FYI,

 

FREE 5-Week Webinar Series: Developing and Sustaining a Community-Centered Makerspace

Wednesdays, April 6-May 4, 2022

 

• Want to build a creative maker program at your library?
• Are limited staff, space or budget preventing you from creating a makerspace in your library?
• Did your maker programming pause due to the pandemic, and you are not sure how to get it up and running again?

This webinar series will showcase steps for building and sustaining a maker program in any library and introduces an ongoing process that incorporates, shares and values insights of the community. It is based on the Makers in the Library Toolkit, a practical guide created over three years in collaboration with a group of diverse libraries throughout California.

Each session will focus on various steps of the design process while highlighting a collection of practical, adaptable tools that promote a balanced and inclusionary process not only for creating makerspaces but also conducting evaluation across diverse settings. This workshop will be presented by the co-authors of the Makers in the Library Toolkit along with special guests from libraries around the country, including rural, urban and suburban settings.

Read more about the series and find the link to sign up on our website.

This free series is made possible by the IMLS funded project The New Face of Library Makerspaces.  ARSL is a partner in this project, which is working to include small and rural libraries in the leadership of library makerspaces across the country.

 

Pamela Van Halsema, MLIS

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The New Face of Library Makerspaces

Makers in the Library Toolkit

Makersinthelibrary.org

 

 

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Sharon Rawlins, MLS, she/her/hers

Youth Services Specialist for Lifelong Learning

NJ State Library

185 West State St.

P.O. Box 520

Trenton, NJ 08625-0520

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