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<h2 id="whatdoeslibrarymakerspacemean">What Does “Library Maker Space”
Mean?</h2>
<p>Melanie’s back from PLA, where she saw the “Makerbox: No Space
Required” session. This <a
href="https://www.webjunction.org/partners/illinois/il-programs/ileadusa/ilead-usa-illinois/team8/documents.html">ILEAD
2013</a> project created five portable makerspaces–small enough to fit
in a box–based on different themes: music, circuits, 3D, STEM, and DIY
crafts. Each was put together with a budget of $800.</p>
<p>The Music Makerbox, for example, includes a recording device,
ukelele, synthesizer keyboard, egg shaker and a synthesizer pad called
the Korg Kaossilator 2. Watch this <a
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htV1D9BEp8M">2-minute YouTube
video about the Korg</a> for a glimpse at what it can do. (If your
library has an iPad, Korg’s iKaossilator app is just $20).</p>
<p>This Makerbox looks great, but you aren’t making a physical object,
like you would with a 3D printer. You might save a recording as an MP3,
instead. And since the whole box is easily transportable, it doesn’t
need a dedicated space. This isn’t what I immediately think of when I
hear “makerspace,” but it’s absolutely in step with what makerspaces are
about.</p>
<p>Makerspaces are in step with what libraries are about, too. And
like makerspaces, people have expectations about what libraries offer.
To expand those expectations, we’ll need to keep teaching people what
libraries are and what they do. And we’ll have to keep asking them what
they want to do, too. Working with your unique community is how
libraries as a whole can "make" their way forward.</p>
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