24 · Survey Results: Survey Questions and Responses
STATUS OF FABRICATION/MAKERSPACE SERVICES
5. Please indicate the current status for each of the services listed below (in planning stage, in pilot
testing, in production, tried but discontinued, or has not been considered). Please make one
selection per row. N=40
Services Planning In Pilot In Production Discontinued Not Considered N
Reference services for
fabrication (e.g., desk reference,
consultations, LibGuides on
rapid fabrication, or other online
resources
18 2 15 0 5 40
Training services (e.g.,
workshops and classes)
18 5 13 0 4 40
Hardware (providing and
maintaining fabrication and
scanning hardware)
13 7 18 0 2 40
3-D scanning support 20 8 11 0 1 40
Model Repository (sharing,
publishing, archiving 3-D
models)
23 0 3 0 14 40
Collection development
(selecting, organizing,
appraising, or documenting
models)
15 1 3 0 20 39
Total Responses 33 13 19 0 23 40
Please briefly describe any other type of fabrication/makerspace service not listed above that your
library is planning, is pilot testing, has in production, or has discontinued. N=17
Planning N=9
Augmented reality
Laser etching, large format printing
Micro-controller kits loanable video production equipment
Pending approval, purchase of a new 3-D printer to upgrade
Purchase and check out of Arduino kits, Makey Makey Invention Kits, Raspberry Pi computers, and Lego Robotics
Robotics and small programmable electronics
Small CNC machine availability
Vizualization walls, data analysis, informatics support for digital scholarship, 3-D printing, laser cutting tools
Workshops on 3-D design for 3-D printing, critical making, how to render scanning files, how to produce 3-D models
from data sets
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