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Making It Real: Why a

Makerspace Might Make

Sense for Your Library

John Burke

Miami University Middletown OLSSI 2015

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Any makers out there?

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What are makerspaces?

● A place, or not ● Shared knowledge ● Shared tools ● Hands-on learning ● Co-working

● Open design culture

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● hackerspace ● FabLab

● TechShop

● makerspace (or maker space)

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Let’s make something!

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Maker movement motivations

● “Maker Movement Manifesto”

● Lone makers → collaborative settings ● Teaching/guiding

● Sharing ideas and designs ● Co-working on projects

● Tinkering and play

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Why libraries as a location?

● Making is already part of our mission ● Libraries are already makerspaces ● A community space

● Support education and STEM

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Why might a library want one?

● Hands-on learning ● Co-working ● Self-directed learning ● STEM education ● Prototyping ● Tinkering ● Open culture

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Library Makerspaces Survey

● October/November 2013 ● 14 questions

● 109 respondents

● 51% public, 36% academic, 9% school ● 30 U.S. states, 7 other countries

● 46% had less than 1 year of operation ● 11% 2+ years of operation

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What do people make in them?

Technology or Activity #/libraries % of all respondents

Computer workstations 73 67%

3D printing 50 46%

Photo editing 49 45%

Video editing 47 43%

Computer programming/software 43 39%

Art and crafts 40 37%

Scanning photos to digital 39 36%

Creating a website or online portfolio 37 34%

Digital music recording 36 33%

3D modeling 34 31%

Arduino/Raspberry Pi 33 30%

Other 33 30%

Animation 31 28%

High quality scanner 31 28%

Tinkering 28 26%

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Motivation responses

“When people ask you why you have a makerspace, what do you tell them?” 90 respondents answered

Coded responses into categories

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Sample responses

“We want to provide an on-ramp to the larger Maker Movement, as well providing the

community access to technology beyond items normally purchased for home use.”

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“The library needs to support all literacies and encourage students to become content

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“I say that the whole library is a makerspace, we just make scholarship.”

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“3D printing is as game changing today as the printing press was in 1450. We simply must make this technology freely available so that our citizens can have the opportunity to master it, lest they be mastered by it.”

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“So there is a free community spot to create

and get to know other community members. To share expertise and learn from one another.”

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“Not only do we continue to do the important work of preservation and access as we have done all along, but increasingly there is an expectation that libraries will support content creation.”

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Most popular motivations

● Learning (34) ● Collaboration (25) ● Access (23) ● Expanding services (18) ● Library mission (16) ● Individual creation (15)

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Least common motivations

● Cross-curricular/multi-disciplinary (4) ● Business/workforce development (4) ● Teens/kids (7) ● 21st century (7) ● STEM (9) ● Hands-on (10)

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Differences by library type

Academic

(learning, access, collaboration, library mission)

Public

(learning, collaboration, access, expanding library services, library mission, individual creation)

School

(tinkering, learning, individual creation, cross-curricular, collaboration, STEM)

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Why consider a

makerspace?

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The library’s mission

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Community needs

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Access to services/materials/skills

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Possible funding sources

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Library administration support

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Collaborative partnerships

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Staff interest/experience

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Questions to answer

about your makerspace

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Clean or dirty? Or both?

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An open lab, or classes/workshops?

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Staffed, or checked/maintained?

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Noisy?

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Dedicated space, or mobile making?

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In-house, or circulating technology?

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Funding: budget, fees, grants?

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Time, space, money,

interest in experiential

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1. One-off activities 2. Ongoing meetups

3. Temporary tools and kits 4. Clean labs

5. Dirty labs

Good, Travis. 2013. “Making Makerspace Libraries.” ILEADUSA2013. YouTube. March 28. http: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=WV_Eu5Kz1cA&feature=youtu.be

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Additional resources

● Makerspaces in Libraries Survey Results ● Makerspace Resources

● Makerspaces: A Practical Guide for Librarians (Rowman & Littlefield, 2014)

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Questions?

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References

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