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Libraries can have 3-D printers but they are still about books

By Paulette Rothbauer
The Conversation Canada
August 1, 2019

How often do we hear that libraries aren’t just about books anymore? They are makerspaces with 3-D printers, scanners, laser vinyl cutters and routers. They provide green rooms, sewing machines, button makers, and tools like drills, saws and soldering irons. They are places to borrow seeds, fishing rods, cake making supplies, binoculars, laptops and tablets, radon detectors, musical instruments, bicycles and take-home wifi hotspots. They are important sites for learning with services dedicated to today’s newest literacies — coding, gaming, robotics and how to spot fake news.

There are consequences of these ideas and news that push books and reading to the margins in the commentary on the latest trends in public libraries (continue reading).