For North American hackerspaces -- send your favorite librarian to this event on "FabLabs, 3D printing, Makerspaces and the connection of libraries and museums to creation and invention" in Toronto this July.<br>
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Date: Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 7:20 PM<br>Subject: [CODE4LIB] iSchool@Toronto Symposium: Creative Making in Libraries & Museums - July 22-23, 2013<br>To: <a href="mailto:CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu">CODE4LIB@listserv.nd.edu</a><br>
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Creative Making in Libraries & Museums<br>
Monday & Tuesday July 22 & 23, 2013<br>
<a href="http://www.creativemaking.org" target="_blank">www.creativemaking.org</a><br>
University of Toronto iSchool Institute Symposium<br>
in partnership with Dysart & Jones Associates<br>
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One of the hottest trends today is FabLabs, 3D printing, Makerspaces and the<br>
connection of libraries and museums to creation and invention. It's time<br>
for a symposium on the current landscape and a look at the opportunities for<br>
research, programs, practices and experiences of pioneers in this space.<br>
Dysart & Jones Associates have assembled a stellar crew of the leading<br>
thinkers and innovators in the fields of critical making. Attendees will<br>
tour the University of Toronto iSchool Semaphore Research Lab, hear of<br>
international innovations in FabLabs and Makerspaces in libraries, explore<br>
the use of maker technology in museums and cultural institutions, and learn<br>
the connections to strategies for research, community and education.<br>
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When one of Time magazine's top 100 thinkers, Chris Anderson, a famed<br>
journalist, and editor of Wired magazine and entrepreneur, writes his third<br>
book (following librarians' favorite, The Long Tail) on Makers: The New<br>
Industrial Revolution in 2012, you know the maker revolution is on the way!<br>
The book describes how entrepreneurs using open source design, and 3D<br>
printing as a platform are driving a resurgence of American manufacturing.<br>
The innovations portrayed, crowdsourcing of ideas, utilization of available<br>
lower-cost design and manufacturing tools, and reviewing options to<br>
outsource capital-intensive manufacturing were also highlighted in the<br>
February 2012 Harvard Business Review article, "From Do It Yourself to Do It<br>
Together".<br>
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Many industries, libraries, and museums have embraced the maker revolution.<br>
This two-day symposium illustrates the breadth and depth of the revolution,<br>
puts it into the context of libraries and museums, shares exciting programs<br>
already being pioneered and suggests areas for future endeavours. It<br>
features leading edge thinkers and practitioners, includes a tour of the<br>
University of Toronto's Critical Making Lab and focuses on strategies for<br>
libraries, museums, K-12 and other education and academic institutions.<br>
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Speakers:<br>
. Matt Ratto, iSchool Professor; Director, Critical Making Lab, and<br>
Director, Semaphore Research Cluster on Mobile and Pervasive Computing<br>
University of Toronto <a href="http://www.ischool.utoronto.ca/faculty/matt-ratto" target="_blank">http://www.ischool.utoronto.ca/faculty/matt-ratto</a><br>
. Susan Considine, Executive Director, The Fayetteville Free Library<br>
FabLab; ALA LAMA Division Councillor, NYLA PLS President, NYLA Councillor at<br>
Large<br>
. Richard Hulser, Chief Librarian, Natural History Museum Los Angeles<br>
County<br>
. Nate Hill, Assistant Director for Technology & Digital Initiatives,<br>
Chattanooga Public Library<br>
. More speakers online & other innovators will be video-conferenced in<br>
as well<br>
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Check out our Facebook page, LinkedIn Group & Twitter feed #CreativeMaking<br>
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Conference Co-Chairs:<br>
. Jane Dysart, Senior Partner, Dysart & Jones, <a href="mailto:Jane@dysartjones.com">Jane@dysartjones.com</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:Jane@dysartjones.com">Jane@dysartjones.com</a>><br>
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. Stephen Abram, Consultant, Dysart & Jones, <a href="mailto:Stephen.Abram@gmail.com">Stephen.Abram@gmail.com</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:Stephen.Abram@gmail.com">Stephen.Abram@gmail.com</a>><br>
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For sponsorship opportunities or a chance to demonstrate technology please<br>
contact:<br>
Juanita Richardson, <a href="mailto:Juanita@dysartjones.com">Juanita@dysartjones.com</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:Juanita@dysartjones.com">Juanita@dysartjones.com</a>><br>
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Kimberly Silk, MLS<br>
Data Librarian, Martin Prosperity Institute<br>
Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto<br>
E: <a href="mailto:kimberly.silk@rotman.utoronto.ca">kimberly.silk@rotman.utoronto.ca</a><br>
W: 416-946-7032<br>
M: 416-721-8955<br>
@kimberlysilk<br>
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