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An All-in-One Guide to the Maker Culture and 3D Printing | Ellyssa Kroski | OEDB.org

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The maker culture is a thriving movement amongst all types of people who want to create and design their own objects, crafts, or computer code.  This DIY community is using state-of-the-art technology such as 3D printers to design and craft their own 3D objects.  This introductory guide will give you an overview of today’s maker movement, resources for getting started, 3D printer reviews, links to actual project designs and instructions, maker publications, events, and directories, videos about 3D printing and maker culture, and an article list of resources about libraries and makerspaces.

Resources categorized into the following sections:

  • What is the Maker Movement?
  • Getting Started Guides
  • 3D Printers
  • 3D Projects
  • Maker Events
  • Makerspaces Directories
  • Maker Videos
  • Libraries and Makerspaces Resource List

Read: An All-in-One Guide to the Maker Culture and 3D Printing | Ellyssa Kroski | OEDB.org.

Why Is the NYPL Hosting Convicted Rapist Mike Tyson? | Flavorwire

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Opinion. Read: Why Is the NYPL Hosting Convicted Rapist Mike Tyson? | Flavorwire.

I appreciate the LIVE Director at the NYPL explained his stance for choosing MT as a guest when requested. He could have ignored the request or made a general statement.

Finding Libraries in Unexpected Places | BookRiot

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Highlighting libraries in unexpected places such as on donkeys, in supermarkets and in airports. Read: Finding Libraries in Unexpected Places | BookRiot.

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Libraries and communities | Pew Research Center

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Lee Rainie, the Project Director, describes the findings from the nationally representative survey that asked Americans what types of services they value in their libraries and what additional services they would like their libraries to offer.

Shhh! World’s most stunning libraries captured in new book that will leave you lost for words | Daily Mail Online

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Some stunning photos of libraries you likely have not seen before from Dr. James Campbell’s new book. See more: Shhh! World’s most stunning libraries captured in new book that will leave you lost for words | Daily Mail Online.

British academic Dr James Campbell visited more than 80 libraries in 20 countries for his new book The Library, the first complete history of library buildings ever to be written.

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The Library: A World History

Gaiman Lecture, Articles Commenting on Books and Libraries

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Articles based on remarks made delivering the second annual Reading Agency lecture on October 14, 2013 at the Barbican centre in London. Neil Gaiman delivers our second annual lecture | The Reading Agency. Here’s the full transcript.

Neil Gaiman: Why our future depends on libraries, reading and daydreaming | theguardian
A lecture explaining why using our imaginations, and providing for others to use theirs, is an obligation for all citizens.

Neil Gaiman: Let children read the books they love | theguardian
Author says physical books are here to stay during keynote speech on what he sees as future of books, reading and libraries.

Gaiman: Closing libraries ‘like stopping vaccinations’ | The Bookseller
Author Neil Gaiman has said that closing libraries is “like stopping vaccinations”, and that the “insidious” effects will be felt by our children.

Neil Gaiman: ‘No such thing as a bad book for children’ | BBC News
Fantasy author Neil Gaiman has said “snobbery and foolishness” by adults about certain books can easily destroy a child’s love of reading.

 

Infographic: Readers can save the world | CBC Radio

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Readers Save The World

via Infographic: Readers can save the world | CBC Books | CBC Radio.

Beautiful Library Chairs for Literary Abodes | Flavorwire

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Never one to resist an opportunity to fantasize about making our home libraries more beautiful, we searched for innovative, stylish, and cozy library chairs that we’d love to lounge in with a great book. See if you can envision any of these pieces earning a spot in your literary abode. See: Beautiful Library Chairs for Literary Abodes | Flavorwire.

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You may also like: Oxford’s Library Chooses Its First New Chair Design Since 1936 | Gizmodo

Beautiful Library Chairs for Literary Abodes – Flavorwire

Libraries Play A Central Role in Connected Learning | The Digital Shift

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The Internet offers today’s youth unprecedented opportunities to connect with peers and seek knowledge in almost any area of interest—and libraries are uniquely positioned to play a central role in this learning, according to Mimi Ito, professor and cultural anthropologist at the University of California, Irvine, and principal investigator for Connected Learning, a new education model funded by the MacArthur Foundation’s Digital Media and Learning Initiative.

Read: Libraries Play A Central Role in Connected Learning | The Digital Shift

Deep Inside This Museum Lies the Holy Grail of Adventure Games | Wired.com

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The library inside the National Museum of Play in Rochester, New York isn’t your average hall full of dog-eared books. It houses some original documents used in the making of some of the most legendary, important videogames ever created. And we got to see them.

via Deep Inside This Museum Lies the Holy Grail of Adventure Games | Game|Life | Wired.com.