Robot Test Kitchen is a site created by a group of youth and teen librarians who work with robotics and other maker technologies. The site includes reviews for popular makerspace tools, ideas for programs, and a “True Confessions” section where librarians … Read more >
Created by Karen Jensen, this comparison chart looks at a number of popular tools in school or library makerspaces and includes information such as price, age range, ease of use, and links to reviews of the tools on Robot Test … Read more >
A month ago, I started my new job as Learning Technologies Librarian at SUNY Oswego, and was lucky enough to come on board soon after the library had purchased its second 3D printer. (The library already owns a Makerbot … Read more >
Some of you may already be familiar with The Maker Map, a great resource that helps gather and keep track of information about makerspaces. One drawback of The Maker Map, however, is that there is very little information about … Read more >
Put together by YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Association), this PDF guide is extensive, covering the history of making and why libraries should embrace it, discussing planning workshops and forming partnerships, offering sample maker programs and tools, and more.
A couple months ago, I wrote about the beginning of my library’s struggles to keep our 3D-printing program alive after our expert left. Since then, all of us working on 3D printing at my library have learned all kinds of tricks … Read more >
Great collection of links, workshop ideas, lists of books and technologies, and more from middle school librarian Colleen Graves.
Check out this LibGuide from ‘Iolani School Libraries in Hawaii. It’s a great example of Fab Lab information provided to the high school student users, and includes the topics of Laser Cutting, 3D design/printing, and copyright/fair use.
A few weeks ago, I attended the American Library Association’s 2015 Midwinter Meeting. Although there were several maker related sessions, I was only able to attend the ALA Masters Series session, “Mechanic Institutes, Hackerspaces, Makerspaces, TechShops, Incubators, Accelerators, and Centers … Read more >
SUNY Oswego’s Penfield Library has had a Makerbot Replicator 2 since 2013. There’s a pretty great article about it over in Computers in Libraries, and everything. We offer 3d printing as a service: People send us files they’d like printed … Read more >