I am a current member and former board member at the D.C. hackerspace,

(hacdc.org). Might you be interested in giving a presentation on the concept at HacDC? This could be a good venue to recruit some volunteers. Best wishes, Todd Fine User:Tfine80 On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 8:43 PM, Samuel Klein <meta.sj(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Great news on the library front! Three quick updates: > > 1. We now have a gorgeous confirmed space for a demo lab, on the main > floor of the central DC Public Library.[1] It will tentatively be > open five days a week from 2-5pm, and two days a week from 2-7pm. It > has its own dedicated router for guaranteed high-speed connectivity, > and a few hundred sqft of space. > > 2. We've found an architect renowned for their work with library and > youth spaces, through Nate, who will lead the design process.[2] They > have a particular interest in library spaces with small footprints. > > 3. We have set up a new Google group for LibLab discussions.[3] I'll > move updates and discussion about the project there; those who are > interested, please join the new group and introduce yourself there! > > Thanks for all of the early support that's helped us move quickly on > this idea. I spoke briefly about the LibLab concept to the audience > at the Wikipedia in Higher Ed summit this past weekend at Simmons, > which Katie and I attended. Four people came up to talk to me > afterwards wanted to talk about that idea and getting their libraries > involved. So whatever we accomplish is likely to have national > visibility. > > At this point we could use suggestions for hardware, software research > tools, and use cases; design ideas for the architect to work with; > projects wanting to use the lab, and volunteers to man it, for the ten > weeks from August 1 to October 15. > > Sam. > > [1] http://www.dclibrary.org/mlk > [2] http://www.nollandtam.com/ > [3] http://groups.google.com/group/liblabs > > -- > Samuel Klein identi.ca:sj w:user:sj +1 617

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