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Can Completing A Welding Training Program Make Getting Jobs Easier?

Welding training programs can significantly increase your chances of success. Read more to learn how to select a program and get a rewarding welding job.

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As a beginner, welders need to learn the different types of welding that make their work smooth and easy. Read on to learn about the techniques in detail!

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BASTL helps account manager prove to herself

Nicole Morrissey always felt she was “lacking a bit’’ by not having her degree and was concerned that she would soon hit the ceiling in her career.

As an account manager for outside sales at Airgas with a $5 million territory, the 34-year-old Spring Township resident had always planned on going to college but didn’t see how she could afford it. When she heard about Airgas’ tuition reimbursement program, she knew it was time.

Morrissey first earned an associate degree in business management from Reading Area Community College. Then her husband, Nick, heard a news report about Bloomsburg teaming up with RACC, she found out more about the Bachelor of Applied Science in Technical Leadership (BASTL).

“For myself and most of my classmates, it was exactly what we needed,’’ said Morrissey, who also has to balance the needs of her 1-year-old son, Rory. “The majority of us were working while going to school and having the same struggles with time management and the flexibility to have classes taught at RACC and online was important.’’

Morrissey, who received her BASTL degree in May 2017, added that Bloomsburg’s acceptance of her RACC credits helped seal her decision.

The skills she learned relating to developing presentations were immediately useful as she handles training sessions for customers in which Airgas professionals talk about topics such as welding and safety. She said the leadership and communication courses also helped her look at her work style and learn how to better communicate and deal with time management issues.

Looking ahead, Morrissey said she wants to complete a graduate degree and keep advancing, though she’s still considering what the “next level’’ will be in her career. Whatever it is, she said the BASTL program helped her develop her confidence and skills.

“This is a great program, but you have to personally have to want this to be a goal and something you want to achieve,’’ she said. “I think it’s important always to have an open mind about learning.’’

After consulting with employers who are looking for skilled managers, Bloomsburg University created its Bachelor of Applied Science in Technical Leadership program especially for individuals with associate degrees who are working and need flexibility.

Up to 60 associate degree credits are accepted and half the BASTL classes are online and the rest taught at Bloomsburg’s partner institutions: Bucks County Community College, Community College of Philadelphia, Harrisburg Area Community College, Lehigh Carbon Community College, Northampton Community College and Reading Area Community College, and the State System campus in Center City Philadelphia.

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Wikispaces: Youth Services Librarianship - Makerspaces

(Wikispaces is closing down over the course of 2018. It’s not clear if the information collected there will be archived in any way, so I’m copying pages here for safekeeping! Hopefully I can make the copies interlinked the way the originals are, but it will take time. c: Be advised: Some links may lead to deleted or inactive webpages.)

Makerspaces

(Last revision: Nov 24, 2013)

Overview

What Is a Makerspace? Have you ever envisioned a library where, “Kids gather to make Lego robots; teens create digital music, movies, and games
with computers and mixers; and students engineer new projects while adults create prototypes for small business products with laser cutters and 3D printers” (American Libraries, 2013, pg. 44)? Well, many libraries are offering places called “makerspaces,” which are “part of a growing movement of hands-on, mentor-led learning environments to make and remake the physical and digital worlds. They foster experimentation, invention, creation, exploration, and STEM learning” (Institute of Museum and Library Services, 2012, para.1). Makerspaces are also known as, Fab Labs, Hackerspaces, Makelabs, Digital Media Labs, DIY Spaces, Creative Spaces, or Tech Shops. Makerspaces are comprised of or include "a continuum of activity that includes “co-working,” “hackerspace,” and “fab lab”; the common thread running through each is a focus on making rather than merely consuming" (Colegrove, 2013, pg. 3). They can,“be embedded inside an existing organization or standalone on its own. It could be a simple room in a building or an outbuilding that’s closer to a shed. The key is that it can adapt to a wide variety of uses and can be shaped by educational purposes as well as the students’ creative goals” (Behen, 2013, pg. 72).

Makerspace Tools and Materials

Makerspaces can include but are not characterized by:

Workshop or Workspace

Digital Fabrication Equipment (3D Printers, 3D Scanners, Laser Cutter, Laser Engraving, Vinyl Cutter, CNC routers, etc.).

