Makerspaces: A Practical Guide for Librarians(Practical Guides for Librarians)

Makerspaces: A Practical Guide for Librarians, Second Edition is an A–Z guidebook jam-packed with resources, advice, and information to help you develop and fund your own makerspace from the ground up. Learn what other libraries are making, building, and doing in their makerspaces and how you can, too. Readers are introduced to makerspace equipment, new technologies, models for planning and assessing projects, and useful case studies that will equip them with the knowledge to implement their own library makerspaces. This expanded second edition features eighteen brand new library makerspace profiles providing advice and inspiration for how to create your own library makerspace, over twenty new images and figures illustrating maker tools and trends as well as library makerspaces in action and new lists of actual grant and funding sources for library makerspaces.

Table of Contents:
CHAPTER 1 The Library as a Creation and Collaboration Space: An Introduction CHAPTER 2 The Maker Movement and Building Up a Making Mind-Set CHAPTER 3 An Overview of Makerspace Implementations CHAPTER 4 What Will Patrons Make in Your Makerspace? CHAPTER 5 Budgeting for a Makerspace CHAPTER 6 Resources for Audio, Image, and Video Creation CHAPTER 7 Resources for Crafts and Artistic Pursuits CHAPTER 8 Resources for Electronics, Robotics, and Programming CHAPTER 9 Resources for 3D Printing and Prototyping CHAPTER 10 Resources for the Unexpected: Lesser-Known Making CHAPTER 11 Approaches for Developing a Makerspace That Enables Makers CHAPTER 12 Remaking the Library? Tracking the Present and Future of Making in Libraries Appendix: Makerspaces in Libraries Survey

About the Author :
John J. Burke is principal librarian and director of the Gardner-Harvey Library on the Middletown regional campus of Miami University of Ohio. He is former president of the Academic Library Association of Ohio and former chair of the Southwest Ohio Council on Higher Education Library Council. Ellyssa Kroski is director of information technology at the New York Law Institute as well as an award-winning editor and author of thirty-six books. She is a librarian, an adjunct faculty member at Drexel and San Jose State universities, and an international conference speaker. She was just named the winner of the 2017 Library Hi Tech Award from the American Library Association and the Library Information Technology Association for her long-term contributions in the area of library and information science technology and its application.

Review :
The modern maker movement has gained momentum over the last two decades by infusing the creative spirit and shared infrastructure/resources of artisan cooperatives with the discovery/educational nature of libraries. As did the first edition (2014), this updated version of Burke’s guide introduces librarians to the maker concept and to helps them determine whether such spaces are a good fit for their organizations. After a brief review of maker history and how libraries became involved in the movement, readers are introduced to the practical assessment and planning steps to take before implementation. Everything from space, resources, and talent needs to the types of programs, services, and equipment to offer is addressed without being prescriptive because a makerspace should align with the interests of a library’s constituents. Makers work in all socioeconomic sectors and in a variety of environments, so the steps outlined apply to all library types, as illustrated through profiles of 18 different makerspaces throughout the country. Though the presentation and language are readily accessible to all readers, the text is clearly oriented toward professional librarians responsible for designing programs and services for their institutions. Summing Up: Recommended. Researchers, faculty, and professionals. Makerspaces: A Practical Guide for Librarians, Second Edition is the book that libraries just dipping their toes into the world of making are looking for. It gives a fantastic overview of the current makerspace implementations, with options for any size library to be able to jump in and excite their community with new abilities. If you’ve been trying to wrap your head around how to roll out maker services in your library, this is a great place to start. John Burke and Ellyssa Kroski have done an amazing job explaining Makerspaces in a format that is clear and concise. They highlight not only project driven outcomes for types of spaces, but share the successes of libraries around the world as reference points.