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Libraries Go High-Tech to Stay Relevant in the Digital Era

posted by takyon on Tuesday April 09 2019, @06:12PM   
from the computer-lab-with-book-section dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

CNet:

Libraries are repositioning themselves as cultural and learning centers for the digital age. Many lend out mobile hotspots, often for weeks at a time. Others offer classes in the latest tech, such as 3D printing and music-editing software. And libraries have some of the savviest social media editors around.

On Sunday, libraries across the country began celebrating their evolving mission during National Library Week. Melinda Gates serves as honorary chairwoman of the annual event, which is sponsored by the American Library Association. Gates is an appropriate choice: She and husband Bill began funding computers, internet access and software for libraries in low-income communities through an organization they established in 1997.

Do libraries have a future as makerspaces?

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Original Submission

• Libraries Provide and Facilitate Knowledge (Score: 3, Informative) by Freeman on Tuesday April 09 2019, @06:24PM

  by Freeman (732) on Tuesday April 09 2019, @06:24PM (#826976) Journal

  Yes, Makerspaces can be part of a libraries' mission.
  http://www.ala.org/pla/resources/tools/technology-website-development/makerspaces-technologies [ala.org]

  No, a Makerspace != a Library. A Makerspace is about teaching and/or providing access to one kind of thing. Not about teaching / learning, English/Japanese/German/etc, Social history, or various other areas of knowledge.

  --
  Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"

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