american libraries live: makerspaces (february 2017)

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Makerspaces

Maxine Bleiweis, Jason Griffey, & Bohyun Kim

Wednesday, May 3, 2023

www.americanlibrarieslive.org

Makerspaces | Maxine Bleiweis, Jason Griffey, & Bohyun Kim

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Maxine Bleiweis Principal consultant at Maxine Bleiweis & Associates (http://www.maxinebleiweis.com)

Established one of the first makerspace and mini maker faires at a public library

Jason Griffey Founder and principal at Evenly Distributed (http://evenlydistributed.net), a technology

consulting and creation firm for libraries, museums, education, and other non-profits

Fellow at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University

Bohyun Kim Associate Director for Library Applications and Knowledge Systems of the Health

Sciences and Human Services Library at University of Maryland, Baltimore

Founding editor and regular contributor of Association of College and Research Libraries’ TechConnect log

http://www.maxinebleiweis.com/

http://evenlydistributed.net/



Audience and Panelists:

Please give us your personal definition of a

makerspace.



Why are makerspaces such an important issue for libraries today?



Audience and Panelists:

Can you tell us about the work you’ve done in

this area?



What are the biggest challenges that

librarians tend to face when getting started?



What are the most effective ways to market

your makerspace?



What do you see as the future for the

movement? What should librarians be

looking for?



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