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Makerspaces, sometimes also referred to as hackerspaces, hackspaces, and fablabs are creative, DIY spaces where people can gather to create, invent, and learn. Discover how you can create a makerspace within your own library though this step-by-step guidebook.

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Makerspaces and maker activities have evolved from a shiny new trend in libraries to an acknowledged and valued conduit for partnering with library patrons in the production process and a potent means to provide STEM and critical thinking skills to people of all ages. In a 2017 Library Journal survey of 7,000 public libraries, it was determined that the vast majority of them---89 percent---currently offer maker programming for their patrons. textquotedblMakerspaces in Practice: Successful Models for Implementationtextquotedbl is an advanced guidebook to library makerspaces written from a perspective derived from years of practical experience. Written nearly half a decade after The Makerspace Librarian's Sourcebook was published, this book strives to be of use not only to librarians who are strategizing how to get started but also to those who are actively running makerspaces and maker programming in their libraries. This handbook offers advice from seasoned practitioners based on what has worked for them as well as which programs and tools don't resonate with library patrons. This essential handbook will answer these questions and more

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to start exploring the possibilities for makerspaces to function as a new learning space within academic library services in higher education (HE). This original research study ask two key questions: How is learning achieved and supported in makerspaces? What can academic library services bring to the effective organisation and support of makerspaces? Design/methodology/approach An extensive literature review is followed by a template analysis (King, 2012) of data from an online forum of three professionals operating makerspaces in academic library services in the USA and a discussion incorporating relevant educational theory and philosophy. Findings The three overarching learning themes found were: experiential learning (Dewey, 1909; Kolb, 1984), communities of practice (Lave and Wenger, 1991) and self-efficacy through social learning (Bandura, 1997). Research limitations/implications The one-week forum of three professional library staff provided detailed and informative data. Substantial field work with students will also be required to see how far this professional lens has provided insight into how students are learning and supported in these and other makerspaces. Social implications The wider cultural implications are examined, including the potential social value of makerspaces as transformative creative spaces empowering communities and individuals. Originality/value This is the first study to date on the potential educational value of makerspaces within HE, and the specific support academic library services can offer if they choose to host a makerspace (including teaching information, digital and critical literacies).

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This book is a guidebook jam-packed with resources, advice, and information to help you develop and fund your own makerspace from the ground up. Learn what other libraries are making, building, and doing in their makerspaces and how you can, too. Readers are introduced to makerspace equipment, new technologies, models for planning and assessing projects, and useful case studies that will equip them with the knowledge to implement their own library makerspaces. This expanded second edition features eighteen brand new library makerspace profiles providing advice and inspiration for how to create your own library makerspace, over twenty new images and figures illustrating maker tools and trends as well as library makerspaces in action and new lists of actual grant and funding sources for library makerspaces.

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In this program participants will smell, taste, and learn about various tea herbs and make some into tea bags that they can take home. Easy-to-grow medicinal and flavorful herbs will be on hand, as well as a handout about their traditional uses.

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A green and sustainable library is a library which takes into account environmental, economic and social sustainability. Green and sustainable libraries may be of any size, but they should have a clear sustainability agenda.

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The resiliency of librarians is tested once again with the devastating occurrence of the pandemic situation worldwide. As a result of the global scare, many libraries have shut down as prescribed by the governments to minimize physical contact and stop the spread of viruses. Yet, libraries live up to its mandate in serving the information needs of its patrons. This report documents the role of libraries in Kazakhstan during the pandemic and how libraries responded quickly to avoid disruption of programs and services. This document also describes some of the "new normal'' initiatives and strategies libraries have adapted to respond to the needs of their clients. On the other hand, librarians are stepping-up and making enormous efforts to manage their call of duty to provide and distribute factual and reliable information to all its stakeholders. Adapting to a change of working environment also needs to be looked into. Since the start of work from home in mid-March 2020, was there a change of lifestyle? What factors affect their work productivity? An online interview among select library staff who can speak and understand English is conducted.

