New Jersey Library Makerspaces - The Leading Edge 2013-2014 A Joint Initiative of the New Jersey State Library and LibraryLinkNJ September 11, 2013 Project Launch: Application Deadline: December 11, 2013 Evaluation Period: December 13, 2013 January 6, 2014 – January 8, 2014 Award Notification Date: Implementation Deadline: September 9, 2014 Participant Project Report Date: November 21, 2014 of a place where someone would come “A Makerspace houses a community Makers. It’s to learn how to use a new tool or material in a new way, or to see what others are working on because they might want to help out on that project or start something similar. Ideally, your Makerspace should be conducive to inspiration, collaboration, and Playbook, p.13) conversation.” (Makerspace All Documents and support information available at: Overview Goal: Expand New Jersey library horizons with services models that transcend traditional roles. Objectives: Jumpstart a pilot project in direct response to library community input during ● the Statewide Strategic Planning Process (FY2013). Subsidize selected LibraryLinkNJ member libraries statewide to achieve a ● local Makerspace strategic goal. in New Jersey libraries where users can ● Foster “connection development” connect, explore, and create. Challenge libraries to expand their education role to embrace and model the ● new culture of learning by exploring play, innovation, and the cultivation of the imagination as cornerstones of learning. (from: Brown, John Seely and Douglas Thomas. A New Culture of Learning: Cultivating Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2011) the Imagination for a World of Constant Change.
New Jersey Library Makerspaces - The Leading Edge 2013-2014 A Joint Initiative of the New Jersey State Library and LibraryLinkNJ Project Launch: September 11, 2013 Application Deadline: December 11, 2013 Evaluation Period: December 13, 2013 – January 6, 2014 Award Notification Date: January 8, 2014 Implementation Deadline: September 9, 2014 Participant Project Report Date: November 21, 2014 “A Makerspace houses a community of Makers. It’s a place where someone would come to learn how to use a new tool or material in a new way, or to see what others are working on because they might want to help out on that project or start something similar. Ideally, your Makerspace should be conducive to inspiration, collaboration, and conversation.” (Makerspace Playbook, p.13) All Documents and support information available at: Overview Goal: Expand New Jersey library horizons with services models that transcend traditional roles. Objectives: ● Jumpstart a pilot project in direct response to library community input during the Statewide Strategic Planning Process (FY2013). ● Subsidize selected LibraryLinkNJ member libraries statewide to achieve a local Makerspace strategic goal. ● Foster “connection development” in New Jersey libraries where users can connect, explore, and create. ● Challenge libraries to expand their education role to embrace and model the new culture of learning by exploring play, innovation, and the cultivation of the imagination as cornerstones of learning. (from: Brown, John Seely and Douglas Thomas. A New Culture of Learning: Cultivating the Imagination for a World of Constant Change. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2011)