Name: Long Term View on Investments in Making at the Institute of Museum and Library Services
Start: 2021-12-06T13:15:00-0500
End: 2021-12-06T14:05:00-0500

Welcome to the 2021 Capitol Hill Maker Faire. Our 2021 event is co-produced by Nation of Makers, the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), and the Congressional Maker Caucus, and is sponsored by Infosys Foundation USA, Chevron, and Make:Community.

To attend with access to all panels and live maker sessions, please register here. Once you do so, you will receive an account and invite here on our CHMF site with full access. Registration is free and open to the public.

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Long Term View on Investments in Making at the Institute of Museum and Library Services

IMLS has made strategic investments in making in libraries and museums for more than a decade. In that time, the field has moved beyond pioneering practices to building a body of evidence and extending practice. This session will showcase IMLS-funded efforts that exemplify this expanded knowledge and practice.

MODERATOR:

Cyndee Landrum, Deputy Director, Office of Library Services, Institute of Museum and Library Services

PANELISTS:

Emily Knox, University of Illinois: Measuring the Impact and Value of Makerspaces in Public Libraries
Amelia Anderson, Old Dominion University: Accessibility in Making
Lisa Regalla, PhD, CEO Regallium Consulting and Pamela Van Halsema, MLIS, Co-authors of the Makers in the Library Toolkit and Project Team for the IMLS project The New Face of Library Makerspaces

Speakers

Emily Knox

Assistant Professor, School of Information Sciences,, University of Illinois

Emily is an associate professor in the School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her book, Book Banning in 21st Century America, was published by Rowman & Littlefield and she also recently edited Trigger Warnings: History, Theory Context, also... Read More →

Lisa Regalla

CEO, Regallium Consulting

Currently, I am the Project Director for an IMLS grant entitled, "The New Face of Library Makerspaces" to study how library maker programs shifted and innovated during the pandemic and build a diverse national library Collective to share and advance knowledge for the field. Learn... Read More →

Pamela Van Helsema

Community Resilience Builder, P Van Halsema Consulting

I am an educator, librarian and community organizer. I have been involved in supporting making in both formal and informal learning environments for several years. Currently I run my own consulting business and do contract work managing grants and initiatives with schools, libraries... Read More →