TY - GEN
T1 - Perceiving Libraries in a Making Context
T2 - 17th International Conference on Information for a Better World: Shaping the Global Future, iConference 2022
AU - Lee, Lo
AU - Ocepek, Melissa G.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - The burgeoning popularity attained by the maker culture has enlivened the library environment regarding its approach to engaging patrons. Despite the extensive makerspace literature, little is written on making from the hobbyist perspective, particularly beyond youth. To tackle inquiry about the potential relation between libraries and hobbyism as a form of leisure, we recruited 25 arts and crafts hobbyists and conducted a qualitative project. Combining diary studies and individual interviews, we aim to explore the perception making hobbyists have of libraries. Grounded upon the empirical data, we found that hobbyist participants mostly considered libraries a resource provider whose informative provision could go beyond traditional forms of print and digital collections. We also identified the value of librarianship to bolster inclusion in a making context to involve people of all ages, demonstrating the underlying need to reconsider the current support of libraries to the making activity. This is especially true in unexpected situations, like when physical library access is discouraged during the pandemic.
AB - The burgeoning popularity attained by the maker culture has enlivened the library environment regarding its approach to engaging patrons. Despite the extensive makerspace literature, little is written on making from the hobbyist perspective, particularly beyond youth. To tackle inquiry about the potential relation between libraries and hobbyism as a form of leisure, we recruited 25 arts and crafts hobbyists and conducted a qualitative project. Combining diary studies and individual interviews, we aim to explore the perception making hobbyists have of libraries. Grounded upon the empirical data, we found that hobbyist participants mostly considered libraries a resource provider whose informative provision could go beyond traditional forms of print and digital collections. We also identified the value of librarianship to bolster inclusion in a making context to involve people of all ages, demonstrating the underlying need to reconsider the current support of libraries to the making activity. This is especially true in unexpected situations, like when physical library access is discouraged during the pandemic.
KW - Arts and crafts
KW - Hobby
KW - Library
KW - Making
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-96960-8_16
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-96960-8_16
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85126210212
SN - 9783030969592
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 228
EP - 242
BT - Information for a Better World
A2 - Smits, Malte
PB - Springer
Y2 - 28 February 2022 through 4 March 2022
ER -