DEVELOPING MAKERSPACES IN LIBRARIES THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA
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Connected Learning Summit 2019
UC Irvine, CA

Poster Session

​Abstract
Developing Makerspaces in Libraries throughout California is a pilot project from the California State Library in collaboration with the Bay Area Discovery Museum (Phase 1 and Phase 2), and Regallium Consulting LLC (Phase 3). The project is establishing unique community-driven makerspaces in ten public libraries in California. Participating libraries are geographically spread out across the state, and were selected by prioritizing libraries that were under-resourced as defined by budget, staffing, or serving a high needs community.  An essential component for the sustainability for these library maker programs is to develop strategic collaborative partnerships, where the library can engage with the local maker ecosystem including education institutions, industry, civic groups and government.

In Phase 1 and 2 of the project, libraries conducted needs assessments, participated in training for maker education, launched prototypes and made a plan for their makerspaces, which range from a dedicated space, a mobile space or a pop up program. Each space includes a physical environment for making, local partnerships and creative programming.
Phase 3, from September 2019 to July 2020 the makerspaces will launch and the planning tools and resources from the pilot will be refined, tested, and published in a toolkit that will include customizable resources to help future libraries build budgets, an action plan, a data collection plan, a logic model, an elevator pitch, a program inventory and marketing plan to make mindful, data-driven and intentional decisions when setting up their makerspace.  

Regallium Consulting, LLC

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  • Home
    • About
    • Conferences
    • Contact
  • Phase1
    • Project Outline P1
    • August Training 2018
    • Blog Dialogue
    • Meetups P1
  • Phase 2
    • Project Outline P2
    • Meetups P2
    • End of Phase 2 Report
    • P2 Site Visits
    • February Training 2019 >
      • Meeting Venue
      • Agenda
      • Dilemma Consultancy
      • Photo Gallery
  • Phase 3
    • Project Outline P3
    • Meetups P3
    • November Training >
      • Photo Gallery
    • Conferences, PD and Funding
    • Peer Mentor Site Visits
  • The Toolkit
    • Needs Assessment
    • Framing the Design Problem
    • Prototyping Framework
    • Mapping the Maker Ecosystem
    • Planning the Maker Environment
    • Budget Planner
    • Program Inventory
    • Action Plan
    • Elevator Speech
    • Activity Planning Template
    • Makerspace Log
    • Program Evaluation
    • Logic Model
  • Participating Sites
    • Pilot Site Portfolios
    • Project Participants
    • Gallery >
      • Videos
  • Resources
    • Bookshelf
    • Staffing + Training Resources
    • Professional Maker Network
  • Maker Librarian News