A few months ago I posted about my plans for running my first crochet workshop. I was full of brilliant ideas: I’d taught another librarian to crochet so that she could help out with teaching newcomers; I’d put together … Read more >
This guest post, part of a series, comes to MakerBridge from Terence O’Neill, Entrepreneurship Librarian at Michigan State University. We’ve been lucky enough to feature content from Terence before on our blog. Check him out on Twitter @EntrLibMSU!
The Making in Michigan Libraries project is delighted to announce that registration is open for our one- and three-day maker professional development workshops around the state this summer. From May 10 through late August, we’ll be on the road, from … Read more >
Recently, I read a post on the “Feathering My Nest” blog. Blogger Lacey describes an upcycling challenge she was invited to be a part of. She wrote:
… Read more >I’m so excited to have been invited to be a part of the
On Saturday morning Sharona and I went to a summit at Onondaga Community College. The summit was put on by the Arts in Higher Education Consortium, a group which is sponsored by CNY Arts. To borrow wording from the … Read more >
Guest post by Micah Kenfield.
The Champaign-Urbana area has a fairly vibrant maker community, with multiple makerspaces hosting everything from computer programming classes to woodworking. One of our community organizations, the Champaign-Urbana Design Organization (http://thecudo.org/), recently hosted its … Read more >
There are fewer makerspaces in academic libraries than in public ones, and I believe this is due in part to the challenge academic libraries face of having to justify making as important at the level of higher education. Although public libraries … Read more >
Exciting maker news was released by the White House on Wednesday prior to President Obama’s keynote conversation at SXSW. Here are some highlights:
… Read more >Expansion of TechHire to 50 Communities. A year ago today, the President launched TechHire as 21
Tomorrow I’m leading Penfield Library’s first-ever Crochet 101 workshop. I’ve taught a person or two to crochet over the years, but only individuals; I’ve never had to work with a group before. Since I’m now deep into preparation mode, here’s … Read more >
When I first looked into getting a 3D printing pen for my library, I heard a lot of mixed things. Common complaints were that it was difficult to make anything with 3D pens and that using them was painful for … Read more >