Makerspaces: A New Wave of Library Service: The Westport (CT) Public Library

Westport Library – http:westportlibrary.org

ALA WebinarOctober 15, 2012

MakerSpaceWestport Library

Westport, CT

Maxine Bleiweis Library Director

Presenters:

Bill Derry Assistant Director for

Innovation and User Experience

Know WHY we created a MakerSpace.

Understand WHAT our Library

MakerSpace is.

Know HOW we implemented a

MakerSpace.

Understand how a MakerSpace creates a

CONTEXT for new connections.

Know some of the OPPORTUNITIES and

CHALLENGES of a MakerSpace.

By this webinar’s end we hope you:

E = MC2

MakerSpace The Community

A SpaceMakers

SponsorsTools

Interested Patrons

MAKERSPACE RECIPE

From Book-centric toLearning-centric

The thinking that got us there!

Why Create a MakerSpace?

Need More Spaces to Work and Talk Together

“Pop-up” Collaborative Spaces

Introducing a New Definition ofResource Sharing

Checking out people to one another

Shift from Collection Development to Connection Development

Library DirectorsDigital Strategy Summit

John Seely Brown

Internet Librarian’s Conference – Nov. 2011

InformationAGE

Imagination

What lens are you using?

TRADITIONAL “S-CURVE”

CONTEMPORARY “UPHILL CURVE”

Play! Tinker! Make!

Maker Movement – Make Magazine

Dale DoughertyFounder of Make Magazine

One of the co-founders of O’Reilly Media

Maker Movement- Maker Faires

Learning is changing!

We are back to the one-room school house !

One room school houseof the past

One planet socially-networked school house of the present

21st Century Skills – Contemporary Literacies in Schools

Current opportunity for Libraries to collaborate with schools in new ways to support

teaching and learning.

MakerSpaces in School Libraries?

David Loertscher’sLearning Commons

Joining the Conversation: School librarians as Facilitators

of Learning. David LankesFebruary 2012

“Recognize and seize the opportunity for reorientation

and reinvention.”

19 Oct - 23 Oct, 2011

Salzburg, Austria

Computers in Libraries Conference - 2012

HISTORY OF THE MAKER MOVEMENT

http://www.librarycult.com

Hackerspaces vs. Fablabs vs. MakerSpaces

Early 1800s -Mechanics Institutes

–many became Public Libraries

Commonwealth Countries

Economic Development- Spaces to Democratize

Production?

Spaces for informal learning outside of work or school.

Creating a Receptive

CommunityHow We Created a MakerSpace

Staff Meetings

Staff Events

PLAY added as category on Monthly Reports

Miss Lynne shares a moment of agricultural fun with kids at the

Westport Town Farm where she told stories

Information Services:

Children’s Services:

RECEPTIVITY

Mark MathiasCommunity Leader

Created a committeeSecured a Mini Maker Faire License

Received a Maker ManualAdvertised for Makers

Westport’s Mini Maker FaireApril 28, 2012

Trebuchet (catapult) Homemade Submarine

Brooklyn Aerodrome Plane

Arduino-wired dancer producinglight show and music (Jade Soto)

David Pogue – PBS - Nova

David Heim – Sketchup

Michael Ogrinz’s B9 Robot

Computer Gaming

Ros Liljengren - Potter

Identified a Need

HOW We Created Our MakerSpace

Maker-in-Residence

Joseph Schott – Architect/Engineer

The first project, called ‘AIR

RACE’,

involves the construction of two

half scale Airplanes.

Working on the Airplane Project

Creating an Implementation Plan and Budget

Maker-in-ResidenceConsultants

Other MakersStipends/DonationsBuilding Materials

ToolsBuilding Permits

Creating an Implementation Plan and Budget

Marketing MaterialsStaff Participation

VolunteersPress Conference

Our MakerSpace was modeled after the “shed” at Kitty Hawk

which was used by the Wright brothers for their first flight.

Working on the Airplane Project

VIDEO: Building the MakerSpace

You will receive a live link in the CHAT section of this webinar for the 32 second video.

Please click on the link at your site to watch the video.

http://youtu.be/iZxaIh1H1AI

Westport Library - MakerSpace

The Addition of a 3D Printer

D Printer Products3

3D Printer Design Contest

Opportunities

andChallenges

How we Created a MakerSpace.

