Makerspaces

This is a somewhat unorganized, scattershot of links I have found about makerspaces.  The idea of creating community common spaces where people can come together to share equipment and tools that would be out of financial/practical reach of individuals.

http://theunquietlibrarian.wordpress.com/2012/08/13/library-as-makerspace-creating-and-nurturing-communities-of-teen-writers/

http://www.saclibrary.org/file/643.pdf

http://theunquietlibrarian.wordpress.com/2012/06/28/makerspaces-participatory-learning-and-libraries/

http://connectedlearning.tv/jeff-sturges-strengthening-communities-makerspaces

http://www.scoop.it/t/makerspaces/

http://www.scoop.it/t/libraries-as-sites-of-enchantment-participatory-culture-and-learning

http://www.scoop.it/t/libraries-as-sites-of-enchantment-participatory-culture-and-learning

http://www.newlibrarianship.org/wordpress/?page_id=44

http://www.forbes.com/sites/tjmccue/2011/11/15/first-public-library-to-create-a-maker-space/

http://www.fastcoexist.com/1680256/turning-a-library-into-a-maker-space

http://digitalis.nwp.org/site-blog/library-makerspace-creating-and-nurturin/4155

http://blog.makezine.com/2011/03/10/is-it-time-to-rebuild-retool-public-libraries-and-make-techshops/

http://www.publiclibrariesonline.org/magazines/featured-articles/fabulous-labaratory-makerspace-fayetteville-free-library