Digital Media Software and Open Source Software Applications (Adobe Photoshop, Computer-Assisted Design (CAD) Programs, etc.).

Open Source Hardware Software (Arduino, Raspberry Pi, etc.).

Electronics and Computers (Robotics, microcontrollers, etc.).

Textiles and Fiber Arts

Different Types of Machines (Embroidery, Espresso Book, Knitting, Laminating, Milling, Sewing, Routing, Stitching, and many more types of machines).

Power Tools (Drill, Jig Saw, Orbital Sander, Table Saw, Belt Sander, Drill Press, etc.).

Metalworking Tools

Welding Tools

Woodworking Tools

3D printers -- printers which produce 3D models from a digital file, generally out of plastics (Abram, 2013).

3D scanners -- scanners which create digital models of physical objects that can in turn be "printed" using 3D printers ("Makerspace," n.d.).

Laser cutters -- machines which have the ability to accurately cut or etch materials from a digital file ("Makerspace," n.d.).

Arduino -- microcontroller boards that have the ability to read input from sensors, control outputs like lights or motors, and connect to computer software (“What is Arduino?,” n.d.).

Raspberry Pi -- affordable computers no bigger than a credit card that plug into monitors and keyboards (“FAQs,” n.d.).

The Educate to Innovate Initiative and Maker Corps

In 2009, President Obama launched the initiative, “Educate to Innovate” (Schulman, 2013). The President said, "I want us all to think about new and creative ways to engage young people in science and engineering, whether it's science festivals, robotics competitions, fairs that encourage young people to create and build and invent—to be makers of things, not just consumers of things" (Obama 2009).

From the “Educate to Innovate” initiative came, “The Maker Education Initiative’s” Maker Corps. Maker Corps was created to “empower young adults, makers themselves, to become role models and to help them inspire others in their communities to involve more children in making” (Thomas, 2012b, para.3). In the summer of 2013, The Maker Education Initiative introduced a Maker Corps pilot program. The Mission of this program is that, “Maker Corps will create teams of young makers who can share their enthusiasm for making and their love of learning with younger children and teens, offering support and encouragement that helps introduce them to science and technology in a personal way" (Thomas, 2012a, para.1).

Some of the “Maker Corps Mentors” from this year’s (2013) pilot program include: Arizona State University College of Technology and Innovation (Mesa, Arizona), Free Library of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Girl Scouts of Central Maryland (Baltimore, Maryland), LevelUP Teen Makerspace (Chicago, Illinois), the Children’s Museum of Houston (Houston, Texas), Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI-Portland, Oregon), The Exploratory (Los Angeles, California), The Da Vinci Center for Innovative Learning (Stockton, California), the New York Hall of Science, (Corona, New York), the Henry Ford Museum (Dearborn, Michigan), and many more (Davee, 2013, pg. 1). The goals of the Maker Corps program are to:

“Provide opportunities for makers to gain leadership skills, increase confidence and build career readiness skills” (Maker Corps, 2013, pg. 1).

“Expand the network of maker mentors and community leaders” (Maker Corps, 2013, pg. 1).

“Expose more youth and families to creative problem-solving through making” (Maker Corps 2013, pg. 1).

“Expand the capacity of youth-serving organizations to serve their communities in maker-oriented projects” (Maker Corps, 2013, pg. 1).

Why Libraries and Makerspaces?

Many public, school, and academic libraries have decided to join the “Maker Movement.” By joining the movement, libraries are providing their patrons with opportunities to experience by building, constructing, developing, and working on projects with others in their community and with those who share similar or mutual interests. Makerspaces in libraries can:

“Foster play and exploration” (Britton, 2012, para. 3).

“Facilitate informal learning opportunities” (Britton, 2012, para. 3).

“Nurture peer-to-peer training” (Britton, 2012, para. 3).

“Work with community members as true partners, not as users or patrons” (Britton, 2012).

“Develop a culture of creating as opposed to consuming” (Britton, 2012, para. 3).

“Reorient the library towards greater user engagement, collaborative creative activity, and participatory learning” (Bailey, 2012, para. 4).

“Position the library as a place of building, inventing, and doing instead of a static location of consumption and acquisition” (Bailey, 2012, para. 4).

