Last year, during Black History Month, we highlighted a number of groups and individuals working toward greater representation of black people in the maker movement. Many of these are still active and relevant, so if you missed our list last … Read more >
While considering my blog post for this week, I came across this Atlantic article by Debbie Chachra, in which she declares she is not a maker, going on to describe what she feels are the flaws of the term … Read more >
This week’s post is an inteview with John Burke, Library Director and Principal Librarian at Gardner-Harvey Library at Miami University Middletown. John is the author of Makerspaces: A Practical Guide for Librarians, has conducted a survey on makerspaces in … Read more >
Sorry, everyone, for the missed post last week! Thankfully, I am finally over being sick, and this week I want to share with you a webinar I recently presented on the top of makerspaces in libraries, with a special focus … Read more >
As I write this post, it’s snowing outside and I’ve actually had to turn on my heat for the first time since last winter. You know what that means: the holidays are coming up fast.
One of the things I … Read more >
This week’s guest post comes to us from Jill Morningstar and Terence O’Neill, who work as librarians at Michigan State University. In it, they discuss Maker Day, a recent event. Read on for more!
The inaugural MAET Maker Day at … Read more >
This week we have a guest post from the awesome folks at Maker Jawn Initiative in Philadelphia. We love the work they do; read on to learn more about it, and be sure to check out their blog, … Read more >
As regular blog readers may know, occasionally MakerBridge does what we call “Fifth Monday” posts, in which the MakerBridge bloggers all write on the same topic. This week, we are trying something a little similar but a little different–we’ll
Earlier this month, we took you inside the We Make Health Fest, one of the first events to bring together a maker festival with a health fair. After attending on August 16th, I’m happy to report that the Fest … Read more >
For this week’s post, I spoke with Joyce Lee and Patricia Anderson, two of the organizers of the We Make Health Fest coming up on August 16th. Other organizers include Matt Kenyon, Emily Hirschfeld, Nancy Benovich Gilby, Scott Olson, … Read more >