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The interest in public libraries is a civilized symbol in developed countries, because of their prominent and effective role in promoting the cultural, social and creative aspect of individuals and societies. The interest takes many forms by those in charge of managing Egyptian public libraries and setting the vision, mission and goals of each library separately, which calls for action. To manage the strategic performance of public libraries as a cognitive and cultural force capable of forming the spirit, thought, sentiment of society and its culture, due to the advantages and positive aspects of managing strategic performance that it can provide to Egyptian public libraries in an effort to develop performance in line with regional and international changes, and in proportion to the public of beneficiaries, to help Forming a person who is aware of the events of the era in which we live, in addition to contributing to the provision of organized and systematic knowledge with a high degree of accuracy and clarity, as a serious step for sustainable national development in accordance with the Egyptian Strategic Vision 2030.

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Since 2019 the University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ) Library has completed a mapping exercise with the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Developed in 2015, the seventeen UN SDGs are a call to action that aims to ensure that all humans can fulfill their potential, recognising the link between poverty, health, education, climate change and economic growth.

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À l’origine simple fonds spécialisé, le fonds Écologie citoyenne et développement durable, inspire aujourd’hui pleinement la programmation culturelle, contribue à amener de nouveaux publics et ouvre la bibliothèque à la participation des usagers.

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Hydroponics is a method of growing plants without soil other traditional dirt medium and instead using a water solution that is rich in mineral nutrients. Plants can grow with their roots directly submerged in the mineral solution, or you can use perlite, gravel, or some other medium. Hydroponically grown foods not only taste better and are more nutritional, but you can change the properties of your food, monitor what goes into your food, and pollute less. You can also grow more food in less space. This is great for those who don't have a backyard or outdoor area to grow in. Weeds are eliminated in a hydroponic system, and pests are almost nonexistent.

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Knowledge economy literature indicates that proof of an organization’s sustainable future and growth lies in multi-dimensional evaluation rather than in the traditional one-dimensional monetary or financial capital perspective. This article attempts to provide a multi-dimensional framework within which a library and information service (L&IS) could measure its performance. As prerequisite, for implementation of the stated framework, the L&IS management (and staff) needed to understand that: •measuring should be done for local development and progress using the L&IS’s mission and a strategy for a sustainable future as the focal areas; •sustainability requires more than providing proof of spending the stakeholder ’s money wisely; and • adding value for the customer in isolation also does not ensure sustainability. In order to be sustainable in the knowledge economy it is necessary to understand that the relationships between the human, structure, customer and stakeholder capitals are vital. The L&IS sector would therefore, in the first instance, be required to ensure that customers could trust that they are receiving the services and products that maximise their own productivity and asset utilization. Secondly L&IS stakeholders would need to be assured that they are receiving the best value for their investment. Lastly, but perhaps most importantly, L&IS staff would have to be assured that they have the necessary skills and resources to provide for a motivating environment and that the infrastructure created will ensure continuous improvement for all.

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Purpose: The paper gave an overviewon the role of medical libraries in the provision of health information services in Nigeria in line withthe sustainable development goals as it relates to health and well-being ofindividuals and the nation.Various roles that can be performed to ensure the realization of health agenda in the SDGswerewell articulated in the paper. Design/Methodology/Approach: The method adopted was contextual analysis that involved reviewing of materials from publications, texts and the internet. Implication: The position of the paper remains that medical librariesoccupya central position in the actualization of the sustainable development goals as it relates to the health and well-beingof the human race. Originality/Value: The paper concludes that in spiteof the place of health information provision and utilization in the actualization of SDGs, there are still challenges that may limit the extent that librarians/libraries can contribute significantly to the full realization of the SDGs,therefore medical libraries/librarian should be well repositioned to ensure that they take library and information service delivery beyond the physical walls of the library.