“Cater to a particular type of library patron: inventors, artists, entrepreneurs, crafters and youth groups. The technology used in these workshops can revolutionize the manufacturing process, allowing designs and creations that can be modified to suit individuals in ways not possible with mass production” (Newcombe & Belbin, 2012, para.5)

“Help cultivate creative interests, imagination, and passion by allowing students to draw upon multiple intelligences” (Wong, 2013, pg. 35).

“Embrace tinkering, or playing, in various forms of exploration, experimentation and engagement, and foster peer interactions as well as the interests of a collective team” (Wong, 2013, pg. 35).

Examples of Makerspaces in Academic Libraries:

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh- The Labs (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)

North Carolina State University- Open Hardware Makerspace (Raleigh, North Carolina)

North Carolina State University- The Hunt Library Makerspace (Raleigh, North Carolina)

Stanford University- FabLab@School (Stanford, California)

Stanford University- Transformative Learning Technologies Lab (TLTL) (Stanford, California)

The Library As Incubator Project (Madison, Wisconsin)

The University of Mary Washington- ThinkLab (Fredericksburg, Virginia)

The University of Michigan- 3D Lab (Ann Arbor, Michigan)

Valdosta State University- Odum Library MakerSpace (Valdosta. Georgia)

Examples of Makerspaces in Public and School Libraries:

Allen County Public Library- The Maker Station (Fort Wayne, Indiana)

Chattanooga Public Library- 4th Floor Makerspace (Chattanooga, Tennessee)

Chicago Public Library- CHIPUBLIB MAKER LAB (Chicago, Illinois)

Cleveland Public Library- TechCentral (Cleveland, Ohio)

David C. Burrow Elementary School Media Center- Makerspace (Athens, Georgia)

Detroit Public Library- HYPE Makerspace Teen Center (Detroit, Michigan)

Fayetteville Free Library- FFL Fab Lab (Fayetteville New York)

Madison Public Library- Library Makers (Madison, Wisconsin)

New York Public Library- NYPL Labs (New York, New York)

Northern Onondaga Public Library- LibraryFarm (Cicero, New York)

Oak Park Public Library- Idea Box (Oak Park, Illinois)

Rangeview Library District: The Studio at Anythink Brighton (Brighton, Colorado)

Rangeview Library District: The Studio at Anythink Wright Farms (Thornton, Colorado)

Sacramento Public Library- I Street Press (Sacramento, California)

Salinas Public Library- Digital Arts Lab (Salinas, California)

Skokie Public Library- The Digital Media Lab (Skokie, Illinois)

St. Louis Public Library- Creative Experience Digital Makerspace (St. Louis, Missouri)

Tacoma Public Library- StoryLab (Tacoma, Washington)

Westport Public Library-Makerspace (Westport, Connecticut)

YOUmedia Lab-Chicago Public Library (Chicago, Illinois)

YOUmedia, Learning Labs, and Anythink Library District

Some makerspaces simply provide a space for people to come and tinker. Others provide digital media equipment for people to utilize in the creation of a variety of projects. One example of this is the YOUmedia network (www.youmedia.org). “YOUmedia are spaces where kids explore, express, and create using digital media. YOUmedia’s core philosophy is that youth are best engaged when they’re following their passions, collaborating with others, and being makers and doers, not passive consumers…YOUmedia are transformative spaces—and catalysts—for new kinds of thinking about libraries, museums, and community centers. The sites are open, flexible, and highly creative, with inspiration zones, production zones, and exhibition labs where youth ‘hang out, mess around, and geek out.’ YOUmedia connects three realms of learning—peer groups, interests, and academics—in deliberate ways. One of the most important aspects is that they connect learning directly back to school, careers, and other realms” (“About”).

YOUmedia started in Chicago, and is expanding in different ways across the country. One branch of YOUmedia is the Learning Labs Project, which began in September 2010. It is “an initiative of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation...in answer to President Obama’s ‘Educate to Innovate’ campaign, which called on public and private sector partners to work together to improve America’s student participation and performance in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)” (“Locations”). With a series of grants, the IMLS and the Foundation are working to set up 30 Learning Labs in libraries and museums across the country.

