The start-up phase of a library makerspace is exciting. It involves innovation, breakthroughs, and a ribbon cutting event. But what happens in the years after it has launched? What are the elements that define this \u201cpost-emergent\u201d phase?<\/p>\n
This is what five libraries from the YOUmedia Learning Labs Network were asking themselves in 2015 when they got together to do action research, identifying common problems of practice, and creating a framework that describes the post-emergent moment. This framework, and its related case studies, is a tool to guide similar library makerspaces, as they identify this phase for themselves.<\/p>\n
This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, grant number LG-00-14-0186-14. Thanks to the National Writing Project for program guidance and technical support.<\/p>\n
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