academic makerspaces: connections & conversations - presentation at internet librarian 2012
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Despite traditional/conservative academic library roots on the campus of the UNR, the DeLaMare Science & Engineering Library is partnering with broader community- based "maker" and "coworking" groups in the Northern Nevada area, actively revolutionizing the levels of student and faculty engagement with the library. From hacknights and Arduino microcontroller workshops to concrete canoes and Rube Goldberg Machine competitions, the library is actively building connections and conversations. UNR Libraries is leveraging engaged participants to take the library beyond a collections-based hotbed of student learning and collaboration to being an engine of innova- tion transforming learning experiences at UNR. Hear gritty details of rapid prototyping, what’s working, what’s failed, and the reception of 3D printers and scanners in the library.TRANSCRIPT
Academic Makerspaces: Connections & Conversations
Presentation by Tod Colegrove, Ph.D., MSLISHead of DeLaMare Science & Engineering Library
University of Nevada, Renoat Internet Librarian 2012, Monterey CA
Photo credit: Sam Azevedo-DiMuzio. Retrieved from http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk118/UNRCoEN/Eweek%202012/IMG_7844.jpg
“Makerspaces are collaborative learning environments where people come together to share materials and learn new skills.”
Source: http://www.libraryasincubatorproject.org/?p=4594 and http://www.makerspace.org.nz/
“Makerspace is a place where you can make your ideas come to
life.”
Makerspaces:
• Foster play and exploration• Facilitate informal learning opportunities
• Nurture peer-to-peer training• Work with community members as true partners, not as users or patrons
• Develop a culture of creating as opposed to consuming.
Britton, L. (Oct 1, 2012). “The Makings of Maker Spaces, Part 1: Space for Creation, Not Just Consumption”. The Digital Shift LibraryJournal School LibraryJournal. Retrieved from http://www.thedigitalshift.com/2012/10/public-services/the-makings-of-maker-spaces-part-1-space-for-creation-not-just-consumption /
in the Academic Library?
Photo credit: Nick Crowl. Facebook post.
Not in this library.
Image of the entry floor of DeLaMare Library during the Spring, 2010, semester. Photo credit: Nick Crowl.
“…are collaborative learning environments1
1 LIBRARYASINCUBATORPROJECT (May 13, 2012). “A WAPL Recap” http://www.libraryasincubatorproject.org/?p=4594
...where people come together1
1ibid: http://www.libraryasincubatorproject.org/?p=4594
…to share materials1
1ibid: http://www.libraryasincubatorproject.org/?p=4594
…and learn new skills.1
1ibid: http://www.libraryasincubatorproject.org/?p=4594
…facilitate informal learning opportunities.2
2Britton, L. (Oct 1, 2012). “The Makings of Maker Spaces, Part 1: Space for Creation, Not Just Consumption”. The Digital Shift LibraryJournal School LibraryJournal. Retrieved from http://www.thedigitalshift.com/2012/10/public-services/the-makings-of-maker-spaces-part-1-space-for-creation-not-just-consumption /
Nurture peer-to-peer training.2
2ibid Retrieved from http://www.thedigitalshift.com/2012/10/public-services/the-makings-of-maker-spaces-part-1-space-for-creation-not-just-consumption /
Develop a culture of creating…2
2ibid Retrieved from http://www.thedigitalshift.com/2012/10/public-services/the-makings-of-maker-spaces-part-1-space-for-creation-not-just-consumption /
nurture peer to peer training. 2
2ibid Retrieved from http://www.thedigitalshift.com/2012/10/public-services/the-makings-of-maker-spaces-part-1-space-for-creation-not-just-consumption /
Foster play and exploration. 2
2ibid Retrieved from http://www.thedigitalshift.com/2012/10/public-services/the-makings-of-maker-spaces-part-1-space-for-creation-not-just-consumption /
…community members as true partners2
2ibid Retrieved from http://www.thedigitalshift.com/2012/10/public-services/the-makings-of-maker-spaces-part-1-space-for-creation-not-just-consumption /
…not as users or patrons.2
2ibid Retrieved from http://www.thedigitalshift.com/2012/10/public-services/the-makings-of-maker-spaces-part-1-space-for-creation-not-just-consumption /
Makerspace is a place where you can…3
3Source: http://www.makerspace.org.nz/
make your ideas come to life.3
3Source: http://www.makerspace.org.nz/
But how?!
