Скачать или смотреть Button Making at the Rutgers University Libraries

Button making is a low-cost, high-impact, pop-up makerspace which libraries can use to facilitate outreach about collections, teach about copyright, and promote creativity and fun, all within just 60 seconds.

In the fall of 2016 the Rutgers University Libraries at New Brunswick’s Learning and Engagement Team purchased a button maker and supplies to make 1,000 buttons for $580. Since purchasing the machine, the Libraries have collaborated with many departments on campus. These partnerships have helped build strong ties with the Rutgers–New Brunswick communities and have created a group of button making followers who regularly come to library events.

Although button making is a quick moment of engagement between patron and library staff member, these experiences teach libraries more about their patrons’ lives and needs and provide stories, powerful images, and statistics which help libraries show their impact.

Presented at State of the Libraries 2017, Rutgers University.