-s-department-of-education-bus-tour-across-america
  3. Why do maker spaces belong in libraries?Westport's observation that their patrons interactions with the library were changing- people arriving to programs earlier and staying later, they are forming their own groups-- the library was becoming a platform for learning -- Westport created the conditions where these sorts of interactions are possible."From collections to connections" David Lankes          Bad libraries build collections, good libraries build services, great libraries build communitiesThese trends reflect our society's move toward participatory culture -- shift away for passively consuming knowledge to becoming active participants in the creation of new knowledge by making things (even if they're only contributing to a kickstarter project)
  4. This is our new vision statement developed along with a new strategic plan. We think there’s most certainly a place for maker culture in our library.
  5. Already obsoleteNew replicatorOther stuff you probably already have.
  6. Public Libraries, 3D Printing, FabLabs and Hackerspaces
  7. ----- Meeting Notes (12/6/12 10:39) -----Great set of webinars