Revolutionizing the levels of student and faculty engagement in the library.
Actively building connections & conversations.
A hotbed of student learning and collaboration.
What do you “geek”?
Source: “Geek the library” campaingn, sponsored by OCLC http://geekthelibrary.org/
And the library’s community?
Source: “Geek the library” campaingn, sponsored by OCLC http://geekthelibrary.org/
WordPress?
Programming?
Show ‘em the library does too.
Co-hosted in the library with a local co-working space.
Concrete canoes?Source: http://www.unr.edu/nevada-today/news/2008/nevada-first-in-regional-concrete-canoe-competition
Four year later…Photo credit: Nick Crowl. Retrieved from http://www.flickr.com/photos/dstl_unr/sets/72157629443711996/
We called it a parade.
Photo credit: Nick Crowl. Retrieved from http://www.flickr.com/photos/dstl_unr/sets/72157629443711996/
Now proudlyon display -in the library.
Photo credit: Nick Crowl. Retrieved fromhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/dstl_unr/sets/72157629443711996/
And: “Social objects that are shared form networks automatically.” 4
They’re “shibboleths in the old sense; tests of whether you belong.”4
4Weinberger, D. (Oct 22, 2012). Transforming Knowledge in the Age of the Net. Opening keynote, Internet Librarian 2012.
Leverage to buildconnections & conversations.
Bill Nye the science guy?Photo credit: Nick Crowl. Retrieved from http://www.flickr.com/photos/dstl_unr/sets/72157631506390791//
A sell-out crowd of over 5,000…
Photo credit: Nick Crowl. Retrieved from http://www.flickr.com/photos/dstl_unr/sets/72157631506390791//
The event preceding.Photo credit: Nick Crowl. Retrieved from http://www.flickr.com/photos/dstl_unr/sets/72157631506390791//
Sort of a “mini
maker-faire”.
Photo credit: Nick Crowl. Retrieved from http://www.flickr.com/photos/dstl_unr/sets/72157631506390791//
Course reserves shelf:
Student project, showcased:
KC Labs: http://www.kclabs.org/2012/04/10/diy-breathalyer-using-an-arduino/
SparkfunFeatured onwebsite:
Sparkfun: http://www.sparkfun.com/news/978
Awesome.
Join forceswith a localcommunity makerspace!
Bridgewire membership is now well over 200 and climbing.
And we have a great partner!
Recent co-hosted event: LockSport!
Photo credit: Nick Crowl. Retrieved from http://www.flickr.com/photos/dstl_unr/sets/72157631644204152/
Community. Building.Photo credit: Nick Crowl. Retrieved from http://www.flickr.com/photos/dstl_unr/sets/72157631644204152/
Other co-operative workshops:
- Arduino Microcontroller (BW) - Mobile app development (RC) - Intro to 3D scanning and modeling (DLM)
On our way to becoming an engine of innovation…
Photos credit: Nick Crowl. Retrieved from http://www.flickr.com/photos/dstl_unr/sets/72157630520922616/
Photos credit: Nick Crowl. Retrieved fromhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/dstl_unr/sets/72157630520922616/
For more:
ACRL website: http://www.ala.org/acrl/makerspaces
Coming at ALA Annual:Maker Spaces: The Field Trip
Pre-conference co-hosted by Library Boing Boing and LITA. Full-day, hands-on immersion at PS1 - Chicago’s oldest makerspace!
Image credit: dr_ed_needs_a_bicycle, “Question mark, Ipswitch, 21 January, 2012”, licensed under creative commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0).
Retrieved May 31, 2012, from http://www.flickr.com/photos/omcoc/6751047205/sizes/l/in/photostream/
For more info, author contact is pcolegrove @unr.edu/Twitter/Academia.edu/Mendeley/SlideShare