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Oscar Grady Public Library’s Digital Media Conversion Lab is now open to the public! The new Digital Lab provides all of the equipment and training necessary to view and digitally preserve ph…
Thinking through the consequences of the proliferation of powerful tools and technologies.
Clear, useful case studies with a lot of how-to.
[ On February 1st, I gave this presentation the American Library Association Midwinter Conference in Chicago, Illinois as part of the ALA Ma...
If you’re interested in the intersection of the maker movement, education and equity, take a half an hour and watch the video Thinking about Making. In it, Leah Buechley, the brilliant mind b…
A makerspace for academic multimedia-publishing projects.
Libraries are lending tools you can’t 3-D print–awls, hammers, hacksaws, Moog synthesizers and human skeletons–to keep pace with the times.
Derek Quenneville, the Toronto Public Library’s first innovator-in-residence, says in his Canada every library would have a 3D printer.
It’s time to have a closer look at the cultures of the ‘maker revolution’. The tech world is getting increasingly excited about the opportunities presented by 3D printing, open so…
Madison PL's music-licensing program.
Unless there actually was a thing? This post isn’t about a specific thing, just about makerspaces and libraries. I was at an event last week where a student from a local high school explained…
A librarian's plan for boosting the maker movement.
Makers build and create a growing array of things -- everything from robots and drones to shoes and jewelry. Think of them as the next generation of the Do It Yourself crowd.