Chapter 5. Recommendations

Authors

  • Jason Griffey

Abstract

Chapter 5 of Library Technology Reports (53, no. 5), "3-D Printers for Libraries, 2017 Edition"

There are a few different scenarios that a library might find itself in at this point in 3-D printing. Maybe you’re part of a library that hasn’t yet taken the plunge and are looking for how to get started, or maybe you’re a library that has a printer or two and need to scale your services up to meet demand. Chapter 5 of Library Technology Reports (vol. 53, no. 5), “3-D Printers for Libraries, 2017 Edition,” recommends what setup and software might be best for you, depending on your budget and whether you’re just getting started with 3-D printing or you’re considering expanding your offerings. This chapter also serves to explore the question “Why should 3-D printing services be in libraries?” and concludes with the author’s thoughts on the future of 3-D printing in libraries.


Author Biography

Jason Griffey

Jason Griffey is a librarian, technologist, and the founder and principal at Evenly Distributed (http://evenlydistributed.net), a technology consulting and creation firm for libraries, museums, educational institutions, and other nonprofits. Griffey is a fellow at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University and was formerly an associate professor and Head of Library Information Technology at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Named a Library Journal Mover & Shaker in 2009, Griffey has written and spoken internationally on topics such as the future of technology and libraries, personal electronics in the library, privacy, copyright, and intellectual property. He was a winner of the Knight Foundation News Challenge for Libraries in 2014 for the Measure the Future project (http://measurethefuture.net), an open hardware project designed to provide actionable use metrics for library spaces. Griffey is also the creator and director of the LibraryBox Project (http://librarybox.us), an open-source portable digital file distribution system.

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Published

2017-07-11

Issue

Vol. 53 No. 5 (2017): July

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Chapters