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Your Library Can Support Makers Without Having a Makerspace
Some school and public libraries around the world are setting up makerspaces or creative tinkering spaces, but not every library has the space or budget to do so. How can your library support makers...
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Why Public Libraries Need to Proactively Teach Chromebooks to the Public
Ten years ago, I started my current public library job in Takoma Park, Maryland. Soon after I started the job, several Hurricane Katrina refugees arrived at my public library. It's scary to lose your...
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Sarena Fletcher Brings Making to Delaware Public Libraries
As a maker, I love nimble. Nimble means able to move fast. The state of Delaware was nimble when it was the first to ratify the U.S. Constitution. Today, the state is moving fast to bring making and...
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Creating Children's Story Animations Using Inkscape and Animatron
I'm a big fan of the Inkscape vector graphics program, which is a no-cost equivalent of Adobe Illustrator and runs on all major computer platforms (Linux, Macintosh, and Windows). Back in 2007, I...
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Creating Children's Story Animations Using Inkscape and Animatron
I'm a big fan of the Inkscape vector graphics program, which is a no-cost equivalent of Adobe Illustrator and runs on all major computer platforms (Linux, Macintosh, and Windows). Back in 2007, I...
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The Case for Video Booths at Public Libraries
Public libraries could strongly benefit from having one or more "video booths," which are small, sound-insulated rooms for community members to perform various video- and multimedia-related tasks....
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8-Year-Old Teaches Coding Skills at Public Libraries with Her Invented Board...
Effective teachers know that when you teach something new, it's helpful to connect the new material to something that is known and familiar to students. For young children, what could be more familiar...
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Equity Crowdfunding via the Public Library
Crowdfunding is changing the world for the better, reducing barriers to entry for writers, innovators and inventors. So when I heard the news about equity crowdfunding becoming legal earlier this year,...
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Some Thoughts on Librarians as Community Problem-Solving Conveners
People come to the library with questions. Sometimes their questions are deflected as not being "ready reference" questions, meaning questions that can be answered by using one or two common reference...
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When Public Libraries Are an On-Ramp to Open Source
People go to the public library to expand their horizons. At the public library, they can encounter new ideas, new perspectives, and new possibilities. Sometimes they'll even find new hobbies and new...
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Valuing Tech Diversity at My Public Library
Like everyone, I have my preferences about the hardware and software I like. I think it is natural to want others to share your tastes. My Somali-American programmer friend has taught me to be more...
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How Free Cloud Tools Enhance Public Access Computers at My Library
Sometimes what you yearn and work for happens of its own accord. At my public library job at a small public library in the Washington, D.C., area, I've been yearning for students to use our public...
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When a Chromebook Becomes a Family Lifeline
One of my hobbies at my public library job is buying affordable laptops on eBay and fixing them up. I then sell them at the same price I bought them for to people who need a laptop. When I noticed on...
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JigSpace: A New Free Application for Making 3D Presentations
In my opinion, one of the functions of libraries and librarians is to facilitate the sharing of ideas, particularly ideas that can move the world forward. In that spirit, I want to tell everyone about...
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My Opinion: Libraries Need to Be Zones of the Possible
People often go to the public library to get things done. For a public library to fulfill its mission, it needs to be a "zone of the possible." What that means is that every question asked in a library...
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Tips for Teaching Audio Storytelling Skills at Your Public Library
Public libraries are houses of stories, so they are the perfect venue for people to learn to share their own personal stories in audio form. These skills are not difficult to acquire, and people often...
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Teaching Metadata Skills at Your Public Library
Understanding and using metadata is one of most basic literacy skills in the information age. Metadata is information about information. The subject line of an email is metadata. A simple file name for...
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April Library Tech Newsbytes
Library tech newsbytes is a collection of fun news items from social media and pretty much anywhere else. We hope you enjoy our batch for this month!Marion County Public Library's Virtual Branch...
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April Library Tech Newsbytes
Library tech newsbytes is a collection of fun news items from social media and pretty much anywhere else. We hope you enjoy our batch for this month!Marion County Public Library's Virtual Branch...
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