Presented at the MCLS Spring Tech Camp, April 9, 2015

1. “U.S. libraries are in the vanguard
of the digital information movement.”
~Larra Clark, Deputy Director ALA OITP

2.  3D printing is a process of building a 3-
dimensional object from a digital file,
typically by laying down many layers, one on
top of the other.

4.  Rapid Prototyping
 Custom-fit prosthetics
 Modeling
 Art
 Replacement parts
 Bioengineering

5.  Meaningful Programming
 Patron Empowerment
 Practicality & Convenience
 Mission

6.  Democratization of Tech
 Create & Share Content
 STEM & STEAM
 Digital Instruction

7. Source: Amanda Goodman- http://www.amandagoodman.com/3d/

8.  Kids Tech Camps
 Online Contests
 Holiday Cookie Cutter
 Educational Models
 Jewelry design
 Sketchup/Google Earth

9. Create/Download File Print

10.  Thingiverse
 3D Warehouse
 3D Hacker
 3D File Market

11.  NIH 3D Print Exchange
 Columbia University Design Library
 British Museum Ancient Egypt

12.  TinkerCad
 3Dtin
 Sketchup
 Blender
 OpenScad

13.  MakerBot Digitizer – turntable style
 3D Systems Sense – hand held, freestanding
objects.
 123D Catch – app based – static photos,
unobtrusive

14. Mediated Service - Guided by Policy

15.  Content
 Feasibility
 Residency requirements
 Frequency
 Fees
 Intellectual property rights
 Liability
 Privacy/tracking

16.  Solid policy statement
 Best practices
 Participate

17.  LITA listserv
 LITA 3D-Print interest group’s website
 Georgia Libraries Tech Center

18. Betsy Dobles
bdobles@libraryweb.org
http://www.slideshare.net/bdobles/3-d-printfinal