Interested in creating a Makerspace in your library? This program will discuss what a Makerspace is, how libraries of all types create and share Makerspaces with library customers and the community and feedback from users. Libraries are a much needed and often used third space, which are ideal for community Makerspaces to collaborate and encourage creativity among all users. There will be gadgets, hands-on demos and group discussion on the nuts & bolts necessary for Makerspace in the library as well as what products should be found in successful Makerspaces. Gordon Wyant will share how his library successfully wrote a grant for a 3D printer, and Michael Sauers will demo a range of new gadgets including a Raspberry Pi and LibraryBox.
Presenters: Marcia Dority Baker, University of Nebraska College of Law Library, Lincoln; Michael Sauers, Nebraska Library Commission; Gordon Wyant, Bellevue Public Library.
via Tinkers, Printers & Makers: Makerspaces in the Library | The Travelin’ Librarian
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Read: 10 Wearable Tech Gadgets Librarians (and everyone else!) Will Love | Ellyssa Kroski – OEDB.org.
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via Run-n-Read keeps e-book text steady while you’re on the treadmill | Engadget
See the Weartrons Run-n-Read crowdfunding campaign.
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