Makerspaces, which have grown wildly popular in public libraries and now are appearing in academic spaces, give students affordable access to expensive tools such as laser cutters, sewing machines, ...

If you build it, will they come? That is the question many schools have about finding room on campus for a "makerspace." The just-released 6th annual New Media Consortium Horizon Report K-12 Edition ...

Ted Quiballo (right), instructional technologies librarian at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, shows interns for World Relief Chicagoland’s youth summer program how to use a 3D scanner.

Today’s college students are spending more time than ever in public and campus libraries. According to a recent Pew Research Report, millennials are most likely to have visited a public library in the ...

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 ...

...or why your library may soon have a 3-D printerVENTNOR – With the Internet becoming the prime source for timely information gathering, libraries across the nation are evolving into more ...

One library wanted more students to work there. One needed a physical space dedicated to teens and technology. Another wanted to create a safe place for students from all over the city. All three ...

Makerspaces are defined as community-operated work spaces where people with common interests in computers, machines, technology, science, digital art and other areas, meet, socialize and collaborate ...

Tara Radniecki, engineering librarian in the DeLaMare Science & Engineering Library, is the lead researcher from Nevada working on the project. The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has ...

It was an exciting, high-intensity experience and, yes, it was exhausting. Above all, the Biggest Little Makers team came away from their participation in Make48, a documentary-style competition show, ...

If you build it, will they come? That is the question many schools have about finding room on campus for a "makerspace." The just-released 6th annual New Media Consortium Horizon Report K-12 Edition ...