2012:

Connection Corner

2014:

UDo Center

Muncie Public Library

Explore, Discover, Imagine, Create

Connection Corner

+Standalone branch

      approx 2000 sq ft

+Connecting people to resources

+Staples and innovative tech

UDo Center

+Situated within main branch

     approx 550 sq ft

+Strong maker ethic

+Experiential learning

Connection Corner

UDo Center

From the

Desk of the Director

"Why are we d  ing this?"

"Every time the census is published, I absorb it like a sponge.  Knowing who we are and anticipating the needs is something we need to do."

"We want our organization to become an institution of learning, both for our employees and for our patrons."

"Sometimes we have been too far ahead.  But we learn and we develop a culture where staff are encouraged to experiment without fear of failure."

"This is very sustainable because it is far less expensive than sustaining collections.  And it is focused on education, something libraries have always done."

The Big City Concepts

that informed our small spaces

Cleveland

+ provide: hands-on access

+ promote: staff as teachers 

+ frame as: practical education 

Public Library

Chicago

+ provide: intentional layout

             + Mimi Ito and HOMAGO and Steelcase

+ promote: resource to resources

+ frame as: very much a library 

Public Library

Detroit

+ provide: comfortable space to fail 

+ promote: product-based

+ frame as: active, not passive

Public Library

Pittsburgh

+ provide: personalized learning

+ promote: media focus

+ frame as: creative space 

Public Library

on what creativity is

"the connection of

two or more ideas"

In the words of a 

Creative Digital Mentor:

the "cross-connection" of ideas

Isaac Asimov:

+ relaxed

+ supported

+ collaborative

+ willing to appear foolish

+ grounded in some knowledge 

+ egalitarian

(link)

on what creativity is not

3D Printers

Touch surface tables

iPads and tablets

...if left alone

One Thing
We Couldn't
Do Without:

Creative

Digital

Mentors

What We Offer in 2015

- Who We Are Today -

Teach New-To-You Tech

• Computer Basics Class
• Windows 8 Basics Class
• Mac Basics Class

• Microsoft Office
• iPads/Tablets
• Smartphones
• Email
• Internet Basics
• e-Readers
• Wi-fi Hotspots

Space to Play

• ACTIV & SMART surfaces
• Arduino & Makey Makey
• Google Maker Camp
• RealFlight Simulator
• Sphero & Ollie
• Anki DRIVE Cars
• Wii 

3D Design

• Scanning: 123D Scan & Digitizer
• Sculpting: Sculptris & 123D Create +
• Design: Inventor & TinkerCAD
• Editing: MeshMixer & Blender
• Printing: MakerBot Replicator 2

Produce Video

• Fundamental Instruction
• Circulating Sony HDR-CX240
• Dedicated iPads
  • iMotion Pro, Veescope, Multicam
• iMovie 
• Chroma Key Green Wall in Studio A
• DJI Phantom Quadcopter 
• GoPro
• Podcast Booth
• Lowel Tota & Rifa Lighting
• Homemade Camera Stabilizer
• Magnus PV & Oben TT Tripods

Record Audio

• Fundamental Instruction
• Studio B
  • Podcasting
  • Storytelling
• Music Mixing & Editing
• Garageband
• Adobe Premier
• Alesis iPad Dock
  • (for analog to digital sound)

Create Digital Visuals

• Fundamental Instruction
• Adobe Photoshop
• Adobe Illustrator
• Nikon D3200 DSLR Camera
• 3D iPad Apps and Glasses
• Canon Scanner
• Wacom Digital Drawing Pad
• Nomad Brush
• Canon Pixma Photo Printer
• iPF605 24" Poster Printer

Text

Isaac on Libraries

Space ship 
Time machine 
Teacher  

Friend  

Gateway