SPEC Kit 348: Rapid Fabrication/Makerspace Services · 19
We are actively investigating these services N=5
We are in the midst of preliminary discussions with a campus partner who recently developed a faculty-specific
makerspace for students. They have equipment and some staffing, and have expressed interest in expanding. We have
space in the libraries that could be re-purposed should a partnership proceed. We didn’t have specific plans to provide
makerspace services prior to this opportunity arising, so haven’t done much research. As a result, I haven’t answered
any other questions.
We have a design studio created in partnership with the schools of mechanical engineering and industrial design. The
studio is a pilot for one piece of a potential multidisciplinary design commons that might include fabrication services.
We have a Scholarly Commons unit and are building the Grainger Engineering Library Informatics, Design, and Data
Visualization Center (GLID2).
We have developed a service plan, and purchased initial equipment for testing (with library IT), and hope to implement
a 3-D printing service within a year.
We were going to be a host site for a third party 3-D printing operation in Summer 2014 but their business model failed
during their pilot.
We have no plans to provide such services at this time N=2
At this time we have no plans to implement 3-D printing.
There are at least two other active rapid fabrication/makerspace services on campus, one of which is in a building
adjacent to the Libraries on campus. Duplication of this service within the Libraries does not appear to be needed or
prudent at this time.
If your library is currently providing fabrication/makerspace services, please complete the survey.
If your library is currently pilot testing or actively investigating whether to provide fabrication/
makerspace services, please answer as many of the survey questions as possible at this time. Some
survey questions are asked in the past tense. Please answer them as if they were asked in the
present or future tense if that better applies to your situation.
If your library plans to investigate these services in the future or has no plans to offer such services,
you will skip to a question on future casting.
PRE-IMPLEMENTATION
2. What motivated your library to investigate the development of fabrication/makerspace services at
your library? Check all that apply. N=40
Library staff recommended developing these services 27 69%
These services were identified as a priority during a strategic (or other) planning process 19 48%
A library renovation project provided an opportunity to develop a space and services 18 45%
Library administration recommended developing these services 18 45%
Library users requested these services 13 33%
A donor wanted to help develop a space and services 4 10%
Other motivation 16 40%
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