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Welcome to Makerspaces: A Practical Guide for Librarians! When I was asked to revise this book for a second edition, I was thrilled. John Burke’s volume has easily been one of my favorite go-to resources for learning about makerspaces in libraries, and I particularly loved the format, which combined anecdotal profiles of library makerspaces with concrete data from a survey of the...

I would like to heartily thank all of the librarians who took part in the survey that informs much of this book, as well as the many amazing librarians who generously donated their time to contribute a profile of their library makerspace.

Libraries serve a variety of purposes: maintainer of local information sources, community meeting space, study zone, and connector of people and information of all kinds. Many of the library’s core functions have centered on giving people access to materials that they could not find or afford on their own. As many books and other resources have become available in digital form, libraries...

~Making is not a new phenomenon; people have always made things. But the modern maker movement, fueled by recent technological advancements that have brought the tools of production within reach of consumers, is quite unique, as is the social aspect of the current movement, both online and within the spaces themselves. These advancements...

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During April 2017, I (Ellyssa) conducted a web-based survey on makerspaces in libraries. It was created using SurveyMonkey. Librarians were asked to respond anonymously. The survey was distributed through two Facebook groups (Makerspaces and the Participatory Library and Library Entrepreneurship and Maker Services), and the following list of library electronic discussion groups:

John J. Burke is principal librarian and director of the Gardner-Harvey Library on the Middletown regional campus of Miami University of Ohio. He is former president of the Academic Library Association of Ohio and former chair of the Southwest Ohio Council on Higher Education Library Council.