Maker learning spaces in schools and public libraries are made real through the narratives of professional librarians around the world, comprising the collaborative activities, experiences, and perspectives of librarians as they have implemented makerspaces for students of all ages. Provides inspirational examples of successful makerspaces in school and public libraries. Furnishes practical, immediately usable projects, assignments, and curricula; Offers needed examples of how to train maker librarians; Showcases working partnerships between school and public librarians in makerspace endeavors.

#MakerMonday: inspiring students to think with their hands / Stacy Brown -- Wide open spaces: creating a library makerspace in an open school / Stacy Hammer -- Makers gonna make / Ida Mae Craddock -- A Makerspace journey of the middle and elementary kind / Jennifer Tazerouti -- The makerspace evolution / Sarah Justice -- Student led makerspaces / Phil Goerner -- The inclusive makerspace: working with English language learners and special education students / Gina Seymour -- Letting students lead the makerspace / Lucas Maxwell -- Impact through connection at school: public libraries creating impact by bringing digital literacies and maker skills into the classroom / Jeroen Deboer -- Maker professional learning for educators / Laura Fleming -- Shared spaces and makerspaces: a public library and school library partnership / Roxanne Spray and Melissa Crenshaw.