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One of the many hats I wear in my role involves covering LabNEXT at the University of Calgary, the library’s Makerspace. A Makerspace, also referred to as a Maker Studio, Fab Lab, Tech Shop, or Hackerspace, is a dedicated space in the library for hands-on access to technologies for DIY making and collaboration. In our

Making a Digital Window Wall from TVs -- from theawesomer.com Drew Builds Stuff has an office in the basement of his parents’ house. Because of its subterranean location, it doesn’t get much light. To brighten things up, he built a window wall out of three 75? 4K TVs, resulting in a 12-foot diagonal image. Since he

This book focuses on difficulties and opportunities in revitalization of old, derelict or abandoned buildings into a library and investigates the transformation of buildings which originally had a different purpose. The publication shows worldwide best practice examples from different types of libraries in historic environments, both urban and rural, while maintaining a focus on sustainability concerning the architecture and interior design.

These churches, factories, swimming pools have all since been converted to a library in a process known as adaptive reuse.

“@joshua_r_eyler I use this "timeline" I created year ago. It tracks what goes on so I can look for patterns, highlights, lowlights for a comprehensive follow-up email or convo. No training and practice like COPUS. Happy to share PPT with anyone interested.”

Chronic underfunding, banned book battles, and doorways filling with sufferers of the housing and mental care crises. Amanda Oliver—the author of 'Overdue: Reckoning With the Public Library'—reveals the daunting circumstances that American librarians face.

Data Ethics Training for Library Professionals

This book connects wayfinding and signage with user experience (UX) design principles to assist libraries in creating positive, welcoming signage that communicates effectively and efficiently. Take a more user-centered approach to crafting library signage with this handy guide. Well-designed signage is clear, direct, and reduces confusion and frustration among library users

Should librarians be politically neutral? Stanley Kurtz of the Ethics and Public Policy Center thinks they should be. Here is a taste of his New York Times op-ed, “The Battle for the Soul of the Library“: What in the world […]

Librarians have an opportunity to assist faculty and students in adoption and use of OER, or Open Educational Resources. Faculty and students present differing perspectives and responses to OER that may inhibit their use. Libraries are known for providing access to resources and educational training or workshops on the use of new technologies and existing or new resources. Libraries are also accustomed to providing proxied access to online resources, hosting repositories and developing policies for management, curation and collection of a wide array of materials and resources. By helping to develop and organize an OER initiative of any kind at their institution, libraries may be able to help create a viable and valuable OER program for the benefit of their faculty, students and other stakeholders at their institution.

If you are an academic librarian, you have been hearing about Data Curation, Content Curation, Information Curation or Digital Curation for years. And the terms can be applied in several different ways. There are the curation activities surrounding purchased library … Continue reading →

The Clio Awards, which recognize innovation in advertising, design and communication, have just awarded their grand prize to “The Uncensored Library,” a library that houses books and articles censo…

By the end of this course, you should be able to: Define Open Educational Resources Explain the rationale for OER adoption and use Explain the differences between the six currently available Creative Commons licenses Identify repositories and other resources for finding relevant OER Use tools

Librarians figured out how to offer services online long before the pandemic. What parts of their latest digital-first shift will be permanent?

Need advice on the care of books, photos, videos, and other media in your collections? These web pages answer many questions about the care, handling and storage for specfic media.

Fifteen universities in the Big Ten Academic Alliance will be managing their library collections as a single, shared entity.

It's been on the front lines of expanding access and creating equity during the pandemic, and we can't let its funding evaporate, Valerie Nye and Christopher Schipper write.