1.
Agenda:
• Learn how to create a library makerspace on little to no budget.
• Discover the process/resources used to maintain an engaging makerspace that will
thrive for many years.
• Gain an appreciation as to what other libraries are doing in this new exciting space.
• Acquire numerous programming ideas to help foster creativity and learning.
• Survey the emerging technology landscape for new learning prospects to include in
your makerspace.
• Create a growing “Rolodex” of opportunities for partnerships to help boost your
makerspace outreach.

2.
“If libraries are no longer storage
spaces, I think they become
knowledge performance spaces.”
Source: @rmazar

3.
How to Create a Makerspace?

4.
Free!
.com

5.
Why should we do this in our libraries?

6.
Prometheus stole fire
from the gods to give
it to humanity.

7.
Sisyphus was to roll a large
rock up a hill, only to
watch it come back down
over and over again …

8.
Source: slideshare.net/bpichman

9.
"Every age thinks it's the modern
age, but this one really is."
Tom Stoppard from 'The Invention of Love'

10.
Read more and borrow at: http://goo.gl/b7QSBU

11.
http://renovatedlearning.com/grant-resources

12.
Read more at: http://goo.gl/mftoH2

13.
The Process

14.
Foster collaboration

15.
Cultivate imagination

16.
Share experiences …
Photo credit: Chris Demmons

17.
Support inventors

18.
Prototypes and patents, Education Resources

19.
Playtime!

20.
Programming Ideas

21.
An invention is the creation of
something new.
Brainstorming sessions … (thinking part)

22.
… improves on something
that already exists.

23.
Ideas for something new? (dreaming part)

24.
3D printing our next
3D printer!
http://reprap.org/

25.
We were awarded $7,500 to continue our successful
Maker Boot Camp!!
http://www.ala.org/alsc/curiositycreates
Want the grant? Please send an email to mairn.chad@spcollege.edu and it will be in your inbox.

26.
Workshops filled very
quickly, so we had to create
3 different sessions: 2 for
homeschoolers and the
other for the public.

27.
Maker Boot Camp workshops
• Video Game Design (3 sessions, 4 ½ hours)
• 3D Design/Printing (3 sessions, 4 ½ hours)
• Fun With Electronics/Circuitry (3 sessions, 4 ½ hours)
• Introduction to Robotics (3 sessions, 4 ½ hours)
• Virtual Reality (3 sessions, 4 ½ hours)
• Video Editing for Film (3 sessions, 4 ½ hours)

28.
After the gaming lecture, the kids built a video game!

29.
http://www.slideshare.net/chadmairn/introducing-3d-design-and-printing-50569271

30.
3D Printing Process
1. Design an object via computer aided design (CAD) or animation
modeling software. Not design-oriented? Try
Shapeways, Sculpteo or Thingiverse. (SPEND MORE TIME ON #1)
2. The software will export the object as an .STL file ("stereolithography" or
"Standard Tessellation Language"), which will then be built (printed)
layer-by-layer (i.e., Additive Manufacturing).
3. Load the .STL file into the printer. (e.g., via Repetier).
4. Slice (i.e., create layers for the object). Note: Repetier integrates Slic3r
into the software.
5. 3D printing materials vary. We use PLA (Polylactic acid) filament. Visit
http://reprap.org/wiki/PLA for more information.
Source: http://goo.gl/rgOpMq

31.
You can download your Tinkercad design into Minecraft, 3D
print it, upload it to Thingiverse, or order a print.

32.
https://form.jotform.com/53475018527155
Kids could submit 3D designs to
be printed at the workshop. It
was very popular, so I had to
create a web form to keep up
with the demand!

33.
http://www.slideshare.net/chadmairn/synth-kit-49047042

34.
Using an external MIDI controller with littleBits
MIDI Out
MIDI In

35.
MIDI Out – littleBits becomes the controller
In Ableton Live, change All Ins
to littleBits KORG W5 MIDI
Note: MIDI Out only happens via USB port.
MIDI In
MIDI Out

36.
Build your own MP3 Speaker Amplifier
Instructions at: http://goo.gl/H40fJr
More examples: http://goo.gl/v2IeHO

37.
Autodesk's 123D Circuits Simulator
https://123d.circuits.io/

38.
http://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoStarterKit
is about $85.
Our library is now circulating
Arduino and Raspberry Pi kits!

