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Ellyssa Kroski is an award winning author and editor in library and information science technology and series editor for several books for a popular librarian series providing valuable information to librarians. She is indeed an expert in maker culture having two more recent additional texts highlighting maker spaces. This important and informative handbook for librarians provides a reference point for persons interested in learning more about makerspaces, trends, issues, funding, equipping and creating a makerspace. This information is critical for library communities to be mindful of their focus and the resources needed and associated with maker culture. This “one stop handbook” provides a detailed index which helps readers identify the various areas covered in this topical area associated with the future of libraries and librarianship and how we provide collaborative spaces for our users.
The text is divided into three parts: Part one Creating the Makerspace; Part two Makerspace Materials, Tools and Technologies; and Part three Looking Ahead. In Part one, the expert contributors explore the definition of a makerspace and their purpose, one writer Bronkar indicates that “the focus is on sharing and learning in a synergetic environment”. The main types of libraries that makerspaces are found in are examined; the public library been described as the “forefront of the makerspace movement”....