So, I've been "at conference" all day...The ALA Virtual Conference. One of the morning sessions was on Maker Spaces. While I've been at the fringes of MakerSpaces for a couple years (offered Goldstein for a local MakerSpace meeting location) I didn't think much about it. The presenter was presenting the ideas of what (primarily) public libraries can do; arts, crafts, technology, teens, robotics etc. It SUDDENLY occurred to me that Goldstein has been a MakerSpace before the term came into vogue. We've been making the Goldstein for 8 years. We've painted, repurposed furniture, been an art display space and art collection area. I teach my staff (Grad Assistants who work while in MLIS program and then move on to "real" jobs) how to make things every semester. "we've" learned how to paint and spackle, how to use chalkboard and whiteboard paint, repair books, make and paint stencils, make furniture from excess wooden shelving and just this semester how to use glass frosting paint to create private areas.
However, if you can't be a MakerSpace library, rest with a cup of tea and check out these (definitely not MakerSpace) libraries: http://www.mentalfloss.com/article/51788/62-worlds-most-beautiful-libraries
However, if you can't be a MakerSpace library, rest with a cup of tea and check out these (definitely not MakerSpace) libraries: http://www.mentalfloss.com/article/51788/62-worlds-most-beautiful-libraries