How to make a maker librarian
Makerspaces are simply a location for open exploration, tinkering, problem solving, and critical thinking for all. This definition and idea ties in well to the focus of the Knowledge School. Makerspaces and the librarians who work in them aim at being socially just, community based, and focus their...
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Makerspaces are simply a location for open exploration, tinkering, problem solving, and critical thinking for all. This definition and idea ties in well to the focus of the Knowledge School. Makerspaces and the librarians who work in them aim at being socially just, community based, and focus their maker learning locations toward their practitioners. Those in schools, universities, and communities who are often charged to implement a maker location. When a student graduates from a Masters of Library and Information Science program or iSchool are they are ready to work with makers in their community? Are they ready to learn and train themselves? Are they ready to continue growth in their own knowledge? Have their programs of study, their schools of knowledge trained them appropriately? This article delves into case studies focused on that very discussion.
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| spelling | doaj.art-d7bd28cb41b94ed0aacf0c71c68b6d592023-05-18T15:02:07ZengUniversity of Colorado at BoulderJournal of New Librarianship2471-38802020-12-014Special10.21173/newlibs/7/9How to make a maker librarianHeather Moorefield-Lang0Megan Coker1 University of North Carolina Greensboro University of South Carolina Makerspaces are simply a location for open exploration, tinkering, problem solving, and critical thinking for all. This definition and idea ties in well to the focus of the Knowledge School. Makerspaces and the librarians who work in them aim at being socially just, community based, and focus their maker learning locations toward their practitioners. Those in schools, universities, and communities who are often charged to implement a maker location. When a student graduates from a Masters of Library and Information Science program or iSchool are they are ready to work with makers in their community? Are they ready to learn and train themselves? Are they ready to continue growth in their own knowledge? Have their programs of study, their schools of knowledge trained them appropriately? This article delves into case studies focused on that very discussion. https://newlibs.org/index.php/jonl/article/view/769makerspacespre-service librariansinstruction |
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