Needs assessment reveals significant interest in a makerspace among campus users, indicating necessary staffing and programming outcomes.
This article describes a needs assessment performed by an academic/health sciences library to study the feasibility of a library makerspace for campus users and to determine if there was any interest for such a makerspace. A literature review, an environmental scan, a campus-wide survey, and focus groups were conducted. Results showed that there was significant campus interest. Findings emphasized that staffing and programming should precede equipment acquisition to ensure success.
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