Thanks to all of you for the replies. Great suggestions on the k-12 set Ian as the primary users are public libraries. Cary, your setup is brilliant! Expect theft of your intellectual property ;)
This is definitely early days with a focus on just checking out kits with a minimum of training required. The idea is to lend tools or kits to libraries who want to try something out but not make a major commitment yet. Edward Iglesias On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 4:51 PM, Daron Dierkes <daron.dier...@gmail.com>wrote: > In St. Louis, to my knowledge we do not have a makerspace as part of a > library. We do however have a hackerspace called Arch Reactor and a new > TechShop is coming soon, which I guess is maybe something similar but > diffferent? > > Could any of you help clarify the terms for me and maybe explain what > libraries have to do with them? > > > On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 3:16 PM, Cary Gordon <listu...@chillco.com> wrote: > > > Personally, I would put soldering irons in phase 2, as they really do > > require training to use. Without a pretty decent skillset, you can burn > > through a lot of led strips, etc. > > > > My lab consists of a Sparkfun kit hot-glued to the top of a parts box. > > This arrangement has been very helpful for my chronic mislayer self. > It's a > > makerspace in a box. > > > > Cary > > > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/36809832@N00/12821466713/ > > > > Cary > > > > On Feb 27, 2014, at 12:33 PM, Edward Iglesias <edwardigles...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > Hello All, > > > > > > A colleague and I were recently asked to help create a "tool library > for > > > makerspaces" for a local state library consortia. The idea being they > > would > > > lend out kits such as Arduino's with breadboards to libraries that are > > > thinking of setting up some kind of makerspace but unsure where to > start. > > > > > > So any of you have any "must haves" for such a collection. I'm thinink > > > > > > soldering irons > > > arduinos > > > Raspberry Pis > > > Flora > > > breadboards > > > lots of connectors > > > leds > > > > > > etc... > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Edward Iglesias > > >
