This was a workshop Arianna Schlegel and I did for Connecticut Library Consortium.

1. Strategic Partnerships in the
Library Makerspace
Edward Iglesias
Systems Librarian
Central Connecticut State University

2. Who do we partner with?
• The Mad Scientist
• The Inventor
• The Computer (Remember people used to be
“computers”, it was a job title.

3. The Mad Scientist
• Dr. Thomas Burkholder,
• Professor of Chemistry
at CCSU
• Secret Project…

4. The Florence Siphon
• A very Steampunk way
of brewing coffee.
Dr.Burkholder has
agreed to do a demo
perhaps involving a pith
helmet and brass
goggles.

5. The Inventor
• Dr. Thamma Ravindra
• Professor in Robotics
Department at CCSU
• Want to stage FIRST
Robotics competitions
in library.

6. The Computer
• Dr. Robert Shumaker
• Professor of MIS
• Wants to introduce his
classes to 3D printing
and physical computing.

7. Public vs Academic
Public
• Community described by
geography.
• Able to tap local civic and
charitable organizations.
• Community highly diverse in
age, education etc…
Academic
• Community described by
membership.
• Able to get funding
internally or from grants.
• Community more
homogeneous.

8. Build To Your Strengths

9. Understand what your community
wants.

10. You decide.

11. Make a List of What You Have

12. Suggested readings

13. Online Resources
• Makerspaces in Libraries Google Plus
Community
– https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/11727
4577818142707955
• Code4lib
– http://code4lib.org/
• LITA
– http://www.ala.org/lita/