{"id":915,"date":"2013-03-01T16:56:29","date_gmt":"2013-03-01T20:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acohen.com\/blog\/?p=915"},"modified":"2023-11-10T17:03:32","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T21:03:32","slug":"making-in-the-library-incubator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.acohen.com\/blog\/making-in-the-library-incubator\/","title":{"rendered":"Making in the Library Incubator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Libraries serve as a community hub &#8211; a common service and a content space to share and make things.  The support we give to enhance culture is also a major strategy.  When we share knowledge in our libraries, we are breaking out from yesterday&#8217;s technology.  <\/p>\n<p>At the American Library Association meeting in Seattle, there was a interesting event that drew a large crowd.  It was a program that discussed how the maker space is developing and how libraries will be part of the trend.  A group from <a href=\"http:\/\/makezine.com\/\">Make Magazine<\/a> created a lot of excitement.  <\/p>\n<p>In &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/boingboing.net\/2013\/02\/25\/libraries-and-makerspaces-a-m.html\">Libraries and Makerspaces: a match made in heaven<\/a>&#8221; &#8211; Cory Doctorow recognizes that &#8220;Libraries also serve as community hubs, places where the curious, the scholarly, and the intellectually excitable can gather in the company of one another, surrounding by untold information-wealth, presiding over by skilled information professionals who lend technical assistance where needed.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acohen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/lab.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.acohen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/lab-300x233.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"maker_lab\" width=\"300\" height=\"233\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-916\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.acohen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/lab-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.acohen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/lab.jpg 646w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>JOIN US ON MARCH 22, 2013 \u2013 TO DISCUSS \u2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.acohen.com\/register.htm\">LIBRARY AS AN INCUBATOR FOR MAKING<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Libraries serve as a community hub &#8211; a common service and a content space to share and make things. 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