32 · Survey Results: Survey Questions and Responses
SPACE
10. Please briefly describe where the fabrication/makerspace services are located in your library. N=37
3-D Printing and Laser Cutting are located in a small, dedicated space. Makerspace tools and kits are lent from the
circulation desks of two libraries. Workshops and classes are held in multipurpose teaching spaces.
At the Norlin Commons Service Desk. Location at the Gemmill Library is TBD.
Digital Media Commons
Equipment is located in a librarian’s office and moved as appropriate.
Grainger Engineering Library Information Center GLID2 for visualization, data analytics, informatics, and 3-D printing
with plans to extend digital scholarship services to other areas in the library, including the Scholarly Commons.
In one part of the East Commons, a library commons providing academic social space, collaborative computing, and
media services. The planned renovation of the library and the opening of the Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons
made some commons services redundant. The design studio took over a group study space.
In the common area of a main public space, behind and including a former information commons service desk.
In the science library
It was added to an underutilized computer lab.
No decisions made yet.
One printer
Our 3-D printing service is co-located near our reference desk. We decided on this location because we have staff at this
site every hour we are open and they are able to keep the printer running throughout the day.
Our equipment and staff are centrally located in a multi-disciplinary, media-rich building on campus called the
Duderstadt Center. The machines occupy a 300 sq ft section of our larger office space. The room has one large glass
door/wall (~20 ft long) that opens to a central collaboration area and a point of high traffic. The space is connected to
a UPS to smooth out power spikes and outages, which can negatively impact a print. The printers each have their own
circuit with equipment associated with the post process (tanks, sifters, ovens) share an additional circuit. Core staff and
student staff are in the immediate space to facilitate monitoring and troubleshooting.
Our five 3-D printers, two 3-D scanners, sewing machine, and soldering stations are all located in a locking room within
our library that was previously a collaboratory computer lab. In the open library area there are computer workstations,
desks and chairs for patron use, and a design and modeling center with drawing/sketching/building supplies.
Our media center
Planned to be located in our Scholarly Services unit.
Proposed areas include: 1) a room on the main floor of a branch library where most of our STEM materials and expertise
are located 2) a room within a group study/collaborative project space in the main library.
Science and Engineering Library in an office space (not public)
The 3-D printer is located in an empty office in our library systems department.
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