Information Professionals in the Makerspace

In this course, students will critically engage with the conceptualization of the makerspace in a "T-shaped" manner. Vertically, students will develop a deeply practical, critical, and theoretical understanding of the makerspace and its remarkable adoption rate in libraries and communities across the U.S.; horizontally, students will develop a wide range of technical skills in areas such as fabrication, circuitry, reality, and micro- computing. At the end of the course, students will have engaged with a variety of topics including how to staff a makerspace, equity and inclusion, and ways to navigate ethical issues in makerspaces.