1. Making & Learning at NCSU Libraries Colin Nickels & David Woodbury

2. Makerspace Staff Adam RogersBrendan O’Connell+ Many Ask Us Staff Members

3. Makerspace Today

4. Hunt Library

5. A Tiny Space, with Student Staff

6. 3D Printing as a Service [video]video

7. Laser Cutting By Appointment

8. 3D Scanning (checkout/studio)

9. Electronics Kits (checkout)

10. Some Cool Projects

11. Teaching Models

12. Hobby Projects

13. Product Prototypes

14. Research Breakthroughs [video]video

15. Some Stats through Spring 2014 ●Over 2200 3D prints so far ●62% on uPrint, 38% on MakerBot ●~500 unique users ●54% said they would not have been able to 3D print otherwise ●~69% of users are engineers

16. Space as a Service ●Patrons bring design ●We operate machines ●We are much cheaper ●Student Staff as experts

17. Challenges ●Machine Failure ●Makerbot Support ●Taking Payment

18. Lessons we’ve learned at Hunt ●Staffing for consistency ●Changing Hours ●Procedures are important

19. From Service to Instruction ●Lots of awareness and interest but lack of skills ●Difficulties of instruction in small space ●Need for easy (cheap) failure

20. 3D Printing Workshops

21. Circuit Workshops

22. “Pop Up” Events

23. Partnerships

24. Makerspace at D. H. Hill Library

26. Space for workshops 3D Printers, soldering irons, and other tools Visitor space

27. Community

28. Outreach

29. makingandlearning.com coursera.org/course/tinkering IMLS’ Makerspace Framework

30. Questions? go.ncsu.edu/makerspace Colin Nickels nickels@unc.edu David Woodbury david_woodbury@ncsu.edu @dnw Adam Rogers adam_rogers@ncsu.edu