39.
Circulating iLab

40.
Hackerboxes.com

41.
Introduction to Robots
http://www.slideshare.net/chadmairn/introduction-to-robots-48392350

42.
Programming
EV3 software
NXT software
Download EV3 Software at http://goo.gl/Cvwyy6 and then learn to program at http://goo.gl/BfZ8CZ!

43.
Visit https://www.facebook.com/MarsCuriosity on your smartphone and move through virtual reality!

44.
Robotic Story Time!
Build it! http://goo.gl/nei4Yl

45.
www.birdbraintechnologies.com

46.
Virtual Reality 2015: A Renaissance
http://www.slideshare.net/chadmairn/virtual-reality-a-renaissance

47.
Virtual Reality is a realistic simulation of an environment, including 3D
graphics, by a computer system using interactive software and hardware.

48.
www.google.com/get/cardboard/

49.
Images by Chris Demmons and Chad Mairn

50.
VR
https://blendervr.limsi.fr/doku.php

51.
Read more: https://goo.gl/iW5u5J

52.
Video Editing, April 2016
We are using one of our Macintosh
labs, so students can learn iMovie and
Adobe Premiere.

53.
http://renovatedlearning.com by Diana L. Rendina

54.
https://colleengraves.org by Colleen Graves

55.
https://evolveproject.org by Brian Pichman
… is dedicated to changing the way people see libraries.
Libraries should be creating stories; through innovation,
collaboration, discovery, inventions, and interaction.

56.
Makerspace Organizers Meeting
The White House – Eisenhower Executive Office Building
Wednesday, August 24th
Opening Remarks Tom Kalil, Deputy Director
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
Making a Makerspace Emily Pilloton, Project H / Girls
Garage
Will Holman, Open Works
Shawn Wallace, AS220
Maker Introductions Mid-Atlantic (MA) and New
England (NE)
Maker Lightning Talks Ryan McDermott, HeatSync Labs
Kari Love, NYC Resistor
Matthew Stultz, Ocean State Maker Mill
Maker Introductions South and Southwest (S)
Government as a Julie Lenzer, Director
Partner in the Making Office of Innovation and
Entrepreneurship,
U.S. Economic Development Administration
Comment by Andrew on hopes for the day
Maker Introductions Midwest and Mountain West (MW)
Government Quincy Brown, Senior Policy Advisor
Opportunity White House Office of Science and
Technology Policy
Lightning Briefs
Sanjay Koyani, Senior Advisor to the Chief Technology Officer
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Megan Brewster, Senior Policy Advisor
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
Mark Walsh, Head of Investment and Innovation
U.S. Small Business Administration
Tim Bailey, consultant
Nova Bailey Consulting, LLC
DARPA & USMC Program Support
Rob Baker, Lead Technologist
U.S. Agency for International Development
Maker Introductions West (W) and other Guests (_)
Closing Remarks Megan Smith, U.S. Chief Technology
Officer
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
Challenge Coin
Comment by Andrew on infrastructure
Lots of amazing stuff here!

57.
www.facebook.com/groups/librarymaker

58.
Emerging Technologies

59.
“Stop thinking of the future, and
anchor yourself in the present.”
~ Darth Plagueis

60.
Haptoclone. Wait … what?
More info: http://goo.gl/00kQTE

61.
Watch …
https://research.google.com/

62.
Topics from the NMC Horizon Report > 2015 Library Edition
Go behind the scenes at
http://library.wiki.nmc.org/

63.
It is nice to learn about these new technologies etc., but it can
be stretching a bit to find a place in libraries for most of them.

64.
Transparent TV
Image source: http://goo.gl/7xjvTT

65.
Are people researching
on their wearable
computers yet? ;-)

66.
How can all these advancements fit into a variety of libraries
to make them shine a bright light into the future?

67.
The cool thing about Makerspaces
is that you will have a space to
include interesting technologies
that are NOT even invented yet.
Perpetual Beta!

68.
Create
partnerships!
Be integral to
your community.
Share what you
do!

69.
Read more: http://goo.gl/qn5Gmo

70.
Big things can happen in small
spaces and with small budgets!

71.
Contact me!

72.
.com/cmairn
.net/chadmairn