The Studio at Anythink Wright Farms (www.anythinklibraries.org/thestudio), a branch with the Rangeview Library District in Thornton, CO, is a recent addition to the Learning Lab initiative. In 2012, Anythink was awarded a $100,000 grant from IMLS and the MacArthur Foundation to build a digital lab. Built in the spring of 2013, The Studio has three sound-proof rooms (one of which is a recording studio), a green screen, video equipment, and the full Adobe Creative Suite. The idea behind The Studio is to fill teen’s technological needs and help them become contact creators. “At The Studio, it’s not just about what you do, but who you will become. We partner creative community members with teens to help push their creativity to new bounds. These creation labs are places where teens are connected with tools to express their creativity – whether they want to be performers, designers, filmmakers or sportscasters” (“The Studio”). With help from the Tween/Teen Guides (librarians), and the Artists in Residence, teens can learn 21st century technology skills, experiment with a variety of equipment, and fuel their interests.

In the recording studio, which can be used for two hours at a time, teens can record their voices and/or music, make podcasts, sports casts, voiceovers, and create their own beats. This room comes equipped with a computer with Garage Band editing software, a MIDI keyboard, microphones, and a guitar.

The recording studio

Next to the recording studio is a green screen, where teens can experiment with lighting techniques, and take pictures or record images with digital cameras available for check out. There is a nearby editing station where they can upload their videos or images, and substitute the green screen with whatever background they want – stationary or animated. Editing software available to them includes the Adobe Creative Suite, Final Cut Pro, and the iLife Suite. They can also incorporate their creations from the recording studio into their final product.

Green screen

Computers for editing photos and videos

The Studio also includes graphic design and photo editing software, and two other sound-proof rooms, which can be spaces for video gaming, karaoke, and quiet places for studying. There is also an extra large Windows Surface that teens can use for web browsing, music, news feeds, and apps.

Surface Pro table top

Sound proof study rooms

Anythink, along with libraries and museums across the country, applied for this grant in a nationwide competition, and was one of the first 12 recipients of the grant. The other 11 locations (four museums and seven libraries) for learning labs included:

San Francisco Public Library (San Francisco, California)

Howard County Public Library (Columbia, Maryland)

St. Paul Public Library (St. Paul, Minnesota)

Kansas City Public Library (Kansas City, Missouri)

New York Hall of Science (New York, New York)

Columbus Metropolitan Library (Columbus, Ohio)

Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (Portland, Oregon)

Da Vinci Discovery Center of Science and Technology (Allentown, Pennsylvania)

Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

Nashville Public Library Foundation (Nashville, Tennessee)

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (Houston, Texas) (Institute “21st Century”)

A second round of grants added learning labs to:

Dallas Museum of Art (Dallas, Texas)

Madison Children’s Museum (Madison, Wisconsin)

Lawrence Hall of Science, University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, California)

Science Museum of Virginia Foundation (Richmond, Virginia)

University of Alabama/Alabama Museum of Natural History (Tuscaloosa, Alabama)

Rochester Public Library (Rochester, New York)

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)

City of Lynn, Massachusetts (Lynn, Massachusetts)

Las Vegas-Clark County Library District (Las Vegas, Nevada)

Parmly Billings Library Foundation, Inc. (Billings, Montana)

Pima County Public Library (Tucson, Arizona)

Poughkeepsie Public Library District (Poughkeepsie, New York) (Institute “New Grants”).

The Maker Movement

Even if a library can’t afford or doesn't have room to have a designated “makerspace,” there are other ways to get involved in the Maker movement. The Maker movement doesn't just include makerspaces, but all kinds of maker opportunities.

When looking into the Maker movement, Maker Media is a good name to know. Maker Media has been the driving force behind the Maker movement, beginning with the first publication of MAKE Magazine in 2005 (“Maker Media,” 2013). Maker Media produces the Maker Faire and Makezine, an online zine that offers makers project ideas, as well as Maker Shed, an online store that sells kits and other supplies for makerspaces.

Not having a “space” for your “Makerspace” doesn’t mean you can’t contribute to the Maker movement. For instance, a “Pop up Makerspace” is a temporary makerspace set up in an alternative location, like a classroom (Houston, 2013). Mobile makerspaces, which are able to be moved easily to and from a space and probably lower tech, are always an option (“Teen Makerspaces,” 2013). Makerspaces don’t have to have high tech tools like 3D printers. They can get started with as little as a few craft supplies and a rolling cart.

