SPEC Kit 348: Rapid Fabrication/Makerspace Services · 33
The 3-D printing and scanning hardware/software are at the circulation desk of the Science Library, a branch library
on campus.
The 3-D Printing Lab is being planned for Room W136 in the Libraries’ Knowledge Commons at University Park. Penn
State Hershey: in instruction lab.
The Digital Scholarship Center is roughly 2300 square feet and the makerspace services occupy a bench seating
area along a wall that covers the space and a table for 3-D printing. All of this can spill out into the rest of the space
if needed.
The machine(s) are in an area designated for experimentation with all types of devices, but they are not yet available to
the public.
The makerspace services are located in the New Media Center, which is a unit in the main campus library.
The makerspace will be just inside the entrance to the Engineering Library, to allow for high visibility and impact.
The plan is to house at the Fine Arts Library.
The public printing service is offered through the Lyons New Media Centre in the main library (Mills). The makerspace is
in the Lewis &Ruth Sherman Centre for Digital Scholarship in the same building.
The Science Help Desk
They are in a public space on the second floor of the library.
We added to the services of the Copy Center which already offered copying, printing, scanning, plotting and the
Espresso Book Machine. This is located in a high-traffic area.
We are now planning for services to be launched in an area on the main floor of the main library building that was once
occupied by copy services and is now vacant.
We have an information commons and that is where the makerspace is located.
We have identified space adjacent to our learning commons that we plan to have renovated for a makerspace.
Will begin initially as a staff-mediated consultation service, then may move into forthcoming Digital Media Lab in main
public area of the library.
Within our Student Multimedia Studio, a multimedia lab that is available to all currently enrolled students.
Within something called the MADLab (mobile application development lab) which isn’t technically part of the library
system. It is staffed by one person and his job is to help people develop mobile apps. I think he was tapped to host
the machines because it is a secure, private space within the library. He would also be able to keep an eye on things.
We only have the 3-D printers, it’s not really a “makerspace” so much as a desk with two printers on it. The rest of the
space is quite large and it’s mixed use. There are a couple rows of large monitors and an instruction space. We also use
the lab to deliver training sessions.
Yet to be determined.
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