Comments on: 3D Printers & Maker Spaces

By: Denise Jones

Denise Jones — Sat, 21 Mar 2015 14:26:39 +0000

We are having out first make fest in our beautifully designed central library-the interest so far has been amazing and a good example of a public library working collabatively with the academic and local creative community for the good of the local economy, business and education

By: Ian Anstice

Ian Anstice — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 21:08:41 +0000

See also Librarian’s Guide to Makerspaces: 16 Resources (http://oedb.org/blogs/ilibrarian/2013/a-librarians-guide-to-makerspaces/) March 2013 by OEDB. “…there’s another gang of information-literate people out there, a gang who are a natural ally of libraries and librarians: the maker movement.

By: Jacqui Thompson

Jacqui Thompson — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 16:48:35 +0000

3D Printers in Gateshead Libraries
Around 150 people descended on the Central Library on 29 September for our first ever eDay event. We wanted to encourage people to look at libraries in new ways and enable Gateshead residents to experience technology they might not have come across before. We couldn’t have held such an event without the help of Makerspace (www.makerspace.org.uk), a community-owned group of makers, creatives, programmers, scientists and engineers based in Newcastle whose 3Dprinters proved major draw. One visitor said “I’ve read about it and seen things on the television, but to actually see one here in Gateshead was amazing”.