1. LMNOP:
The Evolution
of Engagement

2. Lincoln City Libraries
Moms to makers
Jodene Glaesemann
Vicki Clarke
LeeAnn
Harvey
Lincoln City Libraries

3. INTRODUCTION •Who are we? •Library Mom’s Night Out Program
•Community Engagement
•How Moms became Makers
•Maker Spaces
•What did we learn?

4. LMNOP – the beginning •Our original plan
•Downtime for moms at the library
•A craft to learn and food available
•We created our own logo!

5. In the beginning…
The summer program that inspired us

6. DIY Home and Beauty Potions

7. DIY Home and Beauty Potions

8. Put A change in your step --SHOE RE-DO

9. ART JOURNALING

10. More art journaling

12. KEEP YOUR CAR RUNNING AKA Friday Night Motor Moms

13. FINGER KNITTING

16. YOGA

17. Make Ahead Meals

18. ZUMBA!

19. ORGANIC GARDENING

20. SEED SWAP/SEED SAVING

21. FRANKENTOYS

22. COOK THE BOOK

23. Listen and observe •LMNOP was a new program. •Evaluations
•Conversations with attendees
•Talking with patrons
•Observe who came to LMNOP programs
After hours programming was a new concept for us.
We needed feedback.
It wasn’t just moms coming to programs. The collection wasn’t the focus – the program was the focus.

24. EVALUATIONS

26. •Be intentional about looking to your community
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
•Be intentional about looking to your community
•”Ask patrons to say what matters to them, not what programs you want to do.” - Erika Freudenberg, Mover & Shaker, Red Hook, NY, public library.
Instead of continuing to say here is what we think moms want, we listened to our community in a variety of ways.

27. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
•Our staff need to engage patrons – talk to them about program, do more than rote check-out.
•Engagement is also how we built relationships / partnerships so we are able to meet those needs/ interests we are being told about.

28. MOMS →MAKERS •We became flexible with days and times.
•We expanded the type of program – collaboration for classes
•Life hacks/skill-building – trick, shortcut, skill, novelty or method that increases productivity and efficiency.
Looking at the feedback, the evidence, what we were seeing, we knew LMNOP needed to change if it was to grow and continue to be viable. Moms became Makers.

29. CALLIGRAPHY aka Collaboration
Met during the day, collaboration, on-going class.

30. GET TO KNOW YOUR SEWING MACHINE

32. WHAT IS A MAKER SPACE?
•DIY space where people can gather to create, invent and learn
•Sewing machines, knitting needles, card games, crafts, etc.
•Including more than hard technology means you are being inclusive
•”Making” is for all ages, but we are encouraging people to want to learn by making it fun
Making is more than geeks 

33. MAKER SPACE Because there is no wrong way to “make”:
•Maker spaces lead to self-empowerment
•a gain in creative confidence

34. MAKER SPACE •Maker spaces increase knowledge of how the world works
•Help people become active producers rather than passive consumers
•”Hone the hack” – think abstractly and make things work better for each person

35. Creativity is as important as literacy.
MAKER SPACE
Creativity is as important as literacy.
- Sir Ken Robinson,
University of Warwick

36. PSEUdO-MAKER SPACE
Things we did along the way to encourage creativity:
•Book Art display
•Chalk the Walks
•Dome, Sweet Dome

39.
3rd Tuesday in August

40. MAKER SPACES In a library? Really? YES!
•Libraries have always been about learning/information
•Libraries already have resource materials such as books and the Internet for patrons to use as reference
•Equitable access! Free!

41. MAKER SPACES AT LINCOLN CITY LIBRARIES
•One main maker space at our central library
•Big 3-D printer will “live” there
•Rotating kits and two smaller 3-D printers that can be checked out by branches for programming.

42. MAKER STUFF
Four sewing machines to rotate
Sewing Machines!

43. MAKER STUFF Calligraphy, Crafts and Construction
Calligraphy, craft and construction
Calligraphy, Crafts and Construction

44. MAKER STUFF Zoobs! Connectagons!
Construction toys – connectagons, zoobs
Connectagons!

45. MAKER STUFF Makey Makey Gizmos & Gadgets Little Bits
Gizmos & Gadgets – program a piano and/or guitar, Makey Makey – turn bananas into a piano
Makey Makey

46. MAKER STUFF OzoBots Card and Board games Can you say coding events?!
Card and board games, OzoBot
Card and Board games
Can you say coding events?!

47. MAKER STUFF
Lego Mindstorms and Dot & Dash
Dot & Dash
Lego Mindstorms

48. WHAT DID WE LEARN? •It is okay to change your programming. •Evolution!
•Engagement = Enrichment
•Sometimes people don’t know what there is to learn – we can be the spark

52. Thank you! Jodene Glaesemann Walt Branch Supervisor
Vicki Clarke
Walt Branch Librarian
LeeAnn Harvey
Library Service Associate