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On a tangent, a major museum funder visited NYSCI this past week and raised a question that (s)he and the staff are struggling with...is "Making" just a museum fad or is it a real movement with legs in the museum world.
Its a fair question. Our response was that there has been an incredibly swift and uptake (as evinced by this thread), but that it remains to be seen how durable, sustainable, attractive to various audiences it is. I suggested that (s)he look at proposals from the point of view of staffing, not equipment. If people are asking for funding principally for equipment, they are barking up the wrong tree, its all about the staff.
As this funder is interested in all kinds of museums, I described our AAM session about "design in art, history, and science museums" with Calder Zwicky from MOMA, Dan Spock from Spocksville, and NYSCI Design Lab staff. It is one place where there is a great potential for cross fertilization among the different museum disciplines.
And, in my own personal bias, any proposal that requests a 3d printer is automatically put in the circular file. See "The Bre Pettis Way" from Mazda. YMMV.
Eric
On Aug 2, 2013, at 12:07 PM, Jeff Rosenblatt <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Hi Kathy,
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> We have 1 FT staff now transitioning into our Maker Studio. He also doubles as the main organizer for our Maker Faire, so he definitely earns his keep. In the coming months, we will also be hiring 2 PT staff -- 1 shop manager, 1 program delivery educator.
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> Other staff will also do programming in our Maker Studio, on an 'as needed' basis.
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> And thanks to all of you who responded to who has Maker Spaces in their facilities.
> As we move forward in planning our Maker Space I have another question regarding staffing and when your spaces are open to the pubic: I am looking at hiring 2 part time staff plus volunteers to cover our area so it will not be open all day every day. Just curious about the models going on out there.
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> Are your spaces open all day or only certain hours?
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> How do you handle large school groups coming through the space?
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> What did you look for in hiring staff for these areas in terms of experience? Educators first? Maker/Tinkerer first? A combination of both?
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> Would anyone be willing to share a job description or a part of the job description used to hire staff in these areas?
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> Thanks,
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> Has anyone evaluated their maker spaces? We are exploring the possibility of creating one and would love to have some background evaluation to inform our thoughts. I'd also be interested in hearing any thoughts on what has worked wonderfully as you've implemented your maker spaces, and what you wish you'd done differently. Please contact me offline. Thanks!
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