Bagley, Caitlin A.

Makerspaces : top trailblazing projects / Caitlin A. Bagley. - ix, 114 pages ; 23 cm. - LITA guide . - LITA guides. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

About makerspaces: Concerns and considerations -- Anchorage Public Library -- Brooklyn Public Library -- Carnegie Public Library -- Cleveland Public Library -- Georgia Institute of Technology -- Mesa Public Library, Red Mountain -- Michigan Makers Group -- Urbana Free Library -- Valdosta State University, Odom Library.

Spaces that have been designed to allow users to create, build, and learn new projects and technologies, makerspaces employ a variety of tools. From crochet and painting to AutoCAD design software, developing a community around shared use of space and equipment -- a tenet of the makerspace movement -- fits squarely into a library's mission. Bagley examines nine makerspaces in public, academic, and school libraries, describing their design and technical decisions in depth and showing how each is doing something unique and different, under a wide range of budgets and project offerings.

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Libraries--Activity programs--United States--Case studies.
Makerspaces--United States--Case studies.
Do-it-yourself work.
Workshops.
Makerspaces.
Public services (Libraries)--United States--Case studies.
Libraries and continuing education--United States--Case studies.
Libraries and community--United States--Case studies.
Do-it-yourself work.
Libraries--Activity programs.
Libraries and community.
Libraries and continuing education.
Makerspaces.
Public services (Libraries)
Workshops.


United States.


Case studies.

Z716.33 / .B34 2014

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