Another alternative is for a library to get involved in a Maker Faire. Touted as the “Greatest Show (and Tell) on Earth,” the Maker Faire is an annual celebration of the Maker movement (“Maker Faire,” 2013, para. 1). Maker Faires allow makers to share their creations and let others know about the Maker movement. Traditionally, the main Maker Faire is located in the Bay Area, as that is where the Faire started in 2006 (“Maker Faire,” 2013). But since the Maker movement has spread, so have Maker Faires, with a “World Maker Faire” taking place in New York City and “Mini Maker Faires” popping up around the world (“Maker Faire,” 2013). Mini Maker Faires are getting more popular as the Maker movement spreads. Even Urbana-Champaign, IL holds its own Mini Maker Faire to showcase makers in the community.

It is also possible to involve a local maker group, many of which have popped up around the country (i.e., Makerspace Urbana in Urbana, IL). Getting a community group involved in the library’s efforts may draw in extra interest, especially if they are well known.

Resources

Directories of Active and Operating Makerspaces Throughout the World

Hackerspaces Meetup Groups List

Hackerspaces Wiki

Labs, Fab Foundation Directory

Maker Community Groups

Maker Education Initiative Directory

Maker Faires Around the World List

Makerspace Directory

Makerspaces Meetup Groups List

MIT Fab Lab List

Mobile Makerspace Directory

National Tool Library Google Group

TechShop Locations

The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation- Learning Labs Project Location Directory

The International Fab Lab Association: List of Fab Labs

The Maker Map- Find or Locate Maker Resources

The National After School Science Directory

Tool Lending Libraries Directory

YOUmedia Location Directory

Makerspace Project Ideas, Videos, and Tutorial Sites

Adafruit Learning Systems has tutorials on topics such as, how to use “Arduino,” and “Raspberry Pi.” It also provides project ideas, tools, trinkets, and so much more.

DIY.org allows members to share with others what they create. It also contains a variety of different projects and challenges.

FabLab@School Blog provides makerspace and project photos, videos, project ideas, tutorials, resources, and more.

Howtoons- “D.I.Y. Comic Website.”

Instructables has illustrated “DIY” guides on a variety of topics, such as, “Make an Electronic Music Box Powered by Arduino.”

K-12 Digital Fabrication Labs Discussion Group is a K-12 forum that discusses different “Digital Fabrication” topics.

Make It @ Your Library provides librarians with “Maker” project ideas.

Make It @ Your Library in partnership with the American Library Association and Instructables has launched a new website makeitatyourlibrary.org, which provides librarians with project ideas and resources.

Make: Makezine.com-"Contains a collection of projects, video, blogs, and so much more for makers and hackers."

Make: Projects contains a collection of different project ideas, such as “Make a Disney- Inspired Changing Portrait With a Raspberry Pi.”

Make: Videos contains a collection of how to make videos, such as “Star in a Jar.”

Makerspace.com contains a collection of how to make projects.

Sparkfun contains tutorials on many different categories, as well as, curriculum pages that presents educators, parents, students, etc. with curriculum “presentations and handouts.”

Teens Turning Green contains DIY programming ideas created by teens to encourage sustainable, healthy living.

The Exploratorium (San Francisco, California) provides different activities, videos, and more.

The Exploratorium’s Tinkering Studio contains different project ideas and a listing of past “events, workshops, and more.”

How to Start a Tool Lending Library

Tool Library Toolkit via Sharestarter provides a how-to guide on starting your own tool lending (or any other lending) library.

Grants, Scholarships, and Crowd-Sourced Fundraising Sites For Makerspaces and Makers

Grant Sites

Cognizant Technology Solutions- Making The Future U.S. After-school and Summer Program Grants

DARPA

Lego Children’s Fund

GCAA Makerspace Grant Program

Grants for Makerspace Schools

PG&E- Bright Ideas Grant

STEMgrants.com

STEM Grants and Resources

The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)- Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program Grant

The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation-Learning Labs In Libraries And Museums Grant

The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)- List of Grant Applicants

Scholarship Sites

Cognizant Technology Solutions- Making the Future U.S. College Scholarship Program for MakersING Unsung Heroes: Education scholarship for innovated classroom projects

Milton Fisher Scholarship for Innovation and Creativity

MindGear Labs

Crowd-Sourced Fundraising Sites

Crowdfunder

Crowdrise

GoFundMe

Indiegogo

Kickstarter

RocketHub

Budget and Funding Articles and Blog Links

Garcia, L. (2013). 6 Strategies for Funding a Makerspace. Edudopia.

