Excitement about school makerspaces has been in the air, but many educators eager to create hands-on learning spaces in their schools still aren’t sure how to get started or why it’s worth the effort.

Library makerspaces offer community members the opportunity to tinker, design, experiment, and create with a range of technology in an informal learning space. However, because current makerspaces and ...

From the art of the perfect hem to the creation of 3D-printed bots, UC Santa Barbara students, faculty and staff are welcome to learn and sharpen myriad creative skills at a newly minted on-campus ...

In ancient times, artisans labored in a small workshop with manual tools. Today, we have some extraordinary digital tools that enable the present-day “artisans” to create contemporary new products.

Steve Zurier is a freelance technology writer based in Columbia, Md. What’s the best way to define a makerspace? For Laura Fleming, library media specialist at New Milford High School in New Jersey, a ...

Public libraries have come a long way from the reading rooms of the past, where the librarian's “Shhhh!” followed any utterance above a whisper. In fact, they're noisy places today - modern community ...

A few months into freshman year, I rolled around in the spinning chair that came with my dorm desk, forlorn, Googling: “Hot glue gun UC Berkeley free to use.” “Free hot glue gun for students.” “UC ...

Syracuse, NY — The makerspace offers both musical and artistic opportunities for people who want to learn and play. Librarians want the community to feel encouraged to utilize the space at the Central ...

A 3-D printer at work at Spark Place in the Xenia Public Library. LONDON BISHOP/STAFF Public libraries may be winning the streaming wars Xenia nonprofit to open day shelter with county ARPA funds ...

The reopening of the Carroll County Public Library’s Westminster Branch also brings the completion of Exploration Commons at 50 East, a project that transformed the basement of the library into a ...