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Made in a library, a free online innovation symposium
May 15, 2012 • 1-3 pm (ET)
What happens when you take a place that has traditionally been about learning and transform it into a place of doing and making? Find out, when we look at how librarians, teachers, students, faculty and communities are turning their focus to creation—whether providing digital tools for game makers, programmers, musicians and authors, or makerspaces for 3-D printing and other “real-life” projects.
Join moderator Jason Griffey from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga; Sue Considine and Lauren Britton, who started the Fayetteville (New York) Free Library’s FFL FabLab makerspace; and Joseph Sanchez, currently at the University of Colorado Denver, who incorporated a variety of “doing” spaces into the Red Rocks Community College Library—saving it from closure in the process.
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Keynote Speakers
Sue Considine
Executive Director
Fayetteville Free Library, New York
Sue Considine is Executive Director of the Fayetteville Free Library. As an administrator of a busy, progressive public library, Sue has successfully recruited and developed a team of dynamic professionals, support staff and community members who offer cutting-edge library services in a state-of-the-art environment to an engaged community. Sue's skills include leadership, management, advocacy, finance, fund-raising and budgeting, mentoring and coaching, project management and human resources. Sue is a passionate advocate for libraries and librarians, and is committed to the development of the next generation of librarians through the identification and creation of leadership opportunities in the information field for new graduates and emerging library leaders.
Lauren Britton
Transliteracy Development Director
Fayetteville Free Library, New York
Lauren Britton is Transliteracy Development Director at the Fayetteville Free Library in central New York. She earned her bachelor's degree in art history and anthropology from Muhlenberg College in 2005 and her master's degree in library and information science from Syracuse University in 2011. She is currently building the first makerspace in a public library, the FFL Fabulous Laboratory. Her research and work are centered on new directions in public libraries and librarianship, with a focus on how emerging technology can be used as a catalyst for community collaboration and participation in a read/write culture.
Joseph Sanchez
Instructional Designer
Auraria Library, University of Colorado Denver
Joseph Sanchez worked in public libraries for six years before taking over Red Rocks Community College Library where he developed an in-house production studio designed for creating professional quality e-content. In addition, he was an early adopter of readers and iPads, and has continued to develop new e-content solutions at his current position with the University of Colorado Denver. He was a 2011 Library Journal Mover & Shaker, and has a chapter in No Shelf Required 2. He writes regularly about technology at his website www.thebookmyfriend.com.
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Moderators
Jason Griffey
Head of Library Information Technology
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Jason Griffey is a librarian, technologist, writer and speaker. He is Head of Library Information Technology at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, and is busy with planning for a brand new academic library building on their campus and what makerspaces they might be able to include. Jason has written three books, including Library Blogging and Mobile Technologies and Libraries. His most recent piece is the Library Technology Report, Gadgets and Gizmos: Personal Electronics and the Library. Jason has blogged since 2003 at Pattern Recognition. He is an administrator and author for LITA Blog, a columnist for the ALA TechSource blog and a 2009 Library Journal Mover & Shaker. Follow Jason at @griffey.
Twitter Moderators
Lisa Carlucci Thomas
Director and Founder
design think do
Lisa Carlucci Thomas is the director and founder of design think do, providing innovative consulting services to libraries, publishers, vendors and organizations. An experienced academic librarian and manager, Lisa writes about e-books, digital content, mobile culture, social media, and the emerging technology trends changing the way we communicate, research and interact with information. Lisa is a 2010 Library Journal Mover & Shaker and a 2009 ALA Emerging Leader. A graduate of Syracuse University, she previously worked at Yale University and Southern Connecticut State University. Visit Lisa’s website or follow her on Twitter as @lisacarlucci.
Justin Hoenke
Teen Librarian
Portland Public Library, Maine
Justin Hoenke is a teen librarian and video gaming enthusiast who has written about these subjects for publications such as Library Journal and VOYA, and is a regular contributor for the blog Tame The Web. Justin is a member of the 2010 ALA Emerging Leaders class and an MLIS graduate of the Department of Library Science at the Clarion University of Pennsylvania. He is currently the Teen Librarian at the Portland (Maine) Public Library, where he is responsible for teen collection development and programming as well as overseeing the video game and graphic novel collection for the library system. His professional interests include video gaming in libraries, teen librarianship, creating local collections and community building. Follow Justin on Twitter at @justinlibrarian.
Twitter hashtag for this event: #libmade
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