Journal ArticleDOI
Makerspaces: A Practical Guide for Librarians: edited by John J. Burke, Lanham, MD, Rowman & Littlefield (Practical Guides for Librarians; no. 8), 2015, 183 pp., $65.00 (paperback), ISBN-13: 9781442229679.
TLDR
In this article, the authors introduce the concept of makerspaces, experimental and innovative spaces within libraries that bring together people, to bring people together, to learn, to collaborate, and to collaborate.Abstract:
This book is all about makerspaces, one of the hot topics and services in librarianship right now. Makerspaces are experimental and innovative spaces within libraries that bring together people, to...read more
Citations
More filters
Making Sense: Can Makerspaces Work in Academic Libraries?
TL;DR: A 2013 survey of library makerspaces by the author sheds some further light on the state of the art as mentioned in this paper, indicating that their libraries either currently hosted makerspaces or were close to launching them.
Journal ArticleDOI
Learning through making in public libraries: theories, practices, and tensions
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigate learning and teaching in library makerspace programs and find that libraries and makerspaces define themselves in terms of learning, given the recent trend for libraries and making spaces to define themselves as learning environments.
Journal ArticleDOI
Access and Express: Professional Perspectives on Public Library Makerspaces and Intellectual Freedom
TL;DR: This study analyzes interview data to illuminate a concept of access grounded in expression, incorporating hands-on activities, tools, and social connections, and has implications for practitioners and policymakers in reconsidering access as a positive liberty enabled by social contexts, and librarians’ enzymatic roles in facilitating those contexts.
Journal ArticleDOI
The design of early childhood makerspaces to support positive technological development: Two case studies
TL;DR: Three approaches for thinking about the role of design of the learning environment are integrated: the makerspace movement, Reggio Emilia’s Third Teacher approach, and the positive technological development (PTD) framework.
Journal ArticleDOI
Making a makerspace case for academic libraries in Nigeria
TL;DR: The originality of the paper lies in its justification for establishing makerspace in Nigerian academic libraries alongside the drafted proposal, designed to serve as a guide to libraries in Nigeria, as no makerspace has been documented to be existing in any Nigerian library.
References
More filters
Making Sense: Can Makerspaces Work in Academic Libraries?
TL;DR: A 2013 survey of library makerspaces by the author sheds some further light on the state of the art as mentioned in this paper, indicating that their libraries either currently hosted makerspaces or were close to launching them.
Journal ArticleDOI
Learning through making in public libraries: theories, practices, and tensions
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigate learning and teaching in library makerspace programs and find that libraries and makerspaces define themselves in terms of learning, given the recent trend for libraries and making spaces to define themselves as learning environments.
Journal ArticleDOI
Access and Express: Professional Perspectives on Public Library Makerspaces and Intellectual Freedom
TL;DR: This study analyzes interview data to illuminate a concept of access grounded in expression, incorporating hands-on activities, tools, and social connections, and has implications for practitioners and policymakers in reconsidering access as a positive liberty enabled by social contexts, and librarians’ enzymatic roles in facilitating those contexts.
Journal ArticleDOI
The design of early childhood makerspaces to support positive technological development: Two case studies
TL;DR: Three approaches for thinking about the role of design of the learning environment are integrated: the makerspace movement, Reggio Emilia’s Third Teacher approach, and the positive technological development (PTD) framework.
Journal ArticleDOI
Making a makerspace case for academic libraries in Nigeria
TL;DR: The originality of the paper lies in its justification for establishing makerspace in Nigerian academic libraries alongside the drafted proposal, designed to serve as a guide to libraries in Nigeria, as no makerspace has been documented to be existing in any Nigerian library.