Maker Mentality in the Learning Commons: IOLUG Keynote Nov. 1 2013
PLUS:
- What else is available on campus?
- Can you tell me three other departments besides yours that will use this thing?
8000 students
Maker Mentality in the Learning Commons
6500 full-time undergrads
IOLUG November 1, 2013
2/3 of them live on campus
Emily Thompson
Learning Technologies Librarian at Penfield Library, SUNY Oswego
One of 13 "SUNY Comprehensives"
@librarianofdoom
http://www.oswego.edu/about/facts.html
So Far . . . (October 2011-Present)
So what is a Maker anyway?
And a MakerSpace?
"We are all Makers. We are born Makers (just watch a child's fascination with drawing, blocks, Lego, or crafts), and many of us retain that love in our hobbies and passions. It's not just about workshops, garages, and man caves. If you love to cook, you're a kitchen Maker and your stove is your workbench (homemade food is best, right?). If you love to plant, you're a garden Maker. Knitting and sewing, scrapbooking, beading, and cross-stitching -- all Making." (Anderson, 2012)
"A makerspace is a place where people come together to create and collaborate, to share resources, knowledge, and stuff." (Britton, 2012)
"A good Informations (sic) Commons brings together researchers, instructors, students, teachers, and users, equipping them with the technology (computers, projectors, Internet access) and furnishings (workstations, conference rooms and classrooms, print stations) to meet the goals they set for themselves." (Beagle, Bailey & Tierney, 2006. p xvii)
Classes taught: 30
Individual appointments: 35
Digital Stories
How to make your presentation not suck
Maker Mentality at Penfield Library
Zotero
Audacity
Informative videos
Basics of Blender
Creative Commons Resources
Poster creation
Support:
Tools:
40+ MakerBot prints
Departments and Schools:
3D printing:
What does an Academic Library make?
"You guys are great about communicating and getting our objects to us in a timely fashion. It's been a great experience so far and I can't wait to continue and see what else I could print."
Student
"Thanks for acquiring new technology that we can try out! I imagine at some point I'll find something scholarly to do with it :)"
Faculty
Chemistry
Psychology
Business
Education
Multimedia:
- Expanding our "One-Shot Workshops" to include things like presentation production & video, audio, and photo editing
- Expanding our one-on-one appointments as well
- Hiring a librarian for the students to go to
"I'm going to be requesting more !!"
Student
Biology
Why?
Because it's a transformative technology that ALL Oswego students should be familiar with.
"3D printing is fun!"
Student
Communication Studies
Geology
English
Research
Theatre
"Emily was an amazing help and deserves raises and accolades. And probably chocolates."
Staff
Graphic Design
Broadcasting
Papers
Collaboration
How?
We got a grant from Campus Technology Services.
Wait, my library already does all of those things . . .
Congratulations, you have yourself a MakerSpace!
"MakerSpaces are a real umbrella term for the kinds of places where creativity is really important and they embrace a wide variety of media." Kristin Fontichiaro
Information Literacy
Major Renovations: 0
Videos
"The selection process can be thought of as a four-step process: (1) identification of the relevant, (2) evaluation (is the item worthy of selection?) and assessment (is the item appropriate of the collection?), (3) decision to purchase, and (4) order preparation and sometimes placement." (Johnson, 2009)
"Where's all the stuff? It's all over the place!"
Jan Toth-Chernin
Scholarship
"The Survey of Adult Skills defines problem solving in technology-rich environments as “using digital technology,
communication tools and networks to acquire and evaluate information, communicate with others and perform
practical tasks” (OECD, 2013)
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
We should build our MakerSpaces with these in mind.
And maybe our libraries already ARE MakerSpaces.
What does an academic library make?
References:
Anderson, C. (2012) Makers: The new industrial revolution. New York. Crown Business.
Beagle, D. R., Bailey, D. R., & Tierney, B. (2006). The information commons handbook. New York, NY: Neal-Schuman.
Britton, L. (2012, October 26). A Fabulous Labaratory: The Makerspace at Fayetteville Free Library. Public Libraries Online. Retrieved from http://publiclibrariesonline.org/2012/10/a-fabulous-labaratory-the-makerspace-at-fayetteville-free-library/
Questions?
Cook, J., Nollet, B., Spillane, A., Robinson, M., & Kravitz, A. (Directors). (2013). Head Injury Hip-Hop [Class project]. USA: Psychology 403: Biopsychology. Instructor: Audrey Hager.
Fontichiaro, K., Toth-Chernin, J., Austic, G., O'Neil, T., Williams, J., & Severance, C. (Presenters). (2013, October 8). Creating a makerspace culture. Lecture presented online by Booklist. Retrieved from: http://ala-publishing.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNTU1MDQ5JnA9MSZ1PTEwMjgyMzk2NzgmbGk9MTk0MzQ3NzQ/index.html
http://www.oswego.edu/library/learning_commons
http://libraryguides.oswego.edu/toolbox
Johnson, P. (2009) Fundamentals of collection development and management, 2nd edition. Chicago. American Library Association.
@PenfieldLib
Lenhart, A (2013, March) Teens and Technology 2013: Teens & online video. Retrieved from Pew Charitable Trust website: http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2013/Teens-and-Tech/Main-Findings/Teens-and-Technology.aspx
Purcell, K., Rainie, L., Heaps, A., Buchanan, J., Friedrich, L., Jacklin, A., . . . Zickhur, K. (2012, November). How teens do research in the digital world. Retrieved from Pew Internet & American Life Project website: http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2012/Student-Research.aspx
OECD (2013), OECD skills outlook 2013: First results from the survey of adult skills, OECD Publishing.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/9789264204256-en
Thompson, E. A. (2013, October). MakerBot 3D printing feedback. Unpublished raw data, State University of New York at Oswego, Oswego, NY.