The topic of libraries and their introduction of makerspaces and association with hackerspaces was recently talked about a bit on the hackerspaces-canada mailing list. Here's a link to the relevant topic:
https://groups.google.com/d/topic/canadiancreativespaces/pfKOJ_hrw0g/discussion Basically this can only be a good thing and instead of thinking of it as competition I think we should look at how we can help them reach their goals and provide exposure for SkullSpace at the same time. On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 9:25 PM, Edwin Amsler <[email protected]> wrote: > For those who weren't at the meeting, I was pointed to a survey that the > public library is putting on. I hear they're trying to gauge interest in a > maker space at the downtown library. > > It's pretty up in the air, but here are the details: > > 1) Public survey for what people might want: > > https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/3KWNPJ5 > > 2) People involved: > > Gail Doherty, Administrative Coordinator of Central Library Services > Theresa Lomas, Lady in charge of a bunch of tech people within the library > system to pull this together. > > > My thoughts on the situation are twofold. If they decide to go ahead with > this, it may provide us with some fun competition and probably create some > sort of two-tier system. If they don't go through with this, it might be a > great way to either get free advertisement, or to get partial funding from > local government, but I'm pretty sure we're not a fan of the latter as a > group. > > I just thought the group should be aware of this and act accordingly. > > I'll probably give her a call (as an individual) and see what they're > going for. > > _______________________________________________ > SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss > Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >
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