Hlubinka, M. B. (2013). Funding School Makerspaces. Make.

Hlubinka. M. B. (2013). Stocking up School Makerspaces. Make.

Mt. Elliott Makerspace. (2013). "Make A Makerspace".

Print and Electronic Resources

Books on Makerspaces

Anderson, C. (2012). Makers: The New Industrial Revolution. New York: Crown.

Frauenfelder, M. (2005). Make: Technology on Your Time. Sebastopol, CA: Dale Dougherty/O'Reilly Media.

Gabrielson, C. (2013). Tinkering: Kids Learning by Making Stuff. Sebastopol, CA : Maker Media

Hatch, M. (2013). The Maker Movement Manifesto: Rules for Innovation in the New World of Crafters, Hackers, and Tinkerers. New York: Mcgraw-Hill.

Honey, M., & Kanter, D. (2013). Design, Make, Play: Growing the Next Generation of STEM Innovators. New York, NY: Routledge.

Kemp, A. (2013). The Makerspace Workbench: Tools, Technologies, and Techniques for Making. Sebastopol, CA : Maker Media, Inc.

Lang, D. (2013). Zero to Maker: Learn (Just Enough) to Make (Just About) Anything. Sebastopol, CA : Maker Media, Inc.

Martinez, S. L., & Stager, G, (2013). Invent To Learn: Making, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Classroom. Torrance, CA: Constructing Modern Knowledge Press.

Preddy, L. (2013). School Library Makerspaces: Grades 6-12. Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited.

Roberts, D. (2010). Making Things Move : DIY Mechanisms for Inventors, Hobbyists, and Artists. New York : McGraw-Hill

Roslund, S., & Rodgers, E.P. (2013). Makerspaces. Ann Arbor, MI: Cherry Lake Publishing.

Books on Arduino and Raspberry Pi

Baichtal, J. (2013). Arduino for Beginners: Essential Skills Every Maker Needs. [S.l.] : Que Publishing.

Margolis, M. (2011). Arduino Cookbook. Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly Media.

McComb, G. (2013). Arduino Robot Bonanza. New York : McGraw-Hill.

Monk, S. (2013). Raspberry Pi Cookbook. Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly Media.

O’Neill, T., & Williams, J. (2013). Arduino (21st Century Skills Innovation Library: Makers As Innovators). Ann Arbor, MI: Cherry Lake Publishing.

Partner, K. (2013). Raspberry Pi for Beginners. [S.l.] : Dennis Publishing.

Richardson, M., & Wallace, S.P. (2012). Getting Started with Raspberry Pi (Make: Projects). Sebastopol, CA : O'Reilly Media.

Severance, C. R., & Fontichiaro. (2013). Raspberry Pi (Makers As Innovators: 21st Century Skills Innovation Library). Ann Arbor, MI: Cherry Lake Publishing.

Electronic Resources

Makerspace. (2012). High School Makerspace Tools & Materials. O'Reilly Media.

Makerspace (2013). Makerspace Playbook. O'Reilly Media.

Makerspace. (2013). Makerspace Playbook: School Edition. Maker Media. CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US.

Young Makers. (2012). Maker Club Playbook. O'Reilly Media.

Additional Web Resources

ACRL TechConnect Blog

Arduino.cc

ALA Online Community- Digital Media Labs

ALA Online Community- Makerspaces

Creative Commons

Digital Media: New Learners of the 21st Century

Fab Central

Hackerspaces Wiki

Institute of Museum and Library Services- Learning Labs in Libraries and Museums

Learning Labs In Libraries and Museums Resource Information

Library as Makerspace Blog

Libraries & Maker Culture: A Resource Guide

MAKE magazine

MakerBot.com

Maker Faire.com

Maker Media.com

Maker Shed

Makered.org

Makerspace.com

Makerspaces and the Participatory Library- Facebook group

Makezine.com

Mt. Elliot Makerspace

Open Education Database (OEDb)- “A Librarian’s Guide to Makerspaces: 16 Resources”

Raspberry Pi.org

ShopBot Tools

SparkFun Electronics

Spotlight on Digital Media and Learning Blog

Teen Makerspaces @ Your Library

The MakerBridge Blog

Thingiverse- "Digital Designs for Physical Objects"

Young Makers.org

YOUmedia Network: Reimagining Learning in the 21st Century

References

Abram, S. (2013). Makerspaces in Libraries, Education, and Beyond. Internet@Schools, 20(2), 18-20.

