<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[A Life in Libraries]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://cherylbecker.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[cbecker53]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://cherylbecker.wordpress.com/author/cbecker53/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[It&#8217;s Not Either/Or]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>Libraries don&#8217;t have to (and <em>shouldn&#8217;t</em>) choose between being a library or a &#8220;makerspace.&#8221; They are both!</p>
<p><a href="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/img_0562-1.jpg"><img loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="6719" data-permalink="https://cherylbecker.wordpress.com/2016/02/01/library-photo-of-the-month-february-2016/img_0562-1/" data-orig-file="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/img_0562-1.jpg" data-orig-size="3264,2448" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 5s&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1446667639&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;64&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.033333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;latitude&quot;:&quot;43.095013888889&quot;,&quot;longitude&quot;:&quot;-89.509347222222&quot;}" data-image-title="Middleton" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/img_0562-1.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/img_0562-1.jpg?w=1024" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6719" src="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/img_0562-1.jpg?w=300&#038;h=225" alt="Middleton" width="300" height="225" srcset="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/img_0562-1.jpg?w=300&amp;h=225 300w, https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/img_0562-1.jpg?w=600&amp;h=450 600w, https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/img_0562-1.jpg?w=150&amp;h=113 150w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><!--more-->And I don&#8217;t really have to write a post about this, because <a href="https://about.me/colleen.graves" target="_blank">Colleen Graves</a> has already done so: <a href="https://colleengraves.org/2016/03/14/library-makerspace/comment-page-1/#comment-608" target="_blank">A Library AND a Makerspace</a>. Her library is a school library, where children come to:</p>
<ul>
<li>Read</li>
<li>Learn</li>
<li>Make</li>
<li>Study</li>
<li>Research</li>
</ul>
<p>All of these things go on in every library! Every library is a makerspace and a library.</p>
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