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Eine Kinderbibliothek: Der Standort liegt für Kinder -- auch ohne Begleitung -- gut und sicher zu Fuß oder per Fahrrad erreichbar im Wohnumfeld von Familien, Kitas und Schulen. Der Zugang ist barrierefrei. Auch für Kinderwagen bleibt genug Platz. Und der Weg zum Wickel- raum ist gut ausgeschildert. Ebenfalls gut zu finden: die Refill-Station für Wasserflaschen. Blickfang im Raum ist der Growroom als gemütliche Lausch- und Lesehöhlen mit Pflanzen und duftenden Kräuterkästen in lockerer Vertical-Gardening-Anordnung. Gleich um die Ecke geht's nach draußen in einen Spiel- und Lesegarten mit Wildblumenwiese und viel Platz zum Bewegen. Im Schuppen daneben steht das BookBike, mit dem im Sommer Bücher-Touren zu Stadtteilfesten und Freiluft-Events unternommen werden. Selbstverständlich sind ausreichend viele Fahrradständer für Besucherinnen und Besucher vorhanden. Auch an eine Fahrrad-Werkstatt, in der Kinder mit Hilfestellung nach Bedarf schrauben und reparieren können, ist gedacht. Soweit der Blick in eine Fantasie-Kinderbibliothek. So könnte es sein. Und manche Elemente davon sind so oder ähnlich gewiss schon hier oder da in einer Kinderbibliothek verwirklicht worden.

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Unter dem Schirm der Fachkonferenz der bundesdeutschen staatlichen Fachstellen sowie den Büchereizentralen Niedersachsen und Schleswig-Holstein bekommen Bibliotheken aus verschiedenen Bundesländern ein Forum auf dem Bibliothekskongress 2022 in Leipzig. Das Motto des zweiten Fachstellenforums lautet »Mehrwerte durch Nachhaltigkeit, Strategie und Vernetzung«. In den beiden Blöcken »Nachhaltigkeit ist mehr als nur grün: von Testlaboren zu Poetryslam« und »Darf‘s ein bisschen mehr sein?: Mehrwerte durch Strategien und Vernetzungen« stellen am 1. Juni von 9 bis 12:30 Uhr acht Bibliotheken verschiedene Angebote und Projekte vor.

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In this program, participants will learn to create their own homemade glycerin soap using just a few ingredients and the melt-and-pour method. This program is best suited for beginners who are interested in wading into the sudsy field of soapmaking and spa crafts. It also makes a fun holiday program in which participants come away with colored, scented soap they can keep or gift to others. This program works well in small group settings and provides ample opportunities for socialization while the soap is curing.

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The article discusses the use of mindfulness practice by librarians to reduce stress, remain focused, and improve workplace relationships. Topics include the impact of mindful breathing and mindfulness meditation on days of work missed and visits to mental health professionals, the impact of work-related stressors on job satisfaction and employee health, and the ability for mindfulness to help practitioner improve relationships through greater empathy.

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Fassen wir uns kurz, denn es heißt: »Minimalismus ist die Reduktion auf das Wesentliche, damit sich Sinnvolles optimal entfalten kann!« In unserem Themenraum finden Sie diesmal Medien über einfache Lebensgestaltung, über Nachhaltigkeit, über Minimalismus in Architektur und Design und über seine Betrachtung aus soziologischer und wirtschaftlicher Sicht.

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L’articolo presenta una panoramica dei lavori in corso dell’autrice sui temi della valutazione dei servizi bibliotecari e in generale della ricerca applicata in biblioteca. In particolare viene preso in esame il ruolo delle attività di valutazione in relazione ai 17 Obiettivi di sviluppo sostenibile (Sustainable Development Goals – SDGs) dell’Agenda 2030, che riconosce all’accesso all’informazione una assoluta centralità. È a questo che le biblioteche del mondo hanno cominciato a guardare anche grazie alla spinta delle associazioni professionali. In particolare si mette in evidenza il lavoro di IFLA e quello che AIB sta svolgendo in sinergia con Asvis. L’articolo descrive le attività della prima indagine Istat sulle biblioteche italiane, in linea con la realizzazione di un sistema informativo integrato degli istituti e dei luoghi della cultura, che vede nell’aggiornamento e nella pulizia dell’Anagrafe delle biblioteche dell’ICCU il punto di partenza. Si prende poi in esame il ruolo dei metodi narrativi per la misurazione in particolare dell’impatto sociale delle biblioteche e si delinea una traccia di lavoro per il futuro.