Growing Makers in Medicine, Life Sciences, and Healthcare

Part 1: Grow Makers!

Part 2: Use Cases

Bohyun Kim and Brian ZelipUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore

Friday, March 24, 2017 | 2017 ACRL ConferenceTwitter hashtag: #acrlmake

Slides: http://bit.ly/2nhUJqg

Part 1: Grow Makers!

Bohyun KimAssociate Director, Library Applications and Knowledge Systems

Univ. of MD, Baltimore - Health Sciences and Human Services LibraryTwitter: @bohyunkim | Blog: http://bohyunkim.net/blog

Why Grow Makers in Health Sciences?• The Maker movement and technologies are making a huge impact on

health sciences - medicine, nursing, dentistry, pharmacy, and social work.• e.g. MakerHealth, MakerNurse, bioprinting, NIH 3D Print Exchange …• See the examples in “3D Printing in Health Sciences”, http://

guides.hshsl.umaryland.edu/c.php?g=163717&p=1075336.

• By focusing on ‘making’ over ‘consuming,’ the Maker movement facilitates experiential learning and rapid prototyping, leading people to innovation and entrepreneurship. • Library makerspaces are often the only facility with the 3D

printing/scanning capability that offers open access to all on campus.

http://makernurse.com/about/

http://www.makerhealth.co/

HS/HSL Innovation Space at UMB• Serves both UMB, a university with graduate programs in medicine,

dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, social work, and life science, and UMMC, a teaching hospital.• HS/HSL Innovation Space opened in Apr. 2015 following a year of

investigation and planning by the library’s makerspace task force (2014-2015).• White paper online: Bohyun Kim, Aphrodite Bodycomb, Everly Brown, and

Thom Pinho, “Makerspace Task Force Report,” University of Maryland, Baltimore - Human Services and Health Sciences Library, July 2014, http://archive.hshsl.umaryland.edu/handle/10713/4634.

• 216 reservations / 226 3D models printed + much foot traffic

Creating a Successful Makerspace

HS/HSL Innovation Space renovation in the fall of 2016; Photo by the author

Renovated/expanded in Nov. 2016.

What (Equipment) & How (Logistics) > Why

http://www.hshsl.umaryland.edu/services/ispace/

Why > What > How

Image from the UMB HS/HSL Innovation Space Newsletter http://us5.campaign-archive2.com/?u=8d6a2c0e62ab4cc63311ab6cd&id=87da8ca0d8

Community-Centered Approach• Who are our users?• What are they interested in?• What services and programs would make most sense to offer? • How will the makerspace serve the library user community? • How will the makerspace become a valuable asset to patrons?

Intentional Focus• Space for self-directed hands-on learning • Space for creativity, imagination, collaboration, and the cross-

pollination of ideas

Grow Makers!• Growing makers is the primary goal of the HS/HSL Innovation Space.• Making leads to better learning/teaching/research.• Bridge the digital divide gap in education.

• For this reason, the emphasis is on the learning/teaching/research aspect of a makerspace, not maker-related technologies per se.• Support for ‘making’ in the broad sense. • Conscious efforts to tailor programs and services to the needs of

students, faculty, and researchers.

Strategies• Put out as much information as possible for learning online to make it

accessible. Create resources if needed.• 1-on-1 and group orientation/consultation • Workshops• New walk-in hours • An online newsletter to spread how people in our campus community

are using the HS/HSL Innovation Space • Events to encourage more people to try and learn, such as the “3D

print your holiday gift” event.

http://us5.campaign-archive1.com/?u=8d6a2c0e62ab4cc63311ab6cd&id=4a16f01805

Archive of all issues” http://us5.campaign-archive2.com/home/?u=8d6a2c0e62ab4cc63311ab6cd&id=7b7755271d

http://www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu/hslupdates/?p=2479

Wide participation from six of the seven UMB schools, and other administrative units

20 people 3d-printed a 55 objects in total.

16 out of them were new to 3D printing.

More in the Works …• Run more events to create new learning opportunities.• Create and establish more partnerships with different groups on

campus.• UMB Entrepreneurship and Innovation Expo• Other school and student events

• Help people to stay with the initial interest and also go beyond.• Build a self-sustaining maker community on campus.

… and NEXT

Part 2: Use CasesBrian Zelip

Emerging Technologies LibrarianUniv. of MD, Baltimore - Health Sciences and Human Services Library

Twitter: @bzelip | GitHub: @brianzelip

Surgery preparation

3D printed fractured mandible from CT scan; photo by the author

Stem cell regeneration using 3D printed scaffolds

http://us5.campaign-archive2.com/?u=8d6a2c0e62ab4cc63311ab6cd&id=4c5d69d3453D printed scaffold; photo by the author

Prosthetic hands

3D printed prosthetic hand; photo by the authorhttp://3dprintingindustry.com/2015/08/19/5-year-old-throws-orioles-opening-pitch-with-3d-printed-prosthetic-hand

Replicate lab equipment

3D printed CRS tube & plugs on left, conventional CRS tube & plug on right; photo by the author

Innovate lab equipment

3D printed hardware in orange;photo by Ali Mohammadabadi

Physical therapy device

Finger with “swan-neck deformity” and 3D printed finger splint; photos by the author

Hands-on anatomy

3D printed pelvis; photo by the author

Youth outreach

Baltimore youth learning about 3D printing and modeling; photo by Thom Pinho

FUN!

3D printed “Stormflake”, “Natty Boh”, and “Snowman”; photo by the author

Thank You!http://www.hshsl.umaryland.edu/ispace