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

http://www.westportlibrary.org/


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

AGE

What lens are you using?





TRADITIONAL “S-CURVE”

CONTEMPORARY “UPHILL CURVE”



Play! Tinker! Make!


http://www.makerfaire.com/


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 !

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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



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

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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



Marketing : Getting the Word Out

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



MakerSpace Stories



MakerSpace Stories



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


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


http://www.imls.gov/assets/1/AssetManager/SGS_Report_2012.pdf

http://21stcenturylibrary.com/2012/07/03/library-profit-community-relevance/

http://21stcenturylibrary.com/2012/07/03/library-profit-community-relevance/


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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