Library Makerspaces

Library Makerspaces: The Complete Guide is a comprehensive road map for libraries of any size, with any budget, seeking to redesign or repurpose space or to develop creative, hands-on maker-style programming. It features guidance on:*Holding stakeholder discovery sessions for community-driven space and program development*Evaluating existing library spaces for the most cost-effective and user-friendly facilities design and programming*Asset mapping for developing community partnerships*Best practices from different types of library makerspaces in the United States and internationally*Sample budgets, inventories, and space plans*Risk management considerations*Programming recommendations and resources for a range of patrons from youth to seniors and business to hobby groups*Funding and in-kind supportThis book will help librarians develop and implement makerspaces, write grant proposals to fund such spaces, and help frontline staff and administrators learn about the technologies and processes involved.