The Curtin Library Makerspace recently celebrated Research Week at Curtin University by hosting a workshop entitled ‘Supporting Digital Scholarship in the Humanities’. Using a definition of digital scholarship as “the use of digital evidence and method, digital authoring, digital publishing, digital curation and preservation, and digital use and reuse of...
The 2016 Festival of Learning was held this month across three days, commencing with an opening ceremony in the Engineering Pavilion. The Curtin Library Makerspace had the opportunity to be involved in the Tech Tasters aspect of this opening event. The aim of the Festival was to immerse and guide...
When we heard about the annual International Games Day @ your library, Curtin Makers jumped at the chance to be involved and registered early to receive three free games. This worldwide event promotes the value of play and learning and provided an excellent opportunity to raise awareness of the Curtin...
We are very proud to be featured in the latest episode of Curtin TV, which has a story about the activities around Loud Shirt Day. Curtin Makers participated in this worthwhile fundraising event by facilitating T-shirt painting workshops. Read more about the workshops.
With its focus on the “Year of Light”, this year’s National Science Week provided Curtin Makers with the perfect opportunity to develop our maker community by celebrating the relationship between science and art through hands on activities based around the theme of light. With our interest in fostering a cross-disciplinary...
We were pretty excited when Curtin Makers was asked to participate in the Curtin Creative Festival, which was held from 20-22 October. Facilitated by Park’d @ Curtin and Future Common the Festival had a range of activities running over three days, from book binding, puzzle building, spaceship construction, live art,...
The Curtin Library Makerspace was a hive of activity on the 14th October as plain white t-shirts were transformed into colourful artistic creations using spray paints and stencils, fabric markers and rubbing alcohol, buttons, glitter and much more. The occasion was Loud Shirt Day, when Curtin Library joined other areas...
It’s been very exciting in the MakerSpace lately as we prepare to participate in the Curtin Creative Festival, being held from the 20 – 22 October, from 11 – 2 pm at Atkinson Forum. We plan to be running a few fun activities over the three days in our outdoor...
Loud Shirt Day is an awesome excuse to wear (or make) your brightest clothes to promote hearing awareness and raise funds for Telethon Speech and Hearing. Come along and try the fun Loud Shirt Day activities at the Library Makerspace on Wednesday 14 October 2015. Details Activity Date: Wed 14...
Are you interested in tinkering with electronics? Then come along on Wednesday 12 – 2 pm to the Library Makerspace’s first drop-in session! This week’s focus is on using Arduinos. Arduino is “an open-source electronics platform based on easy-to-use hardware and software… intended for anyone making interactive projects.” We’ll introduce...
Curtin University acknowledges all First Nations of this place we call Australia and recognises the many nations who have looked after Country for more than 60,000 years. We are honoured and grateful for the privilege to maintain campuses operating in Boorloo (Perth) and Karlkurla (Kalgoorlie) in Australia. We pay our respects to Elders past and present as Custodians and Owners of these lands. We recognise their deep knowledge and their cultural, spiritual and educational practices, and aspire to learn and teach in partnership with them. Curtin also acknowledges First Nations peoples connected with our global campuses. We are committed to working in partnership with all Custodians and Owners to strengthen and embed First Nations' voices and perspectives in our decision-making, now and into the future.