[Asis-l] Upcoming ALISE Webinar: Makerspaces in Libraries

[Rong Tang]

Dear all,

Just a reminder of the upcoming ALISE Webinar: Makerspaces in Libraries:
Creating Change through Active Partnerships with Communities

*Date:* May 3, 2017

*Time:* 2:00pm - 3:00pm EST

*Registration Fees:*
Free for ALISE members (personal & institutional member contacts)
$50 for non-members

This webinar will discuss how libraries promote active community engagement
through Makerspaces. A Makerspace is a place for community members to
engage in creative making activities in a range of domains, offering access
to fabrication technologies and social opportunities with other Makers.
Community engagement is the key to success. Several library Makerspaces are
currently practicing innovative approaches to engaging their communities.
However, there seems to be a lack of consensus regarding what social
responsibilities library Makerspaces must assume in today’s society. The
panel proposes the following overarching questions:

   - What social responsibilities do Makerspaces in a library have to their
   community?
   - What are some of the effective ways Makerspaces currently practice to
   engage community?
   -  What should LIS educators do to promote community engagement and
   social responsibility in and through library Makerspaces?

To register, go to:

http://www.alise.org/index.php?option=com_jevents&task=icalrepeat.detail&evid=4&Itemid=179&year=2017&month=05&day=03

Best,
Rong
-- 
Rong Tang, PhD.
Associate Professor
School of Library and Information Science
Director, Simmons Usability Lab
Director, SLIS PhD Program
Simmons College

Director for External Relations, Association for Library and Information
Science Education
rong.tang at simmons.edu
1-617-521-2880