American Libraries Live—Libraries and COVID-19: Using 3D Printing to Make Personal Protective Equipment (April 2020)

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Libraries and COVID-19:
Using 3D Printing to Make
Personal Protective Equipment
T.J. Ferrill, Brandon Patterson, Ab. Velasco, & Jillian Rutledge
Friday, April 10, 2020

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Libraries and COVID-19: Using 3D Printing to Make Personal Protective Equipment | T.J. Ferrill, Brandon Patterson, Ab. Velasco, & Jillian Rutledge
T.J. Ferrill
 Head of creative spaces, J. Willard Marriott Library,
University of Utah
Brandon Patterson
 Technology engagement librarian, Eccles Health Sciences
Library, University of Utah
Ab. Velasco
 Manager, Innovation, Toronto Public Library
Jillian Rutledge
 Public services manager, Waterloo (IA) Public Library

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Libraries and COVID-19: Using 3D Printing to Make Personal Protective Equipment | T.J. Ferrill, Brandon Patterson, Ab. Velasco, & Jillian Rutledge
Can you tell us about your
involvement in printing PPE, both
personally and from your library’s
perspective? How did this get
started?

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Libraries and COVID-19: Using 3D Printing to Make Personal Protective Equipment | T.J. Ferrill, Brandon Patterson, Ab. Velasco, & Jillian Rutledge
Tell us about the nature of your
community partnership. What
sorts of organizations are you
assisting and working with?

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Have you run into any issues with
liability or other legal concerns?

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Libraries and COVID-19: Using 3D Printing to Make Personal Protective Equipment | T.J. Ferrill, Brandon Patterson, Ab. Velasco, & Jillian Rutledge
You got this up and running very
quickly. For those who are
interested in getting started, can
you give us some tips for getting
things off the ground? What
programs are you using? Who
should we reach out to in the
community?

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How do you see this fitting into
the broader context of 3D
printers/maker culture in libraries?

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Is what you’re doing strictly
something that will exist in the
context of this crisis, or do you
see a model that is sustainable
here in some way?

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Thank you!