Transforming Libraries: A Toolkit for Innovators Makers and Seekers

Why do we need libraries when we have Google? Todays libraries are in jeopardy. And yes perhaps if libraries were only book warehouses we wouldnt need them. But libraries can be so much more than a place to check out books. In the Digital Age its more important than ever for libraries to evolve into gathering points for collaboration spaces for innovation and places where authentic learning occurs. Transforming Libraries proposes a new role for librarians and for libraries--one that offers patrons places to think to explore to create and problem-solve together. Rather than the quiet dusty hall of decades past Ron Starker reveals ways to make libraries makerspaces innovation centers community commons and learning design studios that engage multiple forms of intelligence. Packed with almost 500 tools and resources Transforming Libraries offers real-life examples of how to turn libraries into intelligently designed centers that are essential for todays schools.