Library Makerspaces

The Complete Guide

By: Theresa Willingham

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eText | 28 December 2017 | Edition Number 1

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Library Makerspaces: The Complete Guide is a comprehensive road map for libraries of any size, with any budget, seeking to redesign or repurpose space or to develop creative, hands-on maker-style programming. It features guidance on:

Holding stakeholder discovery sessions for community-driven space and program development
Evaluating existing library spaces for the most cost-effective and user-friendly facilities design and programming
Asset mapping for developing community partnerships
Best practices from different types of library makerspaces in the United States and internationally
Sample budgets, inventories, and space plans
Risk management considerations
Programming recommendations and resources for a range of patrons from youth to seniors and business to hobby groups
Funding and in-kind support

This book will help librarians develop and implement makerspaces, write grant proposals to fund such spaces, and help frontline staff and administrators learn about the technologies and processes involved.

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Makerspaces are transforming libraries into hubs of hands-on 21st century learning. They are allowing consumers to be creators again. This book is highly recommended for anyone interested in starting or growing a library makerspace.