What Motivates Makers
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Presentation from the Entrepreneurial Librarian conference, October 17, 2014 held at Wake Forest University. Entrelib.org John Burke. Miami University Middletown
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What Motivates Makers
- 1. What Motivates Makers? The Inspirations of Library Makerspace Creators John Burke Miami University Middletown Take Risks, Embrace Change: The 2014 Conference for Entrepreneurial Librarians
- 2. What are makerspaces? ● A place, or not ● Shared knowledge ● Shared tools ● Hands-on learning ● Co-working ● Open design culture Top: Noisebridge makerspace in San Francisco. Image provided through a CC BY 2.0 License by Kyle Nishioka (madmarv00) http://www.flickr.com/photos/madmarv/8798768470/ Bottom: bus4. Image provided through a CC BY 2.0 License by FryskLab. http://www.flickr.com/photos/83026924@N03/9762948643
- 3. What do people make in them? Technology or Activity #/libraries % of all respondents Computer workstations 73 67% 3D printing 50 46% Photo editing 49 45% Video editing 47 43% Computer programming/software 43 39% Art and crafts 40 37% Scanning photos to digital 39 36% Creating a website or online portfolio 37 34% Digital music recording 36 33% 3D modeling 34 31% Arduino/Raspberry Pi 33 30% Other 33 30% Animation 31 28% High quality scanner 31 28% Tinkering 28 26% Makerspaces in Libraries Survey, 2013
- 4. Maker movement motivations ● Lone makers → collaborative settings ● Teaching/guiding ● Sharing ideas and designs ● Co-working on projects ● Tinkering and play Open MAKE: Tools. Image provided through a CC BY 2.0 License by Exploratorium. https://flic.kr/p/bGJCRv
- 5. Why libraries? ● Making is already part of our mission ● Libraries are already makerspaces ● A community space ● Support education and STEM Sewing at the Maker Faire. Image provided through a CC BY 2.0 License by Jon Callas (joncallas). http://www.flickr.com/photos/joncallas/7230408600.
- 6. Library Makerspaces Survey ● October/November 2013 ● 14 questions ● 109 respondents ● 51% public, 36% academic, 9% school ● 30 U.S. states, 7 other countries ● 46% less than 1 year of operation ● 11% 2+ years of operation
- 7. Responses from the survey “When people ask you why you have a makerspace, what do you tell them?” 90 respondents answered Coded responses into categories 2013-12-11 13.57.25. Image provided through a CC BY 2.0 License by FryskLab. http://www.flickr.com/photos/83026924@N03/11339612654
- 8. Sample responses “We want to provide an on-ramp to the larger Maker Movement, as well providing the community access to technology beyond items normally purchased for home use.”
- 9. “The library needs to support all literacies and encourage students to become content creators, rather than content consumers.”
- 10. “I say that the whole library is a makerspace, we just make scholarship.”
- 11. “3D printing is as game changing today as the printing press was in 1450. We simply must make this technology freely available so that our citizens can have the opportunity to master it, lest they be mastered by it.”
- 12. “So there is a free community spot to create and get to know other community members. To share expertise and learn from one another.”
- 13. “Not only do we continue to do the important work of preservation and access as we have done all along, but increasingly there is an expectation that libraries will support content creation.”
- 14. Most popular motivations ● Learning (34) ● Collaboration (25) ● Access (23) ● Expanding services (18) ● Library mission (16) ● Individual creation (15)
- 15. Least common motivations ● Cross-curricular/multi-disciplinary (4) ● Business/workforce development (4) ● Teens/kids (7) ● 21st century (7) ● STEM (9) ● Hands-on (10)
- 16. Differences by library type Academic (learning, access, collaboration, library mission) Public (learning, collaboration, access, expanding library services, library mission, individual creation) School (tinkering, learning, individual creation, cross-curricular, collaboration, STEM)
- 17. Makerspace profiles 30-45 minute interviews with 17 makers 10 public, 4 academic, 2 school libraries, 1 I-school community maker group How did your makerspace come to be?
- 18. What the 17 makers said ● Staff had interest and experience ● Saw a community need or opportunity ● Already focused on content creation ● Sought and found partners ● The money was available ● Built on existing service/support/hosting ● Administration was supportive
- 19. Makerspaces and more ● Library mission: inside or extending ● Community need: learning or collaboration ● Providing access: service, stuff, skills ● Possible funding ● Support of administration ● Partners ● Staff interest and experience
- 20. Creating a makerspace Essentials: ● Interest ● Time ● Space ● Money 3D Printer Ultimaker. Image provided through a CC BY 2.0 License by Mirko Tobias Schaefer (Gastev). http://www.flickr.com/photos/gastev/9319065887
- 21. Key recommendations ● Find out community interests ● Start small: imagine growth in stages ● Offer programs to demo/build making skills ● Balance funding among library, donors, grants ● Move toward open/dirty/noisy/dedicated space ● Consider mobile making ● Lending making stuff ● Makers in residence/mentors ● Maker camps/mini-maker faires ● Listen to your makers and those who have gone before
- 22. Questions? Eggbot @ Cal Expo - 21. Image provided through a CC BY 2.0 License by Windell Oskay (oskay). http://www.flickr.com/photos/oskay/4820284466.