“About.” The YOUmedia Network. Web. 14 Nov. 2013 www.youmedia.org/youmedia-network

Anythink: A Revolution of Rangeview Libraries. (2013). Anything Brighton Awarded Grant to Design Teen Makerspace. Retrieved on November 8, 2013 from http://www.anythinklibraries.org/news-item/anythink-brighton-awarded-grant-design-teen-makerspace

Bagley, C. (2012) What is a Makerspace? Creativity in the Library. ALATechsource. Retrieved on November 10, 2013 from http://www.alatechsource.org/blog/2012/12/what-is-a-makerspace-creativity-in-the-library.html

Bailey, J. (2012). From Stacks to Hacks: Makerspaces and LibraryBox. Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO). Retrieved on November 8, 2013 from http://metro.org/articles/from-stacks-to-hacks-makerspaces-and-librarybox/

Batykefer, E. (2013). The Youth Maker Library. Voice Of Youth Advocates, 36(3), 20-24.

Behen. L.D. (2013). Recharge Your Library Programs with Pop Culture and Technology: Connect with Today’s Teens. Englewood, Colorado: Libraries Unlimited.

Britton, L. (2012). Making Space for Creation, Not Just Consumption. Library Journal. Retrieved on November 8, 2013 from http://www.thedigitalshift.com/2012/10/public-services/the-makings-of-maker-spaces-part-1-space-for-creation-not-just-consumption/

Colegrove, T. (2013). Editorial Board Thoughts: Libraries as Makerspace?. Information Technology & Libraries, 32(1), 2-5.

Davee, S. (2013). Celebrating Our Maker Corps Mentor Class of 2013. Maker Education Initiative: Every Child A Maker. Retrieved on November 8, 2013 from http://www.makered.org/tag/maker-corps/

Education Innovator. (2013). Maker Education Initiative. Retrieved on November 9, 2013 from http://blog.nwp.org/educatorinnovator/partners/maker-education-initiative/

FAQs. (n.d.). Retrieved November 24, 2013, from Raspberry Pi website: http://www.raspberrypi.org/faqs

Garcia, L. (2013). 6 Strategies for Funding a Makerspace. Edudopia. Retrieved on November 11, 2013 from http://www.edutopia.org/blog/6-strategies-funding-makerspace-paloma-garcia-lopez

Graham, R. (2013). Bring Back Home ec! The Case for a Revival of the Most Retro Class in School. Boston Globe. Retrieved on November 19, 2013 from http://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2013/10/12/bring-back-home/EJJi9yzjgJfNMqxWUIEDgO/story.html?s_campaign=sm_tw.

Hlubinka, M. B. (2013). Funding School Makerspaces. Make. Retrieved on November 11, 2013 from http://makezine.com/2013/09/05/funding-school-makerspaces/

Hlubinka, M. B. (2013). Stocking up School Makerspaces. Make. Retrieved on November 11, 2013 from http://makezine.com/2013/08/21/stocking-up-school-makerspaces/

Houston, C. (2013). Makerspaces @ your school library: Consider the possibilities!. Kentucky Libraries, 77(3): 26-28.

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The task of sewerage means the structure, amendment, extension, disconnection, removal, maintenance, repair, rebirth, ventilation, flushing or cleansing of any sewerage service pipes, or fixtures or features connecting, or designed to link, straight or indirectly having a sewage or onsite wastewater management systems.

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The NVQ Level 3 plumbing and heating qualification is aimed at those who have already concluded the Amount 2 certification, or who currently has knowledge and some relevant expertise. TLC has been delivering design services throughout New Mexico for over 25 years. Currently, Sheridan Mechanical Techniques – Plumbing software programs are held at the Skills Training Centre in Oakville, Ontario. Throughout your study you will cover a range of skills and understanding across locations including matters of fuel protection and cold-water systems sanitation systems technologies and domestic warm. The leading trade association for that plumbing and heating market, consumer recommendations and guidance from APHC.

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