This document outlines the goals and proposed events for the Makeshop! Art & Tech in the Library LAB Summer Series 2016. The goals are to explore library resources and technology to educate patrons, discover new ways of making and teaching skills, and connect with the community. Proposed events include workshops on remixed sculptures, altered books, and paper circuits, as well as recurring Lego LAB, open workshop, and coding events. Budget and audience details are provided for each event. Potential funding opportunities are also listed.
2. Goals
■ Explorelibrary resources and work
with technology (new & old!) to
educate patrons
■ Discovernew ways to make,
learning & teaching new skills to
enrich patron lives
■ Connect with the community and
engage our audience
3. Proposed Events
■ 3 Structured Workshops
– Meet, Make, Swap
– Altered BooksWorkshop
– Power of Paper
■ Recurring Events
– Lego LAB
– Library LAB OpenWorkshop
– Hour of Code
4. Meet, Make, Swap
■ Remixed sculptures
■ Making for the sake of
making
■ Connect with large local
Maker community
5. Meet, Make, Swap
■ Audience
– 10 – 15 people
– Children, youth, parents
– Local Maker community MakeVentura
■ Supplies
– Donations
– Reusable & recyclable materials
– Hot glue guns & glue sticks
– $40 per every 9 people
12. Hour of Code
- Weekly opportunities for anyone to
come learn to code
- Reserve computers in both adult &
youth area
13. Funding Opportunities
■ Awesome Foundation: http://www.awesomefoundation.org/
– $1000, disbursed monthly
■ Ezra Jack Keats Foundation mini-grant: http://www.ezra-jack-keats.org/how-to-apply-
for-a-mini-grant/
– $500, March 2016
14. Further Grant Opportunities
■ Sparks! IgnitionGrants for Libraries: https://www.imls.gov/grants/available/sparks-
ignition-grants-libraries
– $10,000 to $25,000, February 2016
■ INFY Makers Awards: http://www.infymakers.com/
– $10,000, info on winter cycle coming Dec 4th
■ LRG InnovatorsChallenge: http://educatorinnovator.org/lrng2015/
– $20,000, January 13, 2016
15. ■ Explorelibrary resources and work with
technology (new & old!) to educate patrons
■ Discovernew ways to make, learning & teaching
new skills to enrich patron lives
■ Connect with the community and engage our
audience
MAKESHOP!
Art &Tech in the Library LAB
Proposed series of events includes 3 structured workshops, ideally to repeat – following the plan of previous Makeshop activities - and 3 recurring events scheduled either weekly or bi-weekly
Image credit: Ventura County Library, via http://www.vencolibrary.org/node/1849
Story about iStem event
Connect w/ community
Explore 3d printing
Discover ways to reuse & repurpose objects
Swap optional
Primarily Connect & Explore
Explore, discover, connect
Image credit: Jessica Calderwood
Engage Community http://www.makeventura.com/
Explore, discover, connect
Image credit: Jessica Calderwood
- Gives kids, teens, & adults a chance to channel creative & emotional impulses
- Gives adults chance to relax and spend time with kids on an activity that is meaningful to them both
- Crafting
STEAM and rethinking the object
Intergenerational activities
Wishlist: https://amzn.com/w/15E9NDDGM5099
Image credit: pinterest
Community connection
Abednego books & Bank of Books
8,000 books needing to be gotten rid of
Explore, discover, connect
Image credit: http://www.bincfoundation.org/bookstore-crisis-has-a-fairytale-ending/
Zach: 805-901-6236
Last year Ventura’s art walk fell on Saturday and Sunday, July 18 & 19
Could have a display of altered books to correspond with this
Cobb County GA: http://www.cobbcat.org/event/books-into-art-altered-books-workshop/
Pratt Library: http://www.prattlibrary.org/locations/periodicals/?id=35648
DC library also having display: http://dclibrary.org/node/39719
Image credit: Artwalk Ventura
Power of Paper
Image credit: Jie Qi http://technolojie.com/circuit_sketchbook/
Image credit: Sparkfun https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/the-great-big-guide-to-paper-circuits
http://chibitronics.myshopify.com/products/circuit-stickers-classroom-pack
Image credit: Sparkfun https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/the-great-big-guide-to-paper-circuits
Age appropriate: http://chibitronics.com/wiki/index.php?title=General_FAQ
Keep what works!
Open Maker Lab Wednesdays 4:30-6:30pm
Image credit: Ventura County Library, via: http://www.vencolibrary.org/files/ventura/2015_08_18_Lego_LAB.png
Adult area – 16 computers - reserve 4
Youth area – 8 computers upstairs - reserve 2
Awesome Foundation partial to technology projects that inspire learning and/or meet broad definition of “awesome”
Jack Ezra Keats foundation – funds bookmaking, art, intergenerational activities -- theme to altered book workshop - nature, classical themes, etc
INFY: 90 second video
Explore: The power & versatility of paper – empowering to make and create using anything
Discover: Circuits, curiosity, 3d printing
Connect: By asking feedback, donations, input, etc. Build on thriving maker community.