What to Make of Makerspaces?

Stallings, Tayci

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Fourie, Ina, & Meyer, Anika. (2015). What to make of makerspaces. Library Hi Tech, 33(4), 519-525. Retrieved from https://sjsu-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=TN_proquest1732337387&context=PC&vid=01CALS_SJO&search_scope=ALL_ARTICLES&tab=articles&lang=en_US

The purpose of this paper is to comment on such publications within the library and information science (LIS) literature and to warn libraries to not only focus on providing physical spaces and tools but to explore the bigger potential of extended, interconnected spaces for information and information resources and "mutations" of makerspaces such as makerlearning.

Describes Makerspaces and gives some examples.