- 23. Where can I learn more? ● Makerspaces in Libraries Survey Results ● Makerspace Resources ● Makerspaces: A Practical Guide for Librarians (Rowman & Littlefield, 2014) http://tinyurl.com/entrelibmakers burkejj@miamioh.edu
- 24. The slide background for this presentation was provided through a CC BY 2.0 Attribution License by Adam Meek https://www.flickr.com/photos/adammeek/
Notes de l'éditeur
- I asked libraries to respond to a list of 55 technologies - on average, each library makerspace is offering 9 making options to its community What are the “Other”s? - Beading, Button maker,Comics,e-Discovery kits (engineering kits),Film studio,Green screen,Hand tools (hammers, pliers, screwdrivers, wrenches, etc.),Knitting and crocheting,Large monitors on the wall to attach laptops,LEGOs,littleBits,MaKey MaKey,Microscope,Oscilloscope,Papercrafts (Origami, etc.),Presentation space with small stage,Scratch,Scrounge (for toy and scenario-making),Seismograph,Server rack and networking equipment,Snap circuits,Squishy circuits,Tool library,T-shirt heat press,Video conferencing (Skype),Video production,Video recording equipment,Watercolor,Yarn
- Our mission to provide access to resources and technologies Already a makerspace based on creative activities happening within the library. Place for community to come together and support making activities. Way for libraries to show support for educational efforts and STEM development.
- Academic - top 4 had between 13 and 7, with a number clustered at 4 - of 34 respondents Public - 44 responses - top 6 ranged from 17 to 8 responses School - 9 responses - top ranged from 4 to 2
- Community need - wanted to serve small businesses and people who worked at home with professional software. Wanted community to have access to making opportunities. Already supporting multimedia projects. Wanted to reach large teen population. They focus their program on content creation, not just reading fiction. Students are creating content for their coursework, both virtually and in print. Received a $10,000 prize in 2009 to buy equipment. Started with digital media center and added multiple workstations and software. Director sought internal funding and external grant from a donor over last two years. Built a list of possible items to add, and are using that to guide purchases. Donors are excellent source for funds. Learned that 14.6% of city population were teens, and wanted to reach out to them. Way to bridge gap between children's programming and adult services. HoMaGo. Administration was supportive. Staff interested in different making skills - arts and crafts, photography, 3D printer and 3D design. Received grant to start a makerspace. Library was awarded a grant to start makerspace. Former library board member's company has also donated funds. Interest from families with younger children and business owners who want to create videos and podcasts. Raspberry Pi = computer as cheap as library book. Formed maker group with graduate students and headed out into schools. Work that students could do without adult intervention. Guide students to grow into new and more complex activities. Partner with local makerspaces. Partnered with a local makerspace group to offer maker activities in trailer outside of library. Then brought making devices into the library. Library director was very supportive. Supporting students with multimedia projects. Staff decided that libraries make scholarship, and whole library is the makerspace. Excellent technology resources already in place. Wanted to make video recording a more serious effort. Available to all students. Funding was available to start out. Director was interested and sought out internal grant.Have had lots of input from students, makers among the faculty and staff, and campus clubs. Long-time knitting group has inspired other making activities. Wanted to provide professional software to small businesses and people working at home. Focused on teaching/providing higher end computer skills. Library administration supported growth of technologies into items for teens and other groups. Had history offering computer training. Started teen tech club to work on game design and photo editing. Grew into space to work on technology and art. Indiegogo campaign and library support have made it possible. Outside interest in DIY by staff helped build interest in a makerspace. Library had reputation for lending technology and giving students chances to try new technology. Desire to give users direct access to technology. Library was interested in makerspace, and creator made connections with community (local makerspace, schools, etc.) to find partners in creating one. Won a grant, and off they went. Attracted by idea of encouraging people to create and not just consume. Wanted to help people find their dreama dn their creativity. Saw people checking out nonfiction more than half of the time (much of it aimed at making or doing things). Wanted to do more than just have people check it out and take it home. Saw makerspace as a new way to engage the community.New way to provide education and get people involved with the library's resources.
- Motivations are applicable in other library entrepreneurial situations With these criteria in hand or questions answered,You can make it happen! This might seem like the end of the presentation . . . but I also promised to talk about how to create a makerspace