Forming Strategic Partnerships in Academic Makerspaces
1. Strategic Partnerships in the
Academic Library Makerspace
Edward Iglesias
Systems Librarian
Central Connecticut State University
2. Buy my Book
• http://www.igiglobal.com/book/robot
s-academiclibraries/72362?#tableof-contents
3. Who do we partner with?
• The Mad Scientist
• The Inventor
• The Computer (Remember people used to be
“computers”, it was a job title.
4. The Mad Scientist
• Dr. Thomas Burkholder,
• Professor of Chemistry
at CCSU
• Secret Project…
5. The Florence Siphon
• A very Steampunk way
of brewing coffee.
Dr.Burkholder has
agreed to do a demo
perhaps involving a pith
helmet and brass
goggles.
6. The Inventor
• Dr. Thamma Ravindra
• Professor in Robotics
Department at CCSU
• Want to stage FIRST
Robotics competitions
in library.
7. The Computer
• Dr. Robert Shumaker
• Professor of MIS
• Wants to introduce his
classes to 3D printing
and physical computing.
8. Additional Departments
• Archeology for 3D replicas
• Music Possible “build your own instrument”
workshops.
• Use committees such at Information
Technology Committee or equivalent.