Libraries are about knowledge creation. They must return to this core but have to make progress at the same time. In my view connecting with maker culture, or better yet, be a vibrant part of it, is one of the ways to achieve this goal. Essentially makers and librarians are the same, except for the hands-on approach.

1. Learning by Making
Focusing on digital literacies
Internet Librarian International
London, October 20, 2015
Jeroen de Boer
Project manager Innovation @ Bibliotheekservice Fryslân
Chairman @ FabLab Benelux Foundation
http://www.twitter.com/jtdeboer

2. http://www.ted.com/talks/larry_lessig_says_the_law_is_strangling_creativity

4. Cory Doctorow:
“Damn right libraries shouldn’t be book-
lined Internet cafes. They should be book-
lined, computer-filled information-dojos
where communities come together to
teach each other black-belt information
literacy, where initiates work alongside
noviates to show them how to master the
tools of the networked age from the bare
metal up.”
Photo Credit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/doctorow/3906188231/

5. Photo Credit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/36612355@N08/4274082557
Neelie Kroes:
“If you’re not
able to code,
you’re missing
out on a lot of
advantages.”

6. Learning
The natural, unstoppable process of acquiring knowledge.
It only partly takes place at school, because we do it
everywhere, anytime by reading, writing, talking, tinkering
and playing with the world around us. We solve problems,
ask questions and occasionally mess things up.
Freedom
The right of access, remix, copy and share and build on the
existing to generate new ideas. The Internet does not
function without the ability to look under the hood and
learn from the errors.
The Web
A set of building blocks that anyone can use to invent,
build, connect and adapt to the digital world. Just like Lego
these are blocks that can be formed in order to be able to
meet a person's image. This system has helped us to create
wealth, beauty and social connections on a scale that was
unimaginable 25 years ago.
Learning, Freedom and the Web (2010)
http://learningfreedomandtheweb.org/

7. The Public Library as a Community Hub for Connected
Learning (2014)
Åke Nygren
A brief overview of the ideas and principles underlying the connected
learning movement, highlighting examples of how libraries are
boosting 21st century learning and promoting community
development by partnering with a range of organizations and
individuals to incorporate connected opportunities into their
programs. Learning by doing is the motto.
And
what
about
the
library?
The Public Library as a Community Hub for Connected Learning (2014)
http://library.ifla.org/1014/1/167-nygren-en.pdf

9. https://teach.mozilla.org/tools/

10. Mobile library FabLab

14. MediaLiteracyMakers!
* http://www.mediawijzer.net/wp-content/uploads/Mediawijsheid-in-het-vo-en-mbo-oktober-2014.pdf
+ + +
Learning by doing as solution for the
fact that teachers in secondary
education are most struggling to
teach students how media is created*

15. Fab the Library!
Modular package to help
library organizations to set
up a FabLab or makerspace

16. MakerTour2015

19. www.rijksbegroting.nl/2015/kamerstukken,2014/11/10/kst201804.html

20. http://platformmakereducation.nl/

21. https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781442252998/Makerspaces-in-Libraries#

22. Do it!
Jeroen de Boer
Project manager Innovation @ Bibliotheekservice Fryslân
Chairman @ FabLab Benelux Foundation
http://www.twitter.com/jtdeboer