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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,...
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Humans of Curtin recently featured Curtin Library’s Marie Clarke, who did a wonderful job of conveying what our Library Makerspace is all about. Thanks Marie! http://curtinuniversity.tumblr.com/post/132514488003/the-library-makerspace-is-a-place-where-people
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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...
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Join us at the Curtin Creative Festival
October 20th, 2015 by Library Makers Category: News and Events
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...
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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...
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Our first drop-in session - Arduinos!
September 13th, 2015 by Library Makers Category: News and Events
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...
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Digital Storytelling in a 3D Virtual Tour of Curtin Library
August 28th, 2015 by Library Makers Category: Projects
“After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world.” ― Philip Pullman Digital storytelling is an integral part of the contemporary teaching and learning environment. Stories are integral to the way we learn, and thus effective as learning tools because they can elicit emotions,...
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Light Makers @ Your Library is a National Science Week public makerspace event being held at Curtin Library. Throughout the week we are running free sessions and workshops which involving making neat things to do with light. Join us to make, tinker, experiment, learn – and most of all, have...
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A makerspace is a collaborative learning environment where people come together to share materials, tools, equipment, skills and knowledge, and to be involved in hands on activities – the possibilities of which are endless – where they learn through experiment, play and creativity. While public libraries have been at the...
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In March this year Curtin Library ran a week-long ‘pop-up’ makerspace which kick-started a project to establish a more permanent makerspace in the library. Initially, we intended to make a small contribution to our institution’s annual Festival of Learning, by borrowing a 3D printer and 3D scanner, setting them up...