Want to tinker with new technology at your library but don’t quite know where to start? The Maker Space Petting Zoo provides a 30 minutes overview of maker culture in libraries, followed by an hour of hands on experience with a variety of maker technology, including robots. You’ll complete this session with some hands-on experience that you can take back to your library, along with project ideas, to develop your own makerspace.
5. What is a Maker?
Crafting
?
Tinkering
Tool Share DIY?
Digital Media Lab 3D Printing
DIY
6. Makers & Libraries
● Common ground
o creativity, resource-sharing, community outreach,
empowerment
● New model for libraries: content creation
● Supports a local community of creators
● Brings new faces in the library
● It’s fun.
39. Idea Sharing / Resources
Don’t forget to use EACH OTHER as resources!
Listservs – INPublib, INChildProg
On Facebook – Storytime Underground, Indiana
Storytime Underground, Indiana Maker Spaces
41. ● Library Makers Google Group/email list
o Other librarians can often be the best resource
● MakerBridge
o U of Michigan site has blog posts, interviews, tool reviews, forums, & more
● Maker Faires and Mini Maker Faires
o Great way for libraries to get involved beyond the library scene
● YALSA’s Making in the Library Toolkit
o Great overview of concepts with examples
● New Jersey Library Association Maker Toolkit
● Makey Makey
o Projects, products, instructions
● The Maker Map
o Find a community of makers near you to possibly partner with and visit
● Mt. Elliott Makerspace: Getting Started
o How to List of budgeting, space and policy needs
Library Maker Resources
42. •“Old Fashioned Play Builds Serious Skills” – National Public Radio -
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=19212514
•School Library Journal – www.slj.com – Myriad of articles on maker spaces and programs; also Teen
Librarian Toolbox blog on SLJ page
+Coding and Starting from Scratch - http://www.slj.com/2015/05/technology/ready-to-learn-coding-here-
are-resources-plus-teaching-with-scratch-the-maker-issue/
•Robot Test Kitchen - www.robottestkitchen.com
•Discover Electronics - http://learn.sparklelabs.com/
•Snap Circuits – http://www.snapcircuits.net/learning_center
•Junior Maker Space - http://www.ala.org/alsc/junior-maker-space
Library Maker Resources
Short presentation followed by 1.5 hours of tinker time
Image Credit
Maker Faire - http://makerfaire.com/
3D printers! These can range up to $3000 and over, although cheaper ones are on the market now– definitely an investment!
Monroe County PL
Level Up is an all ages space that includes a video production studio with green screen, two audio production studios, and digital creativity workstations for design, coding, and editing. Level Up is a place for video and music production, graphic and web design, and coding and game creation.
Other libraries:
Indianapolis
Tippacanoe
The Association for Library Service to Children worked with LEGO Systems, Inc. to bring Junior Maker Spaces to libraries across the country. The project focused on giving children ages 4 to 6 areas to make and create in their local libraries. Although the project has concluded, you may still use the resources below to support Junior Maker Spaces in your library using LEGO® bricks from your library's collection.
http://www.ala.org/alsc/junior-maker-space
http://www.makeymakey.com/howto.php
http://www.makeymakey.com/howto.php
Sphero Ollie – around $70
Sphero Sprk – around $100
Sphero Ollie – around $70
App-enabled racing robot. (more than one would be better for this, or timed tracks). Can also do tricks.
Sphero Sprk – around $100
App enabled. Uses coding
6 cubelet kit we have was around $160, plus the Bluetooth cube was another $60.
Robotic blocks, modular robotics
Lego WeDo – Core Set with Getting Started software - $160
Can introduce young kids to robotics and block coding
Easier than mindstorms
Hour of Code – Code.org Mini tutorials walk you or the kids through simple coding! The ones I did utilized a Scratch/Tickle puzzle-piece style of coding. GREAT because you are actually using code to play a game! I played the Star Wars game and it walked me through having BB8 collect scrap metal.
If coding with text seems too daunting at first, try Scratch, a visual drag-and-drop programming language from MIT’s Media Lab and Lifelong Kindergarten project. By assembling interlocking puzzle pieces of code, you can build animations, programs, and games that rival anything coded by hand.
Drag and drop programming in app form – controls Sphero, robots, arduino circuits
Drag and drop programming in app form – controls Sphero, robots, arduino circuits
One of the biggest questions I’ve gotten in doing this training is, these robots are all great, but how do we use them in programs?
----------------- LSTA info
For projects, we always tell applicants to avoid writing “wishlists,” and instead form projects that have a measurable impact on the participants. For example, if one library applied for a grant to "build a makerspace,” and another applied for a grant to “build a makerspace AND offer STEM programming in conjunction with a local Boys and Girls club,” the one with the planned programming would be more likely to get the grant. We want to see evidence the equipment will be used and that the community has a need for it. They are welcome to contact me at any point in the planning process.
Thanks,
Jennifer Clifton
Public Library and LSTA Consultant
Indiana State Library
140 N Senate Ave Indianapolis IN 46204
(317) 234-6550 - toll free (800) 451-6028 - fax (317) 232-0002
Collaboration with Instructables.com and the American Library Association. Great database of IDEAS! Can search if you have a search term/topic/activity in mind, or you can narrow your options by using the search limiters on the left side of the page (tools & space, age level, cost, time).
Hagerstown Jefferson Public Library is a designated Maker Camp location; 6 week curriculumn (doesn’t necessarily correspond with Summer Reading but they make it work.) Applied to be a Campsite and were accepted; were sent a kit with some great supplies in it (around $300 value). They run their own programs but use the site/curriculumn for inspiration.
https://makercamp.com/
The project library has project videos archived and anyone can use them!
The project library has project videos archived and anyone can use them!
https://makercamp.com/