34 · Survey Results: Survey Questions and Responses
11. Please enter the square feet of the physical space of your library’s makerspace. N=26
Square feet
Minimum Maximum Mean Median Std Dev
3 9000 949.33 312.50 1860.84
Additional comments N=2
It’s not in a room, it’s on an open floor.
Undecided, but expected to be about 30 x 50 ft.
12. Are fabrication/makerspace services in your library associated with or hosted by other
organizations? N=38
Yes 6 16%
Not yet, but they will be 4 11%
No 22 58%
Not yet determined 6 16%
If yes or the services will be, please identify the organization and briefly describe its role in these
services. N=10
A Design Center building and other areas on campus.
A makerspace that is currently a partnership between our faculty of Engineering &Applied Science and our
Business School.
Engineering Department
Graduate school provided all funding.
Schools of Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Design will provide some of the necessary staff and funding to have
3-D printing in the library.
See above. I developed the service in collaboration with the manager of the MADLab, which is housed inside the library.
We manage the service together. Since he has an office in the MADLab, he’s around more when people are using the
printer. He also takes responsibility for changing the filament and handling the Raspberry Pi remote monitoring system. I
manage the reservation systems and keep our list of certified users updated. I evaluate and assess the service. We both
run safety training, work on improvements, respond to reference questions, and speak about the service.
Student organization will provide troubleshooting support for the hardware.
The 3-D printing lab in the Libraries was conceived and developed by the university’s Education &Training Services
(ETS). They oversee the Media Commons, which has been part of the Libraries’ Knowledge Commons since it opened in
January 2012.
The library makerspace is coordinating services with a larger creatorspace group on campus to offer a variety of
technologies in various locations. We have a uPrint SE Plus printer on loan from them until the campus space is ready to
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