A makerspace is an area intended to help its users express their creativity by crafting, building and designing whatever they can imagine. Typical amenities include 3-D printers that can create useful ...

Along with checking out books, patrons can embroider a T-shirt, personalize a coffee mug or record their own podcast at Albright Memorial Library in Scranton. It’s all part of the library’s Makerspace ...

Public libraries have come a long way from the reading rooms of the past, where the librarian's “Shhhh!” followed any utterance above a whisper. In fact, they're noisy places today - modern community ...

Steve Zurier is a freelance technology writer based in Columbia, Md. What’s the best way to define a makerspace? For Laura Fleming, library media specialist at New Milford High School in New Jersey, a ...

WESTFIELD, NJ — Past stacks of books on the second floor, through a doorway and around a corner, the newest space at the Westfield Memorial Library has finally taken shape. Unveiled to attending media ...

In a recent edWebinar, hosted by edWeb.net, Michelle Luhtala, library department chair, and Donna Burns, technology integrator, both from New Canaan High School (NCHS) in Connecticut, showcased the ...

The Simsbury Public Library is putting the final touches on its new makerspace. Lisa Karim, the director of the library, said focus groups held three years ago steered the way the library would ...

UNC's Undergraduate Library has a new edition on the entry level floor: the Library MakerSpace. The Library MakerSpace is a dedicated area to providing tools, expert help and a creative outlet for ...

The main library at Fort Bliss has added a dedicated area where patrons can get their hands dirty, make some noise and create their own do-it-yourself projects. The Mickelsen Community Library, at 2E ...