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Library Makerspaces: The Complete Guide
Library Makerspaces: The Complete Guide
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Library Makerspaces: The Complete Guide provides a comprehensive road map for libraries to develop creative, hands-on maker-style programming, including stakeholder discovery sessions, space evaluation, asset mapping, best practices, sample budgets, and more.
Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 262 pages
Publication date: 28 December 2017
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Library Makerspaces: The Complete Guide is a comprehensive resource for libraries of all sizes, budgets, and aspirations, whether they seek to redesign or repurpose space, develop innovative, hands-on maker-style programming, or establish community partnerships. This invaluable guide offers valuable guidance on a range of critical aspects, including:
1. Conducting stakeholder discovery sessions to facilitate community-driven space and program development.
2. Evaluating existing library spaces to identify the most cost-effective and user-friendly facilities design and programming.
3. Implementing asset mapping to forge community partnerships and enhance resource utilization.
4. Drawing inspiration from best practices from diverse library makerspaces across the United States and internationally.
5. Providing sample budgets, inventories, and space plans to assist libraries in planning and budgeting for their makerspaces.
6. Addressing risk management considerations to ensure the safety and security of participants and library assets.
7. Offering programming recommendations and resources tailored to a wide range of patrons, from youth to seniors, business to hobby groups.
8. Exploring funding and in-kind support options to sustain and expand makerspace initiatives.
9. Empowering librarians to develop and implement makerspaces, write grant proposals to secure funding, and provide frontline staff and administrators with the necessary training and knowledge to support these spaces effectively.
By leveraging the insights and practical strategies outlined in Library Makerspaces: The Complete Guide, libraries can unlock the full potential of their spaces, foster creativity, innovation, and community engagement, and position themselves as leaders in the evolving landscape of library services.
Weight: 398g
Dimension: 155 x 228 x 21 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781442277403
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