Featuring: Provincetown Public Press
Exciting things are happening at the crossroads of self-publishing and libraries lately! We’re fascinated with the ways that libraries are working to help their communities create content, not just consume it– and how they’re collecting that content, too! This week, we chatted with Matt Clark, Director of Marketing and Program Development at Provincetown Public Library...
Pack Your Library Card for the Moon! An Update on Brooklyn Public Library’s Info Commons
We’re delighted to welcome Melissa Morrone back to the site to share an update on the multifunctional community Info Commons at Brooklyn Public Library. Read on to learn more about their exciting resources that support creativity and learning! ~Erinn Pack Your Library Card for the Moon! An Update on Brooklyn Public Library’s Info Commons by...
Welcoming Ryan Claringbole to the LaIP!
It is my pleasure to announce that the Library as Incubator Project is expanding to include Ryan Claringbole, who joins the team as a feature writer/future @IArtLibraries social media handler. We first connected with Ryan on Twitter (catch him @LibrarianRy) last year and it’s great to be able to work with him in person now...
Digital Exhibition Platforms at Tarrant County College
A theme that keeps cropping up in our library-as-incuabtor world is reuse or repurpose. We see it in popular altered book programs like Austin Public Library’s Recycled Reads program, in the Recycled Holiday Crafts at North Park University, in Mel Kolstad’s collage for the Detritus Project, and many more. Artists, makers, and librarians have this in common...
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!...
Kit: Video Game Making Workshop
The newest addition to our program kit library comes courtesy of yours truly (although a lot of credit is due to the good folks at UW’s Division of Information Technology, who presented on Sploder to my Young Adult Literature class last year). ~ Laura Video Game Making Workshop I’ve offered this workshop at two libraries now,...
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...
Teaching artists technology in the library
by Laura Damon-Moore In addition to serving as places of inspiration and a venue for artists to showcase their creative work, libraries can also offer artists opportunities for professional development. In the creative community, professional development might mean workshops on website creation, business management, social media, and more (see our writeup on Hennepin County Library’s...
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...
Announcing: The Shelby White & Leon Levy Information Commons at Brooklyn Public Library
We’re delighted to welcome Melissa Morrone to the site today to share some exciting news! Melissa is the Technology Training Specialist at the Brooklyn Public Library, which just opened a brand-new Information Commons this week. Read on to learn more! ~Erinn Announcing: The Shelby White & Leon Levy Information Commons at Brooklyn Public Library by Melissa...
