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Rural librarians' perspectives on makerspaces and community engagement
Author(s) -
Kim Soo Hyeon,
Copeland Andrea
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
proceedings of the association for information science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.193
H-Index - 14
ISSN - 2373-9231
DOI - 10.1002/pra2.351
Subject(s) - community engagement , rural community , informal learning , public relations , sociology , political science , pedagogy , socioeconomics
This study investigates eight rural librarians' perspectives related to makerspaces, community engagement, and youth informal learning through cultural probes and semi‐structured interviews. Preliminary findings through content analysis suggest the importance of aligning the librarians and the youths' interests in making to support learning within library‐based makerspaces and highlight the need to support rural librarians to develop STEM competencies and strategic partnerships.