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    This document provides a quick guide to makerspaces and hackerspaces. It explains that these terms can be used interchangeably to describe spaces dedicated to all forms of making, whether digital or physical projects. Users engage in activities like coding, sewing, robotics, and woodworking. While materials and rules vary between spaces, the focus is on providing tools and resources for users to create products. Some common equipment found in makerspaces includes 3D printers, laser cutters, sewing machines, and craft supplies. The possibilities for making are endless.

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    Makerspace/Hackerspace:

    (a quick guide)

    :
    “Hackerspace” and “Makerspace” can
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    be used interchangeably.
    These spaces are simply areas dedicated to all forms of making. The
    key is that users make a product, digital or physical. Coding, sewing,
    making robots, nailing wood — it’s all theoretically fair game at a
    Hackerspace/Makerspace!
    (Materials and rules, of course, vary among spaces.)
    Created by Alison Baitz for LIS488, Spring 2019

    ---- Tip:
    Despite the name, a “Hackerspace”
    has nothing to do with malicious hacking.

    What might you find at a Makerspace/Hacker-


    space? Things like:
    qCardboard tubes q3D printers qPipecleaners

    qSewing machines qLaptop computers qLaser cutters

    qGoogly eyes qKnitting needles qButton makers

    qCircuit kits qLEGO sets

    ----
    Tip: The possibilities are endless.

    4 F A Q 4
    Q: How can I establish one at my Q: What’s the coolest way an institution has
    institution? engaged with making? Can I use their idea?
    A: However you want! If you have lots of cash, A: There are many great examples of using
    you can go wild with laser cutters and 3D Hackerspace/Makerspace tech and principles
    printers. If your budget is tight, start smaller within the library/museum/archives area. The
    with low-cost materials and machinery for your way the British Museum made 3D scans of
    population. LEGO and recycled cardboard their artifacts available was, issues of
    would make sense for a school library Mak- ownership aside, pretty cool.
    erspace, while donated, secondhand sewing
    machines may make sense for a public library.
    ---- Tip:
    ---- Yes, borrow these ideas, but also
    Tip: ask patrons what they want to make! come up with your own!
    B i b l i o g r a p h y

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    Brewer, Bailey. “Making It in the Academic World: Makerspaces in University Librar-


    ies.” American Libraries Magazine, 16 September 2015, americanlibrariesmagazine.
    org/2015/09/16/making-it-academic-world/. Accessed 16 March 2019.

    Gonzalez, Jennifer. “What Is the Point of a Makerspace?” Cult of Pedagogy, 20 May 2018,
    cultofpedagogy.com/makerspace/. Accessed 16 March 2019.

    Jones, Gwyneth A. “Makerspace Starter Kit Updated,” The Daring Librarian, 25 August
    2018. thedaringlibrarian.com/2018/08/makerspace-starter-kit-updated.html. Accessed 16
    March 2019.

    Lister, Heather. “Create an Amazing Low-tech Library Makerspace with These Easy Ideas.”
    Demco Ideas & Inspiration, 15 September 2016, ideas.demco.com/blog/create-amazing-
    low-tech-library-makerspace-easy-ideas/. Accessed 16 March 2019.

    Moorefield-Long, Heather and Kitzie, Vanessa. “Makerspaces for All: Serving LGBTQ Mak-
    ers in School Libraries.” Knowledge Quest, vol. 47, no. 1, 2018, pp. 46-50.

    Passehl-Stoddart, et. al. History in the Making: Outreach and Collaboration between Special
    Collections and Makerspaces. Collaborative Librarianship, vol. 10, no. 2, 2018, pp. 133-149.

    “What Is a Makerspace? Is It a Hackerspace or a Makerspace?” Makerspaces.com, 15


    March 2017, www.makerspaces.com/what-is-a-makerspace/. Accessed 16 March 2019.

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