"Making Maker Literacies" Presentation At 2017 Annual Amigos Member Conference
On Wednesday, Morgan Chivers (our FabLab Artist in Residence and technician extraordinaire) and I presented to the 2017 Annual Amigos Member…
UTA Libraries Awarded IMLS Grant To Test Maker Literacies Program
My team has been awarded a $50k IMLS grant to expand and test our maker literacies program at other universities! Over the summer we will be…
UTA Libraries Awarded Grant to Test Maker Literacies Program
Martin Wallace, Maker Literacies and Engineering Librarian at the University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, was awarded a $49,800 National…
Texas Library Association 2017 Conference Report
Although I had to cancel my presentation on the State of Make: Texas, which was to be an overview of results from our 2016 makerspace survey, I…
ACRL 2017 Panel Discussion On The Library’s Role In Transforming Partnerships Across Campus
On March 23, I participated on a panel discussion at the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) 2017 Conference in Baltimore, MD.…
More Learning Through Making: Spring 2017 Maker Literacies Pilot
In Fall 2016, UT Arlington Libraries began a pilot program with faculty across campus to integrate the UTA FabLab and “maker literacies” into…
IMLS Grant Proposal For Maker Competencies And The Undergraduate Curriculum
Back in September, UTA Libraries submitted a preliminary two-page proposal for an IMLS National Leadership Grants for Libraries planning grant to…
Report: Mini-Grant For Makerspace Survey Incentive Prizes
In spring 2016 the UTA Libraries Maker Literacy Task Force (MLTF), in collaboration with the Texas Innovation Group (TIG), began developing a…
Makerspace Survey Incentive Prize Winners
The University of Texas at Arlington Libraries and the Texas Innovation Group wish to thank everyone who completed our Makerspace survey! The…
Maker Literacies Program Update
I thought I’d post some general info updates about our Maker Literacies pilot program. First, we finally have an official project description on…
Report From 2016 Lita Forum In Fort Worth
On Saturday, November 19th, Morgan Chivers and I presented to the 2016 Library Information Technology Association (LITA) Forum in Fort Worth!…
Planning My Schedule For OLC Accelerate
It took me hours to figure out a schedule for the Online Learning Consortium (OLC) Accelerate Conference coming up next week in Orlando. This is…