making public libraries: what is and what isn't...yet
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Assessment and New Opportunities
Making Public Libraries - What Is and What Isn’t…. Yet
Margaret PortierDirector of Innovative
Family [email protected]
@tophile
Mike CiminoTechnology Integration
SpecialistFayetteville Free Library
WHAT IS MAKING?In a Public Library
Make What?• Crafts• Make-believe• Electronics• Computer Programming• 3D printing• Video and music
production• Etc.
Make Where?• Public meeting rooms• Regular library areas• Dedicated makerspaces
WHAT DOES MAKING LOOK LIKE?
WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW?• Entrepreneurship through
Making
• 21st Century literacies
• Fill technology gap
• Make learning accessible to all ages
• Build communities for knowledge sharing
• Freedom
WHAT IS COMING NEXT?
• Bridging literacies
• Connecting individuals with a common goal
• Building confidence
• Making communitites making libraries
• ?
Any Questions?
FAYETTEVILLE FREE LIBRARYHOMEPAGE: WWW.FFLIB.ORGFAQS FOR LIBRARIANS: WWW.FFLIB.ORG/MAKERFAQS MAKING! WWW.FFLIB.ORG/MAKE TWITTER: @FAYETTEVILLELIB
SUSAN CONSIDINEEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR