...creative spaces, participants regrouped for plenary discussions. Promoting makerspaces A common topic of debate was how people have gone about promoting their makerspaces. Participants were encouraged to share what had...
...of makerspaces As described in Libraries Deliver: Ambition and the UK Digital Strategy, speakers agreed that makerspaces are a natural fit for libraries; as one speaker said “libraries are a...
...session from these workshops, develop a set of guidelines and resources that can be used by other library services who wish to develop makerspaces for children aged 3-8 and their...
...August. Photo credit: Telford & Wrekin libraries Makerspaces Finally, as you’ll have seen from our blog posts covering workshops to share experiences, a number of projects to create makerspaces were...
...code clubs and facilities like makerspaces and Fablabs. Below is the icon we have created to symbolise this outcome. To make it easier to spot related content, you’ll start to...
...using micro:bits. Photo credit: Gravesend Library To begin with, we started networking with other Makerspaces through the Libraries Innovators Network. This was immensely important and informative, and if I had...
...also created a new page to bring together a range of resources on makerspaces - following the workshops mentioned above. All our published material is available on GOV.UK. Sector forums...
...each other and with staff, with experts, with partners. The introduction of ‘makerspaces’, for example, takes us away from ‘books about how to’ to actually doing and finding out. Makerspace...
...like Fablabs and makerspaces through public libraries. The Digital Strategy pledges that government will “develop the role of libraries in improving digital inclusion to make them the ‘go-to’ provider of...
...Centre, with workshops and resources to encourage invention, entrepreneurship, and IP protection. The project will also include a mobile element, with pop-up Makerspaces happening all over the city. Norfolk Norfolk...