#Colorado - #Libraries and the ‘economy of sharing’

An ode to the palace of the people

By Kaylee Harter - Apr. 9, 2025

"Visit one of BPL’s #makerspaces, a feature that’s become a staple in many libraries, and you can use #3DPrinters, #looms, #LaserCutters, #ScreenPrinting equipment and more.

" 'It’s a collaborative learning environment,' Farnan says. 'We’re learning together. If you were to go into the makerspace today and ask, like, ‘I’m thinking about doing this,’ then they would say, ‘I don’t know how to do that, but let’s figure it out.’

" 'That is inherently resilient.'

"He recalls a blind artist who came in with a unique challenge: 'She wanted to be able to see her drawings.'

" 'They worked with her with 3D printers, with the laser cutters and that kind of thing, in order to transfer her drawings into dimensional objects, because they were abstractions, so that she could then see them with her fingers.'

"Despite the always expanding array of programming and services, the books themselves — and literacy for all ages — are ever important."

https://boulderweekly.com/special-editions/libraries-and-the-economy-of-sharing/

#SharingEconomy #CircularEconomy #LibrariesRule #LibraryOfThings #MakerSpace #BuildingCommunity #Accessibility #SolarPunkSunday #BoulderCO

Sö. Als #Anarchist_in sach ich euch mal was ihr da vor euch habt:

Wenn #Links (egal wo ihr da die Grenze zieht) irgendwas wuppen will braucht es #Macht.

Also entweder irgendwas relevant produzieren (#MakerSpaces) und/oder sich autonom versorgen (#Landwirtschaft) und/oder viele Menschen organisieren können (#Demos) und/oder mit Klagen auf #Compliance & #Menschenrechte achten (#Rechtsstaat) und/oder #VerhinderungsMacht erwerben (#PolitischeStreiks).

UND 1 #Vision für eine gute Zukunft haben. ✊️

It was interesting to see EPIC Innovation in Christchurch. It was initially established as an early disaster recovery project to house local Canterbury businesses displaced by the 2011 Christchurch earthquake. The public-private partnership has since evolved into a collaborative innovation ecosystem, with a range of tenants and visitors https://epicinnovation.co.nz/ #innovationspaces #Nzpol #disasterrecovery #innovation #makerspaces