A talk given at the 2017 ACRL Conference on Friday, March 24, 2017. Part 1: Grow Makers! Part 2: Use Cases

1. Growing Makers in Medicine,
Life Sciences, and Healthcare
Part 1: Grow Makers!
Part 2: Use Cases
Bohyun Kim and Brian Zelip
University of Maryland, Baltimore
Friday, March 24, 2017 | 2017 ACRL Conference
Twitter hashtag: #acrlmake
Slides: http://bit.ly/2nhUJqg

2. Part 1: Grow Makers!
Bohyun Kim
Associate Director, Library Applications and Knowledge Systems
Univ. of MD, Baltimore - Health Sciences and Human Services Library
Twitter: @bohyunkim | Blog: http://bohyunkim.net/blog

3. Why Grow Makers in Health Sciences?
• The Maker movement and technologies are making a huge impact on
health sciences - medicine, nursing, dentistry, pharmacy, and social
work.
• e.g. MakerHealth, MakerNurse, bioprinting, NIH 3D Print Exchange …
• See the examples in “3D Printing in Health Sciences”,
http://guides.hshsl.umaryland.edu/c.php?g=163717&p=1075336.
• By focusing on ‘making’ over ‘consuming,’ the Maker movement
facilitates experiential learning and rapid prototyping, leading people
to innovation and entrepreneurship.
• Library makerspaces are often the only facility with the 3D
printing/scanning capability that offers open access to all on campus.

4. http://makernurse.com/about/
http://www.makerhealth.co/

5. HS/HSL Innovation Space at UMB
• Serves both UMB, a university with graduate programs in medicine,
dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, social work, and life science, and
UMMC, a teaching hospital.
• HS/HSL Innovation Space opened in Apr. 2015 following a year of
investigation and planning by the library’s makerspace task force
(2014-2015).
• White paper online: Bohyun Kim, Aphrodite Bodycomb, Everly Brown, and
Thom Pinho, “Makerspace Task Force Report,” University of Maryland,
Baltimore - Human Services and Health Sciences Library, July 2014,
http://archive.hshsl.umaryland.edu/handle/10713/4634.
• 216 reservations / 226 3D models printed + much foot traffic

6. Creating a Successful Makerspace
HS/HSL Innovation Space renovation in the fall of 2016; Photo by the author
Renovated/expanded in Nov. 2016.

7. What (Equipment) & How (Logistics) > Why
http://www.hshsl.umaryland.edu/services/ispace/

8. Why > What > How
Image from the UMB HS/HSL Innovation Space Newsletter http://us5.campaign-
archive2.com/?u=8d6a2c0e62ab4cc63311ab6cd&id=87da8ca0d8

9. Community-Centered Approach
• Who are our users?
• What are they interested in?
• What services and programs would make most sense to offer?
• How will the makerspace serve the library user community?
• How will the makerspace become a valuable asset to patrons?

10. Intentional Focus
• Space for self-directed hands-on learning
• Space for creativity, imagination, collaboration, and the cross-
pollination of ideas

11. Grow Makers!
• Growing makers is the primary goal of the HS/HSL Innovation Space.
• Making leads to better learning/teaching/research.
• Bridge the digital divide gap in education.
• For this reason, the emphasis is on the learning/teaching/research
aspect of a makerspace, not maker-related technologies per se.
• Support for ‘making’ in the broad sense.
• Conscious efforts to tailor programs and services to the needs of
students, faculty, and researchers.

12. Strategies
• Put out as much information as possible for learning online to make it
accessible. Create resources if needed.
• 1-on-1 and group orientation/consultation
• Workshops
• New walk-in hours
• An online newsletter to spread how people in our campus community
are using the HS/HSL Innovation Space
• Events to encourage more people to try and learn, such as the “3D
print your holiday gift” event.

13. http://us5.campaign-
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http://us5.campaign-
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14. http://www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu/hslupdates/?p=2479
Wide participation from six of the
seven UMB schools, and other
administrative units
20 people 3d-printed a 55 objects
in total.
16 out of them were new to 3D
printing.

15. More in the Works …
• Run more events to create new learning opportunities.
• Create and establish more partnerships with different groups on
campus.
• UMB Entrepreneurship and Innovation Expo
• Other school and student events
• Help people to stay with the initial interest and also go beyond.
• Build a self-sustaining maker community on campus.
… and NEXT

16. Part 2: Use Cases
Brian Zelip
Emerging Technologies Librarian
Univ. of MD, Baltimore - Health Sciences and Human Services Library
Twitter: @bzelip | GitHub: @brianzelip

17. Surgery preparation
3D printed fractured mandible from CT scan; photo by the author

18. Stem cell regeneration using 3D printed scaffolds
http://us5.campaign-archive2.com/?u=8d6a2c0e62ab4cc63311ab6cd&id=4c5d69d3453D printed scaffold; photo by the author

19. Prosthetic hands
3D printed prosthetic hand; photo by the author
http://3dprintingindustry.com/2015/08/19/
5-year-old-throws-orioles-opening-pitch-with-3d-printed-prosthetic-hand

20. Replicate lab equipment
3D printed CRS tube & plugs on left, conventional CRS tube & plug on right; photo by the author

21. Innovate lab equipment
3D printed hardware in orange;
photo by Ali Mohammadabadi

22. Physical therapy device
Finger with “swan-neck deformity” and 3D printed finger
splint; photos by the author

23. Hands-on anatomy
3D printed pelvis; photo by the author

24. Youth outreach
Baltimore youth learning about 3D printing and modeling; photo by Thom Pinho

25. FUN!
3D printed “Stormflake”, “Natty Boh”, and “Snowman”; photo by the author

26. Thank You!
http://www.hshsl.umaryland.edu/ispace