One of the themes for the Computers in Libraries (#CILDC) conference last week was makerspaces. Most of the makerspace content was concentrated into a single track on the last day of the conference, which meant that I didn’t … Read more >
This past week, I was lucky enough to attend the very first New York State Maker Summit, held in Albany, NY. This one-day gathering brought together makers from all across the state (seriously, all across the state–check out the map … Read more >
Starting this Monday, we are going to try out a new feature: From the Archives. On a monthly basis, we’ll look back at some of the MakerBridge’s early blog posts that you may have missed. Since this year’s ALA Annual is … Read more >
I’ve just returned from this year’s LOEX conference, and my mind is still abuzz with all the fabulous ideas and concepts I was introduced to during the conference. One session that really stood out to me was Bridget Arend‘s … Read more >
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Thanks to funding from the U-M Third Century Initiative and the UMSI Founders Fund, Michigan Makers is hosting two free Making Maker… Read more >
This past weekend, the MakerBridge team attended LITA Forum in Louisville, Kentucky,, an annual conference for professionals involved with new and developing technologies in libraries. We planned to attend in order to present a poster about MakerBridge and to speak … Read more >
As Kristin mentioned in our last blog post, makerspaces and making were definitely a hot topic at this year’s ALA Annual Conference. I learned a lot and had a lot of really good conversations with librarians all over … Read more >
Another American Library Association Annual Conference has come and gone, and makerspaces were definitely among the hot topics. Ellen Gustafson, Rachel Goldberg, and I represented the Michigan Makers project at a poster session and chatted with lots of maker-oriented folks.… Read more >