Mini Maker Faire at Westport Library
No surprise that awesome things continue to come out of the library makerspace at Westport Library in Westport, CT. The upcoming Mini Maker Faire on Saturday, April 27 promises to be fun- and innovation-filled. Headed to the Maker Faire this year? We’d love to hear about it – send or tweet your photos to us!...
The Labs at Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh | Adjustments
If you’re looking for a cutting-edge example of a creative digital literacy initiative in a large urban public library system, you’ve come to the right place. We’re proud to continue our partnership with Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh and to share a new post in our series on The Labs @ CLP. This week, Digital Learning Librarian Corey...
Featuring: Russ Woods
Today we are very pleased to welcome Russ Woods to the site. Russ is a librarian, artist, writer, and publisher based in Chicago. Tell us a little bit about yourself – where you work, the kind of work (professionally/as a hobby/etc.) that you do, how you became involved with libraries and with the arts. I...
The Labs @ Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh | Photography Month
Today we welcome Andre Costello to the Library as Incubator Project! Andre is a Mentor for The Labs @ Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh; in his first guest blog for us, he shares an exciting overview of the photography programming that happening at CLP throughout February. Don’t miss the other posts in our continuing coverage of...
The Labs @ Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh | Life After the Launch, Part Two: The Labs as a Recording Studio (and More!)
Last week, we shared an exciting update from the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh which focused on filmmaking programs for teens at their digital, multi-site makerspace, The Labs @ CLP. Today, Labs mentor Molly Dickerson is back to share more on CLP’s successful maker programs. You can catch up on the previous post here: “Life After the Launch, Part One: Filmmaking in The...
The Labs @ Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh | Life After the Launch, Part One: Filmmaking at The Labs
After successfully launching a digital, multi-site makerspace initiative in a large, urban library system, The Labs team at Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh got down to business with six months of exciting programming in filmmaking, graphic design, and audio recording. We’re delighted to continue our partnership with The Labs @ CLP to share the team’s insights...
Recycled Reads at the Austin Public Library
We’re loving this program from the Austin Public Library, which uses discarded library books from the library’s used bookstore to create new craft projects. The programs taps smartly into a bunch of trends, from DIY and maker projects to “upcycling,” or the repurposing of waste materials into something better and more useful. ~ Laura Laura Kraus...
An Interview with Greg Mickells, Director of Madison Public Library
by Erinn Batykefer Madison has been in a-flutter over libraries this year. We said goodbye to the old Central Library in January with BOOKLESS—massive community art show and fundraiser that raised over thirty thousand dollars—and now, there’s a beautiful new Library under construction and big plans to incorporate maker programming into Madison Public Library’s service...
Cyanotype Workshops at Madison Public Library
by Erinn Batykefer In conjunction with Go Big Read, the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s common reading program, Madison Public Library is presenting a series of three cyanotype workshops for adults and older children. The workshops explore the unique artistic process that artist and author Lauren Redniss used to create the illustrations in this year’s Go Big...
The Labs @ Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh | Public Launch Party
If you’re looking for a cutting-edge example of a creative digital literacy initiative in a large urban public library system, you’ve come to the right place. We’re proud to continue our partnership with Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh and to share a new post in our series on The Labs @ CLP. Don’t miss the links...
Caution! Artist @ Work! at Rochester Public Library
Today’s feature comes to us from Rochester Public Library Arts Division librarian Judith Schewe. She writes about the marvelous program series called Caution! Artist @ Work!, which brings working artists into the library for demonstrations and supplemental public programs. We love the “pop-up”, laid-back nature of this program series! ~ Laura by Judith Schewe The Arts...
At Summer’s End: MAKE Magazine’s Maker Camp
A feature about MAKE Magazine’s Maker Camp after the close of the camp might seem silly, but after thirty days of projects and field trips, we wanted to check in with some of the campers who “attended” Maker Camp to learn from you all! What is Maker Camp 2012? Maker Camp (developed and hosted by MAKE Magazine)...
