The Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County is a small to medium sized library in a fairly conservative and small(ish) Midwest town. It’s landlocked and there isn’t a lot of floor space to revamp into a MakerSpace. But that doesn’t mean we can’t encourage Makers. So in order to better incorporate the Maker movement into our library, we have done or are doing 3 things:
1. Mobile MakerSpace
As I mentioned, space is most definitely an issue. So we created a mobile makerspace. You can read the details about that here.
2. Circulating Maker Collection
We are creating a maker collection of circulating books. We have a space picked out for it, have discussed call numbers and location codes with technical services, so now all we need to do is order. We started by using the recommended Maker titles in the May 2015 issue of School Library Journal. Then I made a wishlist of…
