EPL’s Makerspace at six months! Peter Schoenberg Manager, Digital Literacy & Web Services

Alberta Library Conference

April 24,2014

Linda Cook’s Open Spaces Vision

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“Planning a space where customers can create” a report by Leanne Drury Melsness Dec 2012

A Vision, a goal and a target

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Key recommendations

• Use AV room

• Include 3D printer

• Consider Espresso

• Include gaming

• Include robotics

• Digital conversion

Credits

Digital Literacy (DLI) Librarians

• Holly Arnason

• Carla Haug

• Kim Christmas Jason Harris

High energy, dedicated, smart and enthused.

Got it done amid renovation and move of our own

offices (which also took longer than planned).

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- My Goals on the project

- Create a bright open, flexible space

- Surprise our customers

- Exceed customer expectations

- Spend on great stuff not renos, rugs & walls

- Go big when we can

- Accept the uncertainty

- Enjoy the project – it is very exciting

- Create an open platform and see what our

community does with it!

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Timeline 2013

Jan Terms of reference for makerspace team

June Weed gov docs, move AV collection

July MADE design charrette

July Space ready for contractors

June –> Sept Buying of tons of fun stuff

July –> Oct Electrical work and painting

September Hired makerspace assistants

November 2013 OPENED!

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The AV Room before

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During

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During

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Almost done

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Done &

Open!

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What is in our makerspace?

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3D Printers from Machina

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3D Printers from Machina

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Espresso Book Machine $5/bind, 5c/page – softcover – 2 PDFs

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Espresso Book Machine

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Robots and kits!

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Console

Gaming - Wii

- XBOX

- PS3

- 60” LCDs

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PC Gaming

Two Lenovo

eRazer PCs

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Digital Conversion Station

- Scanner

- VHS to DVD machine (hours!)

- Various inputs and outputs for sound to digital

Demand issues (only scanning service in building)

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Loaded Media Computers Not typical EPL PCs

4 iMacs

4 loaded Dell all in ones

Adobe CS6 Production Premium, sound & video editing, garage band, animation, game design and other specialized software + keyboard, beatbox, drawing pad

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Projector, retractable screen,

speakers and green screen

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Makerspace Assistants 1 x 35 hours per week

2 x 21 hours per week

1 x 17.5 hours per week (temp)

Feb 2014 35 hours per week added! Hours 9 – 9, Mon – Fri / 9 – 6 Sat / 1 -5 Sun Library Assistant level positions.

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Sound recording area coming in 2014

We did order electronic keyboard, beat

boxes, music editing software and

headphones

Tender going out for Sound Recording

and adjacent classroom, coming SOON!

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Challenges

New learnings

Painting / Electrical

Furniture

FIFA Boys!

Facebook!

Success!

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Opportunities • Community interest - lots of partners (e.g. iHuman

Music Making Mondays, City Hall School, Short Film

Fest, gamers and more!)

• Enthusiasts love to share (sound rec, design, etc.)

• Introduce new technology into library (MACs!)

• Test programs and services in Makerspace – then roll

them out to the branches.

• Bring branch staff into the space and MAs working

with Milner Staff and Literacy Van Staff.

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Two small ideas that I liked

- Sound cone speakers for gaming

- Power in the ceiling

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Income from printing

• Expresso Book Machine $4,000

• 3D printing $1,000 – three week back log

Programs

• Bioware authors – 180 packed in, 60 turned away

• Lego Robotics – weekend program

• Tours – weekly, drop-ins

• Gaming nights – League of Legends

• Open Data Day – hackfest, speed dataing

• Intro to 3D printing / Intro to book making

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Questions after Ben and Alex

Peter Schoenberg Manager, Digital Literacy & Web Services

Edmonton Public Library 780-496-1855

pschoenberg@epl.ca

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http://www.epl.ca/makerspace

Lots of great media response, lots of

great stories, lots of challenges.

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