Through the Looking Glass: made in the library – media production Available to Purchase

In 2005, Dale Dougherty coined the term “maker,” and in 2006, Maker Faire events began launching in California (Chen and Wu, 2017). Libraries have widely embraced the concept of maker and have been an active part of the maker movement. Maker spaces of all imaginable types can be found in libraries from small crafts to large power tools to 3D printing and everything between. Although a departure from library stereotypes, maker culture has existed in libraries far longer than the explosion of maker culture and maker spaces. Libraries have been a place where knowledge can be both consumed...