{"id":12171,"date":"2018-05-07T09:36:40","date_gmt":"2018-05-07T13:36:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-utk-volumes.pantheonsite.io\/?p=12171"},"modified":"2018-05-07T09:36:40","modified_gmt":"2018-05-07T13:36:40","slug":"a-makerspace-in-the-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old.lib.utk.edu\/news\/2018\/05\/a-makerspace-in-the-library\/","title":{"rendered":"A Makerspace in the Library"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"makerspace<\/a>A makerspace is coming to Hodges Library. We\u2019ve been polling students to capture their vision for what\u2019s to come.<\/p>\n

Makerspaces provide tools and space where people with shared interests gather to work on projects while trading ideas and knowledge.<\/p>\n

There are makerspaces for arts and crafts, and makerspaces for rapid prototyping of new products, just to name a few scenarios.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A makerspace may allow the novice to explore woodworking, metalworking, and electronics in the same workshop. CAD software, 3D printers, legos, lathes, laser cutters \u2014 any or all of these might be found in a makerspace.<\/p>\n

In April, we celebrated National Library Week with a makerspace fair in the Hodges, Pendergrass, and Devine libraries. Booths set up along the Hodges second-floor hallway showcased gaming, 3D printing, and other \u201cmaker\u201d crafts, and let students try their hands at traditional crafts such as origami or Japanese stab binding.<\/p>\n

We used the opportunity to gather students\u2019 ideas for the makerspace. Any student who filled out our survey got a ticket for a free makerspace t-shirt from our on-site screen-printing operation. T-shirts featured the custom designs our Marketing and Communication team created to generate interest in the makerspace and the Libraries in general as a space for everyone (\u201cA space for the visionary,\u201d \u201cA space for the naturalist,\u201d \u201cA space for the mad scientist,\u201d etc.).<\/p>\n

Ours won\u2019t be the first makerspace on campus. The Innovation and Collaboration Studio hosted by the Tickle College of Engineering and the College of Architecture and Design\u2019s downtown Fab Lab are already allowing students to turn their ideas into prototypes.<\/p>\n

The great thing about a centrally-located Libraries makerspace that is open to all students is the opportunity for multidisciplinary collaboration. Bringing together students with different skill sets and differing perspectives \u2014 especially students who aren\u2019t traditionally prompted to work in this type of space \u2014 can spark innovation.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Pendergrass Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine Library gave away its own limited-edition t-shirt, as well as samples from the library\u2019s 3D printing operation.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A makerspace is coming to Hodges Library. We\u2019ve been polling students to capture their vision for what\u2019s to come. Makerspaces provide tools and space where people with shared interests gather to work on projects while trading ideas and knowledge. There are makerspaces for arts and crafts, and makerspaces for rapid prototyping of new products, just … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nA Makerspace in the Library - News - News from the University of Tennessee Knoxville Libraries<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow\" \/>\n<meta name=\"googlebot\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"bingbot\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/old.lib.utk.edu\/news\/2018\/05\/a-makerspace-in-the-library\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Makerspace in the Library - News - News from the University of Tennessee Knoxville Libraries\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A makerspace is coming to Hodges Library. We\u2019ve been polling students to capture their vision for what\u2019s to come. Makerspaces provide tools and space where people with shared interests gather to work on projects while trading ideas and knowledge. There are makerspaces for arts and crafts, and makerspaces for rapid prototyping of new products, just … Continued\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/old.lib.utk.edu\/news\/2018\/05\/a-makerspace-in-the-library\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/utklibraries\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-05-07T13:36:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/live-utk-volumes.pantheonsite.io\/files\/2018\/05\/MakerPersona_215x996.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@utklibraries\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@utklibraries\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/old.lib.utk.edu\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/old.lib.utk.edu\/news\/\",\"name\":\"News\",\"description\":\"News from the University of Tennessee Knoxville Libraries\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":\"https:\/\/old.lib.utk.edu\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\",\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/old.lib.utk.edu\/news\/2018\/05\/a-makerspace-in-the-library\/#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/live-utk-volumes.pantheonsite.io\/files\/2018\/05\/MakerPersona_215x996.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/old.lib.utk.edu\/news\/2018\/05\/a-makerspace-in-the-library\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/old.lib.utk.edu\/news\/2018\/05\/a-makerspace-in-the-library\/\",\"name\":\"A Makerspace in the Library - News - News from the University of Tennessee Knoxville Libraries\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/old.lib.utk.edu\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/old.lib.utk.edu\/news\/2018\/05\/a-makerspace-in-the-library\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2018-05-07T13:36:40+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-05-07T13:36:40+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/old.lib.utk.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/c01c259f6c1b75b546c82aa62cf545cd\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/old.lib.utk.edu\/news\/2018\/05\/a-makerspace-in-the-library\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":[\"Person\"],\"@id\":\"https:\/\/old.lib.utk.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/c01c259f6c1b75b546c82aa62cf545cd\",\"name\":\"Martha Rudolph\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/old.lib.utk.edu\/news\/#personlogo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9fd4de5bf1bfa96ba31cad06c425ca50?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Martha Rudolph\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.lib.utk.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12171"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.lib.utk.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.lib.utk.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.lib.utk.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/48"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.lib.utk.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/old.lib.utk.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12171\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.lib.utk.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.lib.utk.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.lib.utk.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}