Sustaining library makerspaces: Perspectives on participation, expertise, and embeddedness
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Sustaining library makerspaces: Perspectives on participation, expertise, and embeddedness. / Einarsson, Arni Már.
I: The Library Quarterly, Bind 91, Nr. 2, 2021, s. 172-189.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Sustaining library makerspaces: Perspectives on participation, expertise, and embeddedness
AU - Einarsson, Arni Már
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - As the novelty of makerspaces in libraries slowly fades, this study examines how participation, expertise, and embeddedness in the library organization and surrounding community are sustained in library makerspaces. Based on interviews with makerspace practitioners in 13 Danish libraries, practices of maintaining, scaling, replicating, and evolving library makerspaces are analyzed. The findings propose a variety of practices and tensions concerning sharing ownership with user communities; scaling and prolonging users’ participation; building expertise through documentation, repetition, and sharing; collaborating with local community partners; and embedding makerspace practices into existing library practices, resources, and values. The results inform a discussion of participation, expertise, and embeddedness, which are distilled into three guiding principles that can help libraries reflect and address the sustainability of their makerspace over time.
AB - As the novelty of makerspaces in libraries slowly fades, this study examines how participation, expertise, and embeddedness in the library organization and surrounding community are sustained in library makerspaces. Based on interviews with makerspace practitioners in 13 Danish libraries, practices of maintaining, scaling, replicating, and evolving library makerspaces are analyzed. The findings propose a variety of practices and tensions concerning sharing ownership with user communities; scaling and prolonging users’ participation; building expertise through documentation, repetition, and sharing; collaborating with local community partners; and embedding makerspace practices into existing library practices, resources, and values. The results inform a discussion of participation, expertise, and embeddedness, which are distilled into three guiding principles that can help libraries reflect and address the sustainability of their makerspace over time.
U2 - 10.1086/713050
DO - 10.1086/713050
M3 - Tidsskriftartikel
VL - 91
SP - 172
EP - 189
JO - The Library Quarterly
JF - The Library Quarterly
SN - 0024-2519
IS - 2
ER -
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