making public libraries: what is and what isn't...yet

Assessment and New Opportunities

Making Public Libraries - What Is and What Isn’t…. Yet

Margaret PortierDirector of Innovative

Family Servicesmportier@fflib.org

@tophile

Mike CiminoTechnology Integration

SpecialistFayetteville Free Library

mcimino@fflib.org

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

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Any Questions?

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SUSAN CONSIDINEEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

SCONSIDINE@FFLIB.ORG