Getting the Go AheadOBJECTIVE 1: Develop new service models that transcend the traditional role of libraries.

Goal 1: Secure the place of the library as an incubator for thoughts and ideas, a place that brings people together and facilitates civic engagementGoal 2: Promote the library as the place for lifelong learning and personal growthGoal 4: Deliver convenient and innovative library services that respond to changing community needsGoal 6: Provide a rich and interactive library experience to meet the needs of underserved segments of the community

Getting the Go Ahead

MISSION STATEMENT

The Library is committed to empowering the individual with knowledge and to strengthening

the community through the dynamic exchange of ideas.

Making Space

Staff MakerSpace Committee

Defining MAKER for Library

Makers @ The Library

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Our FOCUS is on 1 and 2

1. Innovators, Inventors, Tinkerers who utilize Technology

2. Innovators, Inventors, Tinkerers in General (limited use of technology)

3. Industrial Arts People4. Creative Arts People

Safety- Individual

Safety - Liability

Safety-Liability

Welcoming New Patrons

Preparing Volunteers and Patrons

MakerSpace – Staff CommitteeNotes and Ideas

FAQs – On Website

Sound, Noise and Messes

Preparing Tours and Managing Interest

Presenting with 3D printer outsideat Music Festival in front of Library

Visitors from other libraries

Marketing : Getting the Word Out

Joseph Schott, Maker-in-Residence works with Boy Scouts

MakerSpace Stories

What's Next?

Building ComputersTeaching Scratch workshops

Arduino WorkshopsSolar Energy Presentations and Workshops

Soldering CircuitsInventylvania with Patent Attorney

Mini Maker Faire 2013

Creating a CONTEXT for participatory learning

Hot off the e-press!From Fiacre O’Duinn

http://www.makerlibrarian.com

What's Next?

Ephesus

Know WHY we created a MakerSpace.

Understand WHAT our Library

MakerSpace is.

Know HOW we implemented a

MakerSpace.

Understand how a MakerSpace creates a

CONTEXT for new connections.

Know some of the OPPORTUNITIES and

CHALLENGES of a MakerSpace.

By this webinar’s end we hope you:

ResourcesAaron Cohen Associates. New Ways of Learning Effects Library Design. (online image: Collaborative Space). Retrieved from: http://www.acohen.com/blog/?p=421

Brown, John Seely and Thomas, Douglas. A New Culture of Learning: Cultivating the Imagination for a World of Constant Change. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press. 2011.

Dougherty, Dale. Makerspaces in Education and DARPA. Make: Blog. April 4, 2012. Retrieved October 3, 2012. http://goo.gl/8UZ1I

Lankes, R.D. The Atlas of New Librarianship. Cambridge MA: MIT Press.2011.

Lankes, R. D.“Joining the Conversation: School Librarians as Facilitators of Learning.” (February, 2012). 39(3). Teacher Librarian pps. 8-12. http://goo.gl/jNLNy

ResourcesLibraries and Museums in an Era of Participatory Culture Conference (19Oct-23Oct, 2011.) (online) Retrieved on 4/11/12: http://www.imls.gov/assets/1/AssetManager/SGS_Report_2012.pdf

Loertscher, David V., Carol Koechlin and Sandi Zwaan, The New Learning Commons Where Learners Win! Reinventing School Libraries and Computer Labs; 2nd Edition. Salt Lake city, UT: Hi Willow Research and Publishing. 2011.

Matthews, Samuel A.. “Library Profit=Community Relevance”. 21st Century Blog. (July 3, 2012) Retrieved on 9/12/12: http://21stcenturylibrary.com/2012/07/03/library-profit-community-relevance/

Megan, James. Meet Your Makers. Seven Days: Vermont's Independent Voice. (July 3, 2012). (Online) Retrieved on 9/28/12. http://www.7dvt.com/maker-movement-vermont

ResourcesO’Duinn, Fiacre. Presentation at Computers in Libraries Conference. Washington D.C. ( March 23, 2012).

Torrone, Phillip. “Is it Time to Rebuild and Retool Public Libraries? And Make Tech Shops?” Make Blog. (March 10, 2011. Retrieved on, 9/26/12. http://blog.makezine.com/2011/03/10/is-it-time-to-rebuild-retool-public-libraries-and-make-techshops/

Udell, Chad. Learning Everywhere. Nashville, TN: Rockbench Publishing. 2012.

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