Abstract
Ever since our early ancestors began fashioning stone tools, humans have been natural makers. Recently, a resurgence in making has led to the maker movement spreading across the country. The rise of the Internet, innovative technologies in manufacturing and computing that are becoming cheaper, and the open source movement have all fueled this maker movement. Many seek to do their making in community, though, and libraries are a natural community space with makerspaces cropping up first in public and now increasingly in academic libraries. This chapter provides an overview of how to establish and maintain makerspaces in academic libraries and explores ways makerspaces can support public engagement with STEM. It ends with case studies from four different libraries based on interviews and a review of online documents.
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