<div dir="ltr">We bought 2 HP Sprout stations that could be considered a "makerspace in a box." Both patrons and staff are enjoying the stations - and they do not take up a lot of room. <div><br></div><div>For the station in our adult area, we have discovered that there is a group of retired engineers in our community that are coming in to make various items (gears, custom tennis racket handles, etc). We are enjoying lots of creative exploring without a huge investment in space or cost.<div><br></div><div><a href="http://www8.hp.com/us/en/sprout/home.html">http://www8.hp.com/us/en/sprout/home.html</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>Michael</div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 5, 2016 at 11:16 AM, Susan Pieper <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:susanhillpieper@gmail.com" target="_blank">susanhillpieper@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hello all,<div>We are in the process of determining space needs and line-of-sight to place formal Maker Spaces in each of our four rural library locations. We already have resources such as button machines, die cut center, color printer/scanner/copier, Sizzix and more. <div><br></div><div>I would like to hear from other libraries -- especially small and rural with limited space -- about what type of 3-D printer you recommend. I am also interested in recommendations for supplies, policies and procedures. </div><div><br></div><div>Thank you in advance for any information you can offer.</div><div>Best,</div><div>Susan<br clear="all"><div><div class="m_-5541822871505088744gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#000000">******************************<wbr>******************************<wbr>******</font><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">*</span></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="2"><b><font style="background-color:rgb(230,145,56)" color="#000000">Listening to: <i>Damaged by Lisa Scottoline</i></font></b></font></div><div><b style="font-size:12.8px"><font size="2">******************************<wbr>******************************<wbr>*******</font></b></div>
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