Tag: IMLS

  • Understanding the Post-Emergent Phase of a Makerspace

    Understanding the Post-Emergent Phase of a Makerspace

    Creating and starting a makerspace is an exciting venture; you build a team and purchase new equipment. There are a lot of resources (people and articles) that describe how emergent makerspaces can get off the ground. Once your makerspace has been open for a few years, you begin to experience challenges that are distinctly different…

  • What Libraries Offer the Maker Movement

    What Libraries Offer the Maker Movement

    At the Millvale Community Library in Pennsylvania, toddlers and kids gather weekly to work on creative projects. On those days the library morphs into a “makerspace,” overflowing with sewing supplies, circuitry, yarn, and electronics. The young visitors are encouraged to tinker with the materials and create anything they dream up, be it an animated video…

  • The Free Library of Philadelphia’s Maker Jawn Initiative Receives IMLS Leadership Grant

    The Free Library of Philadelphia’s Maker Jawn Initiative Receives IMLS Leadership Grant

    The Free Library of Philadelphia’s Maker Jawn Initiative has been awarded a National Leadership Grant for multi-generational Makerspaces in North Philadelphia, where we have been focusing our efforts as a YOUmedia Learning Lab, creating scalable space for youth programming. The Free Library initiative is one of only 31 projects chosen nationwide to receive a National…