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- Title
HACKING THE CATALOGUE: DEVELOPING EXTENDED CATALOGUING PROCESSES IN LIBRARY MAKERSPACES FOR SHAREABLE, TRACKABLE AND ACCESSIBLE DYNAMIC RESOURCES SUPPORTING STEAM EDUCATION.
- Authors
Flintoff, Frances
- Abstract
Libraries with Makerspaces are catalysts for change and collaboration (Miller, 2015), turning Libraries into buzzing, exciting and creative places, where big ideas are born. The change has arrived, and we are now truly Transbrarians: change-agents and STEAM advocates, mashing multiple technologies with creative pedagogy (Flintoff, 2014) - whether we realise (or like) it, or not. Makerspaces are becoming more prevalent in school and community Library spaces, resulting in an increase in the STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts & Mathematics) literacy of their users (Colegrove, 2013), often informally. Making is an "inquiry-driven social activity" (Canino-Fluit, 2014) - we know this from looking at maybe one of the first Makerspaces: the community Men's Shed where people meet, talk, brainstorm and problem solve together. It cannot be expected for this dynamic environment to entirely meld with Libraries without the risk of eventually becoming siloed or stagnant. We must begin to consider making our Makerspace, digital and non-book STEAM resources, trackable, shareable and more accessible to our users, clients, and students, partly by becoming a cooperative community of Libraries and Librarians, and exploring how to link these learning activities to curriculum requirements. Significant potential exists for folksonomy and public discussion in the context of a Library catalogue - how can we track the use and output of our Makerspaces, allow people to bring resources in, to share resources between libraries, transforming them into a cooperative where catalogue entries and non-traditional digital resources - such as code for your Raspberry Pi or Arduino, 3D printing templates, plans for your next Robot - can be uploaded and downloaded to and from a Library catalogue, tracked, discussed online, tagged, shared and even edited and written by a collaborative community of Library users.
- Subjects
STEAM education; CATALOGING; MAKERSPACES in libraries; LIBRARY space utilization; PUBLIC libraries
- Publication
International Journal of Arts & Sciences, 2017, Vol 9, Issue 4, p505
- ISSN
1557-718X
- Publication type
Article