NEFLIN Makerspaces Interest Group - Jacksonville Public Library (11/9/17) 

Let’s explore Jacksonville Public Library’s Makerspace and talk to the team who is helping to expand it! This makerspace is built around the needs of community makers with equipment to reserve, a gallery to inspire, and events and workshops to help anyone go from novice to expert, hobbyist to inventor. We’ll get to know the space and get hands-on with some of the equipment.

The Makerspaces Interest Group is designed to be a networking and resource tool as well as a forum for new ideas.

We welcome:

• Those wishing to start a new makerspace or build an existing one – who want to know what to buy and how to fundraise;

• Those looking to create fresh and exciting makerspace programs for all ages using the equipment they already have; and

• Those who want to know how to talk to patrons about makerspace services, programs, and equipment – beyond just the buzzwords.

Jeremy Yates is the Special Programs Coordinator and Marketing and Makerspace Manager at the Headquarters Palatka Library. The Putnam County Library System was one of the recipients of a $10,000 Innovation Grant from NEFLIN in 2015, which they used to kick start their mobile makerspace program. Since then, the makerspace has traveled to all five branches of the system (monthly) and to schools and organizations serving children and teens throughout the county (like 4-H and Girl Scouts).

Cost: NEFLIN Interest Groups are free of charge and are open to NEFLIN members only.  Registration is strongly encouraged.

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